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with white camelUas and NeapoHtan violets, in a bouquet, 

 has a cheerfuhiess of color, and a contrast which is most 

 pleasing. 



New York, Jan. 24, 1850. 



Since our notice of this fine species, at the page alluded 

 to above, (10,) our plants have been constantly in bloom, 

 and have appeared so great an addition to our stock of mid- 

 winter blooming plants, that we were just on the point of 

 preparing a more extended account of it, with an engraving, 

 when the above excellent hints on its management, came to 

 hand, relieving us of the necessity of doing so. 



We therefore present our amateur friends with the an- 

 nexed representation of this brilliant Tropasolum, remarking, 

 however, that justice cannot be done to it in so limited a 

 space. A plant rambling over a circular or balloon trellis, 

 three feet high, with hundreds of its glowing, butterfly-like 

 flowers, wreathed among its velvetty, circular, bluish-green 

 foliage, must be seen, to give a true idea of this charming 

 plant. It is a native of Colombia, in S. America, and was 

 found by Mr. Lobb, the collector of Messrs. Yeitch, of Ex- 

 eter, England, who introduced it in 1843. It may be raised 

 from seeds, or cuttings which strike readily 



MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE. 



Art. I. General M)tices. 



Gesnera Zebrina, — A more useful plant than this for decorating the 

 stove and conservatory during the autumn and winter months can hardly 

 exist. The long period which it remains in beauty, the richness of its 

 blossoms, and the elegantly marked velvet foliage, form altogether a very 

 rich effect. The only disadvantage attending its growth, arises from its 

 brittleness and consequent liability to damage in a crowded house of plants. 

 If you can grow it well, and afford it ample room for display, it will abun- 

 dantly repay all the attention you can give it. 



To produce it in the noble form of which it is capable, one plant only 

 must be grown in a pot. By so doing, plants more than two feet high may 

 be easdy obtained, crowned with a magnificent raceme of flowers, twelve 

 or fourteen inches in length. There is one peculiarity about this plant 

 which requires attention. When it is put into its blooming pot it should be 



