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in any good rich garden soil, and flowers from July to Sep- 

 tember.. (^Bot. Reg. November.) 



Monimiace(E. 



BO'LDOA 



fiAarans Jussieu Sweet-scented Boldoa. A greenhouse shrub ; growing six feet high ; with 

 white flowers ; appearini; from September to December ; a native of Chili ; increased by cultinss; 

 grown iu sandy loam and peat. Bot. Reg., 1845, pi. 57. 



A greenhouse shrub, growing six or eight feet high, and 

 possessing a highly aromatic odor in every part. The leaves 

 are roundish ovate, and evergreen, and the flowers, which 

 are of a greenish white, are produced in terminal panicles. 

 It was introduced from Chili, and flowered in the Horticul- 

 tural Society's garden in December, 1844. It requires to be 

 partially shaded from the sun in summer, but in winter ordi- 

 nary greenhouse treatment will suit it ; as it flowers in the 

 autumn it should only be repotted in spring. It is increased 

 by cuttings. {Bot. Reg: October.) 



EricdcecB. 



AZA'LEA 



LsEtilicB (garden hybrid). A hardy shrttb ; growing two feet high ■, with yellow flowers ; appear- 

 ing in June ; increased by layers ; grown in sandy luam or heath soil. Bot. Reg., 1845, pi. 51. 



"' A beautiful and fragrant hybrid," raised by the Hon. 

 and Rev. Mr. Herbert, from seed of the common /Rhododen- 

 dron ponticum, impregnated with azalea. The flowers are 

 very large and of a pale straw, spotted with yellow. Mr. 

 Herbert, in describing this variety, states, that "it is difii- 

 cult to conjecture why, in expelling the purple of the fe- 

 male flower, the yellow of the male should have substituted 

 white. The mode in which colors act in hybrid crosses 

 is singular. When the bright yellow flower of the white 

 turnip is crossed with the dull golden of the Swede, an in- 

 termediate color is not obtained, but some of the males (as 

 to the color of the flower) follow one parent and some the 

 other. When a blue anagallis is crossed with the orange 

 colored, the effect is to discharge the yellow from the orange 

 and leave dull red which was combined with it, while the 

 blue remains in abeyance." The object in crossing /Rhodo- 

 dendron ponticum with an azalea, was to obtain some of the 

 permanency of foliage of the former; this has, however, 

 been done only in a slight degree. The variety is worthy a 

 place in every collection ; named in compliment to Mrs. Her- 

 bert. {Bot. Reg., September.) 



