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Mr. Becar of Brooklyn, N. Y., has also raised three or four 

 fine camellias : and Mr. Hicks, of the same city, one of great 

 beantj^ Mr. Dunlap, of New York city, has produced a su- 

 perb white, which is now offered for sale : we have not seen 

 it, but understand it is a great acquisition. With so large a 

 number produced within the last four or five years, what 

 may we not anticipate for the future, when a much greater 

 number of seedlings will be annually raised ! 



Cape Gladioli. Mr. J. Feast, of Baltimore, sent us, some 

 time since, " a spike of flowers of a bulbous plant, which 

 he received from the Cape of Good Hope ; it grows about 

 three feet high, and emits a very pleasant odor at night. As 

 a flowering plant he prizes it highly, on account of the abun- 

 dance of blossoms which it produces during the latter part of 

 winter. The name he has not been able to ascertain, 

 (rladiolus tristis of the Encyclopadia of Plants does not 

 grow half as high." We suspect, however, that the species 

 is the G. tristis ; as the specimens corresponded precisely 

 with the figure in the Botanical Magazine. It is free flow- 

 ering, and a desirable winter bulb. 



New Pyramidal German Asters. The Pyramidal German 

 Asters, are of recent introduction to our gardens, and are a 

 great addition to this showy and beautiful class of annuals. 

 Their flowers are equally as double and well formed as the 

 old kind, but instead of branching off" at right angles like 

 those, the lateral stems are quite erect, and when in full 

 bloom the plants form regular pyramids, o'c plumes of flowers, 

 a single one, cut off at the root, being in itself a perfect 

 bouquet. The variety of colors is nearly as great as the old 

 sort, and no flower garden can be complete without a bed of 

 this new and splendid kind. 



113. Drymo^nia CRIST A^TA Tk/t^'. Crested-calyx Drymonia. 



{GesnerikcQce.) Guinea. 



A hot house plant ; growing one foot high ; with straw-colored flowers ; appearing in summer •, 

 cultivated in peat and leaf mould ; intTeased by cuttings. I'lore des Serres, 1648. PI. 390. 



A very pretty gesneraceous plant, with thick, downy 

 leaves, of dwarfish habit, throwing out from the main stem 

 numerous, pendant laterals, and producing from the axils of 

 the leaves, numerous delicate straw colored blossoms, some- 



