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The flowers appear in umbels, an inch or more in diameter, 

 compact, circular, formed of numerous tubular flowers, of a 

 pale violet shade, and supported on long peduncles; they also 

 exhale a sweet odor at night. The limb of the flower is cut 

 into five segments, each of which is regularly biparted. 



In England it has not succeeded well as a bedding plant, 

 on account of the humidity of the climate ; but here, under 

 our hot sun, it will no doubt be one of the most charm- 

 ing plants for that purpose yet introduced. It is easily raised 

 from seeds, cuttings, or layers, in the same way as the ver- 

 bena. 



It is also a fine plant for baskets, its long trailing stems 

 being covered with blossoms. 



Gardenia Stanleyana. — This superb species, so rarely 

 seen in fine condition, is now showing several of its large, 

 trumpet-shaped and elegant colored flowers, which will re- 

 main in beauty two or three weeks. Some account will be 

 found in a previous volume, (XV, p. 530) of a plant we saw 

 in full bloom in 1849, in the collection of D. F. Manice, 

 Esq., L. I. ; since then we have never seen it. We know of 

 few more noble plants than this. 



Oldenlandia Deppeii. — Some time since, we saw a brief 

 notice of this plant in the Philadelphia Florist, by Mr. Mee- 

 han, gardener to C. Cope, Esq., in whose collection it flow- 

 ered. It is a most desirable plant, as it blooms the whole 

 year through. A single specimen in our collection has been 

 in full bloom ever since last October, and is still throwing up 

 an abundance of buds. The flowers are small and white, 

 but the clusters are large and completely cover the plant ; 

 the foliage is small, neat, and very .dark green, and the habit 

 erect and symmetrical. Either for cutting for bouquets, or 

 for decorating the greenhouse, it is a desirable and beautiful 

 addition to any collection. 



Allamanda Neriifolia. — This is a new and fine species 

 of this showy family of summer blooming climbers. The 

 flowers are not so large as the grandiflora or Schottw, but the 

 plant possesses the valuable habit of flowering very small, 

 and of being half shrubby instead of climbing like the pre- 



