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and when properly managed, the shoots all tied out carefully 

 and judiciously stopped, they form specimens six or eight 

 feet in circumference, with hundreds of flowers. The facili- 

 ty with which the plants may be retarded enables the gard- 

 ener to have the plants in bloom from June to December. 

 Some capital hints on their management will be found in our 

 last number. 



New Pelargoniums. — It is remarkable that so much im- 

 provement can be made in the pelargonium, after the pro- 

 duction of so many choice varieties. It, however, shows 

 that there is no limit to the growth of new sorts. We no- 

 ticed in our last the collection of seedlings of M. Odier, which 

 has created so much attention in Paris. We have been 

 equally surprised at the beauty of some of the older kinds 

 which have flowered for the first time in our collection, viz., 

 Tyrian Q,ueen, Eurydice, Pulchra, Occellatum, Mount Hecla, 

 Champion of Devon, &c., &c. We had thought Mr. Beck's 

 seedlings were so fine it would not be easy to excel them, 

 but Tyrian Queen, and Eurydice, are far ahead of Cassandra, 

 or any of Beck's. The richness and distinctness of coloring 

 are surprising. The pelargonium is, in truth, a most elegant 

 plant, and one which is deserving of all the attention it has 

 received. 



Salvia Lyonsiana. — In our last we noticed a new Salvia, 

 which we called Ljmesiana ; we wrote hastily, and now cor- 

 rect two errors; one, in saying that Mr. Lyons was gar- 

 dener to G. Brooks, Esq., Avhen we should have said Ed. 

 Brooks, Esq. ; and the other in writing Lyneseawa in place of 

 Lyonsiana. 



210. Brilliant A^siA Owarie'nsis Pal. de Beauv. Owarian 

 Brilliantas'ia. (^AcanthacecB.) Sierra Leone. 



A stove plant; grovvin? three to four feet hu'h ■, with purple flowers; appenring in spring; 

 grown in leaf mould, peal and sand ; increased by cuuinss. Hot. Mas;., 1S53, pi. 4717. 



A very fine acanthaceous plant, with panicles of jmrplish 

 flowers, which appear in March. The stem is four angled, 

 and the leaves are large, coarse, cordate at the base, and 

 resemble the sage. It was sent from Sierra Leone by Mr. 



