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Horticultural Society's garden it has proved a hardy plant, 

 growing about six inches high, and well suited for pots, or 

 a rock-work, where the situation is rather shaded and damp. 

 It is freely increased from seeds, which should he sown in 

 spring, potting off the young plants, and keeping them in a 

 cold frame facing the north, during summer. Afterwards 

 they may have ordinary treatment, and will flower in the 

 second season, in June and July. i^Bot. Reg., Dec.) 



M.alvacea. 



ABU'TILON 



vi lifoliiim De Cand. Vine leaved Abutilon. A greenhouse plant -, growing six feet hi»h; with 

 palo lilac ilowers; appearing in (?) ; a native of Chili ; increased by cuttings ; grown in peat 

 and sand. Bot. Reg. t. 57, 1844. 



A showy plant, with " broad gay masses" of lilac flowers, 

 which are abundantly produced. The foliage is large and 

 lobed, and the flowers appear in clusters all over the plant. 

 It was introduced to Dublin in 1836, and in Ireland has stood 

 out without protection. In England it proves a greenhouse 

 or conservatory plant, growing freely, especially when plant- 

 ed out, and is very desirable, unless it is on account of the 

 size it attains, which is rather objectionable in small green- 

 houses. Planted out in a conservatory it is a beautiful ob- 

 ject. It is propagated from cuttings, and is freely grown in 

 heath mould and sand — making choice of a large pot or tub, 

 where the roots may have plenty of room. {BoL Reg., Nov.) 



Bytl7i€r'ikcese. 



TROCHE'TIv4 (In honor of M. Dutrochet, the celebrated French physiolozist) De Cand. 



grandifldra Lindl. Large flowered Troclietia. A stove plant ; growing six feet high ; with white 

 flowers ; appearing in winter ; a native of Mauritias ; increased by cuttings. Bot. Reg. t. 21, 1844. 



" A noble plant introduced by his grace the Duke of Nor- 

 thumberland from the Mauritias, and flowered at Syon in 

 December, 1843." The species forms a shrub, six to ten feet 

 high, producing from the axils of the leaves pendulous flower 

 stems, with three or four blossoms, which are snow while, 

 with a yellow blotch at the base of each petal, and are nearly 

 three inches in diameter. The graceful appearance of the 

 depending flowers — their snowy whiteness, heightened by a 

 golden shade, renders it one of the finest objects for a choice 

 collection. It is a free flowerer, and is probably of easy cul- 

 tivation. {Bot. Reg., April.) 



