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weather. It is one of the most rapid growing roses, and well 

 adapted for a wall or pillar." 



We trust our cultivators will take a hint from this, and 

 produce the flower in all the beauty represented. Nothing 

 can be finer. It most resembles the Saffrano, but the ground 

 color is richer, and this is overspread with lake, which gives 

 it a warai apricot hue. [Bot. Mag., Nov.) 



198. Ma'lva involucra^ta Torr. ^' Gray. Ixvolucrated 



Mallow. (Malvaceae.) Texas. 



A half hardy pereiirjial : srowin; two feet lii^h ; with purple flowers ; i.ppeariii? in Miniiner ; 

 i)ropa2ated by dis'ision of the roots and cuttings ; grown in good rich soil. Bot Mug., IS52, 

 III. 46SI. 



The genus Nuttallia, by general consent, has been aban- 

 doned, and all the species transferred to Mk\va, and a new 

 one established in honor of our American botanist. The 

 present plant was raised from seeds sent to Kevv, by Dr. 

 Engleman, which were received from Texas. In England 

 it is a hardy perennial, with deeply lobed leaves, and showy 

 purple flowers. With us it will probably be a half hardy or 

 frame perennial, flowering in July and August. {Bot. Mag., 

 November.) 



199. BegoS'ia xanthOna Hook. Yellow-flowered Be- 



gonia. (Begojiiaceoi.) Boutan. 



A greenhouse or stoi'e pliii:t ; growing two fiet hi,'h ; with yellow flowers ; appearing in sum- 

 mer ; propagated by cullings ; grown in loam and 1-af mould. Bot. Mag., 1852. pi. 4683. 



All the Begonias are pretty plants, and when well cultivated 

 are beautiful additions to any collection. But some of the 

 newer species are extremely beautiful, and this is one of 

 them, — "remarkable for the large, full, almost golden yellow 

 flowers, tinged with red at the back, which contrast Avell 

 with the ample foliage, of a deep glossy green above, and 

 with fine red petioles, peduncles, and underside of the leaf." 

 It flowered in Mr. Nuttall's stove at Rainhill, where it was 

 raised from roots sent in 1850 from Boutan, by his nephew 

 Mr. Booth. It is one of the best, and deserving immediate 

 introduction into our collections. {^Bot. Mag., Nov.) 



