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post of leaf-mould, common mould, and a little silver-sand, I 

 believe, suits them best. 



The undermentioned are those usually met with in the Cal- 

 cutta gardens. Mr. J. Scott, in a paper communicated to the Agri- 

 Horticultural Society, describes fourteen species, besides these, 

 cultivated in the Botanical Gardens ; but full ten times that 

 number are set down in Paxton's Dictionary as 'introduced into 

 Britain, most of which might no doubt, if worth it, be cultivated 

 here equally well as those we already have. 



1. 0. Bowei. A rather common species, and a remarkably 

 beautiful one, most so perhaps of any, with large handsome 

 leaves, the agreeable fresh greenness of which affords a fine set- 

 off to the large deep-rose-coloured flowers, of the size of a rupee, 

 that are borne numerously in heads upon footstalks six inches 

 high throughout the Cold season. 



2. 0. rosacea. Somewhat similar to the last, the flowers being 

 deeper in colour with large yellow centre, borne upon short 

 footstalks close to the ground among the leaves. A perfect little 

 gem when thriving and in full blossom. 



3. 0. versicolor. Bears crimson flowers; very inferior to 

 either of the two preceding. 



4. 0. variabilis. Bears small dull-crimson flowers. 



5. 0. Deppei. Bears small pale pink flowers ; a common, un- 

 interesting plant ; grows like a weed nearly everywhere. 



6. 0. tetraphylla. A common and very pretty plant ; unlike 

 the rest of the species, it has leaves with four lobes instead of 

 three, and bears its purplish-pink flowers during the Hot and 

 Eain seasons, and not in the Cold months. 



7. 0. lanata. A pretty plant, with leaves of a peculiar pale 

 bluish-green colour : flowers white, not showy, nor opening very 

 freely. 



8. 0. bipunctata. A pretty unpretending plant, with small 

 leaves, and umbels of small white flowers upon long footstalks. 



9. 0. cuprea. A charming plant with glaucous green leaves ; 

 bears in profusion, upon long footstalks, umbels of flowers like 

 golden-yellow primroses. 



10. 0. cernua. Has its leaves curiously speckled with black 

 spots ; presents a very brilliant appearance when bearing its 

 profusion of bright-yellow flowers, somewhat smaller than those 

 of the last. 



