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sion, and continue in bloom four months. Mr. Glendenning, 

 who first exhibited it, received the Banksian medal for a 

 specimen. It grows freely in the stove, and, when done flow- 

 ering in winter, it should be allowed to rest till started into 

 growth again in spring. It should have plenty of pot room, 

 and a coarse peat and turfy soil. {Bot. Reg. April.) 

 VlumhaginacecE. 



PLUMBAGO L. 



zeyliiiica L. Ceylon Leadwort. A greenhouse plant ; growing six feet high ; with white flow- 

 ers ; appearing in spring ; a native of Afghanistan ; increased by cuttings; cultivated in loam and 

 heath soil. Bot. Reg. 1S46, p. 23. 



A very pretty acquisition among greenhouse climbers, and a 

 good companion to the well known P. capensis ; having pure 

 white flowers, produced in dense, branched spikes, and desira- 

 ble, especially for bouquets. It is one of the few plants which 

 have been received from Afghanistan, by the London Horti- 

 cultural Society, in whose garden it first flowered, September, 

 1845. The roots possess medicinal qualities, and, when 

 bruised, act as severe blistering applications. {^Bot. Reg. 

 April.) 



^olanacece. 



SOLA'NUM 



lycioides L. Lycium-like Solanum. A greenhouse shrub -, growing four feet high ; with purple 

 and yellow flowers ; appearing in November ; a native of Peru; increased by cuttings ; cultivated 

 in any good soil. Bot. Reg. 1846, pi. 25. 



" A charming shrub," having a neat and erect habit, and 

 clothed with an abundance of flowers " of the richest sapphire 

 and purple, enlivened by a bright yellow eye." It is also of 

 easy cultivation, succeeding in any good soil, but preferring a 

 sandy loam and rough peat. It should be kept out of doors 

 during summer, when it will form its flower buds ; and in 

 October brought into the house, where it will display its bril- 

 liant flowers so desirable at this season. It succeeds freely 

 from cuttings. (^Bot. Reg. May.) 

 VolygonacecB. 



FAGOTYRUM 



cymdsum Trevirantis Loose-flowered Buckwheat. A hardy perennial ; growing two feet 

 high ; with white flowers ; appearing all summer ; a native of Tartary ; increased by seeds ; culti- 

 vated in auy good soil. Bot. Reg. 1846, pi. 26. 



" A hardy perennial of the easiest culture" growing either 

 by seeds or division of the roots, and producing large, loose, 

 spreading panicles of small white flowers. As an annual, it 

 is well worth cultivating, flowering freely as it does the first 

 season, from July to September. It forms a spreading bush. 

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