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The stronger growing sorts of Pelargonium most suitable 

 for the above rotation are, the Shrubland Superb, Ibrahim 

 Pacha, Royalist, Tam O'Shanter, and Eclipse. 



The best dwarfs are, Phenomenon, Brompton Hero, and 

 Tom Thumb ; the latter variety requires a much larger pro- 

 portion of cow-dung and leaf-mould, to grow it well, than 

 any of the other sorts, and it is the only one with which I 

 am acquainted that will bear forcing. They should be 

 stopped once or twice diu'ing their earlier stages of growth, 

 which will cause them to assume a more dwarf and bushy 

 habit, but they must not be stopped before their flowers, like 

 the large growing sorts. 



Art. IX. Floricultural and Botanical Notices of New and 

 Beautiful Plants figured in Foreign Periodicals ; with 

 Descriptions of those recently introduced to, or originated 

 in, American Gardens. 



Plumbago Larpentje which we have several times no- 

 ticed, has been in bloom, in our collection, all summer, and 

 proves to be a very desirable addition to our limited stock of 

 bedding plants, though falling considerably short of the rep- 

 utation Avhich it had obtained abroad. Its dark blue flowers 

 form a fine contrast with the scarlet verbenas, and its 

 dwarf habit and abundant blooming renders it gay through- 

 out the summer. 



Achi'menes GLoxiNiEFLo'RA. — This very beautiful new 

 species, with large white flowers, delicately dotted with 

 brown, has recently flowered in the collection of Mr. Wilder, 

 and proves to be a very great addition to this fine family of 

 summer flowering plants. For the purpose of hybridization, 

 it will be a great acquisition. 



New Species of the Globe Amaranthus. — Among the 

 small lot of seeds, which we had from New Mexico, is a new 

 species of Gomphrena, very similar to the common Globe 

 amaranthus, with orange colored flowers, very showy, and 



