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It will probably succeed in our climate as a summer bulb, 

 planted out in the spring with the Gladioli, and blooming in 

 autumn. If it does, it will be a great acquisition. Its orange- 

 colored, bell-shaped blossoms, quite large for the leaves and 

 stem, would be charming objects in the flower border. [Bat. 

 Mag., May.) 



219. Lmpatiens Hookeriana Arnot. Hooker's Balsam. 



(Balsaminaceas.) Ceylon. 



A stove plant ; growin? two to three feet higli ; with white and carmine flowers ; nppeariii? 

 in summer ; increased by seeds ; grown in light rich soil. But. Mag., 1853, pi. 4701. 



This is the most beautiful of all the Balsams which have 

 been introduced. The foliage is large, ovate, acuminate, 

 serrated, and the flowers, which are very large, and have a 

 long slender spurr, are white, beautifully marked with deep 

 blood-colored veins on the lower petals. It was raised from 

 seeds received from Ceylon, and flowered last year at Kew. 

 If it will succeed with us in the open air as an annual or 

 bedded out, as we have no doubt it will, it must be a splen- 

 did addition to our garden plants. {Bot. Mag., March.) 



220. PuYA CHiLENsis MoUtia. Chilian Puya. [Bromel- 



iaceas. ) Chili. 



A stove plant ; growing four feet high ; with greenish yellow flowers ; appearing in summer ; 

 increased by seeds; grown in light rich soil. Bot. Mag., 18J3, pi. 4715. 



" One of the most striking of the Bromeliaceous plants," 

 attaining the height of four feet, and throwing up a com- 

 pound spike of flowers upon the column-like perfectly straight 

 peduncle of remarkable size. The leaves are furnished, with 

 spines directed towards the apex, and the general appearance 

 of the plant is something like a Yucca. It thrives in a cool 

 stove at Kew, and would probably in our climate do well in 

 the greenhouse. {Bot. Mag., May.) 



MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE. 



Art. I. Domestic JVotices* 



Horticultural Exhibitions i?f September Aj>fD October. — This 

 month and the next will be full of interest to the Horticulturist, the Florist, 

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