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. sinemarie'nsis (Guiana). Yellow. August 

 Guiana. 1824. 



teTnuis (slender). Yellow. Buenos Ayres. 



tilicefo'lia (lime-leaved). Purple. August. 



Java. 1820. 



tomento'sa (soft-haired). 10. Yellow. July. 



South America. 1820. 



zanziba' rica (Zanzibar). 10. Yellow. Zan- 



zibar. 1825. 



SHRUBS. 



B.ferruqi'nea (rusty). 10. Yellow. Brazil. 



1820. 

 fiflgens (shining-fruited). 6. Yellow. West 



Indies. 1759. 



Humboldtia'na (Humboldt's). 19. Yellow. 



South America. 1824. 



lawifo' lia (bay leaved) . 10. Yellow. Ja- 



maica. 1733. 



ova'ta (egg-shape-/eare<Z). 6. Yellow. July. 



Saint Domingo. 1820. 



periploccefo'lia (Periploca-leaved). 10. Yel- 



low. July. Porto Rico. 1818. 



spldndens (shining). 10. Yellow. South 



America. 1812. 



BANKS (Sloping], are very desirable 

 in a kitchen garden, not only because 

 they aid in forwarding the crops on their 

 south front and retarding those on their 

 north front, but because they much in- 

 crease the cultivatable surface. Suppos- 

 ing the banks to run east and west, the 

 south side, especially as respects all low- 

 growing things, such as French beans, 

 potatoes, &c., will produce eight days 

 earlier than when cultivated on the level, 

 while the north side will retain lettuces, 

 &c., during summer, much longer fit for 

 the table. The surface of the ground is 

 also increased, notwithstanding learned 

 assertions to the contrary. In making 

 them at first in shallow soils, they should 

 not be wider than six feet at the base ; 

 but as the soil becomes improved they 

 may be from ten to twelve feet in width. 

 In deep soils, the banks may be formed 

 by trenching in the usual manner, only 

 throwing them into shape by a line and 

 stakes. In thin soils, care should be 

 taken to have plenty of room in the first 

 opening to stir the subsoil, and then re- 

 place again the surface soil on the sur- 

 face. The accompanying sketch will 



give some idea as to how they are 

 formed, each ridge being twelve feet 



wide at the base. A B is the ground 

 level, c the apex of the ridge, and d d 

 paths between. Of course they could 

 not be raised so high at first without 

 impoverishing the other ground. If 

 drained beneath the paths all the better 

 for in heavy land, without drainage 

 and deep stirring, the moisture will be 

 long retained. If at c there is a board 

 fixed, or even a row of dwarf hardy peas, 

 the south side will be rendered still 

 warmer, and the north side more cool 

 and late. Such banks, therefore, may 

 not only be used for vegetables, but also 

 for accelerating and retarding fruits, 

 such as the strawberry. Owing to the 

 depth of soil thus obtained, if the surface 

 is kept stirred, you will never need much 

 of the water-pot, even in the driest 

 weather. The right hand or south side 

 should be the longest, and, in a succes- 

 sion of ridges, the northernmost one 

 should be the highest. 



BA'NKSIA. (Named after Sir Joseph 

 Banks, a distinguished patron of natural 

 history. Nat. ord., Proteads [Proteaceas]. 

 Linn., ^-Tetrandria, \-monogynia.} All 

 interesting greenhouse plants from New 

 Holland. Seeds, when obtainable, should 

 be sown in spring or summer, in sandy 

 peat, and placed in the greenhouse ; seed- 

 lings potted of? as soon as they can be 

 handled, otherwise they will shank off. 

 Some kinds are most easily propagated 

 by layers, and a few rare ones by graft- 

 ing ; but most are obtained by cuttings 

 of the ripened shoots, with most of the 

 leaves attached, inserted by the sides of 



pot, placed under a hand-light, kept 

 close and shaded from sunshine during 

 the day, and air given and the glass re- 

 moved for a time during the night. 

 Sandy peat, with a little loam to the 

 more strong growing. Summer temp., 

 50 to 65 ; winter, 35 to 4o. 

 E. attenua'ta (tapering). 6. Yellow. 1794. 



austra'lis (southern). 6. Green. 1812. 



Brvfwnii (Miss Brown's). 1830. 



CalSyi (Caley's). 1830. 



cocci' nea (scarlet-./fo?<weZ). 6. Scarlet. 1803. 



colli'na (\n\\). 6. Yellow. 1800. 



ctfmpar (well-matched). 6. Yellow. 1824. 



Cunningha' mii (Cunningham's). 6. Pale 



yellow. 1822. 



cylindrosta'chya (cylindric-spiked). 



denta'ta (toothed). 4. Yellow. 1822. 



dryandroi'des (Dryandra-like). 6. Yellow. 



1822. 

 ela'tior (taller). 20. Yellow. 1824. 



