This elegant plant is a native of New 

 South Wales: it has been lately intro- 

 duced, and flowers in February and March. 

 It requires the greenhouse, and should be 

 potted in sandy peat earth. The propaga- 

 tion of it is slow and difficult by cuttings : 

 unless therefore seeds can be obtained, it 

 will probably remain scarce. 



" Each flower, arrayed in beauty and 

 breathing perfumes, courts our affections 

 for its infinitely amiable Author. Not a 

 bird that warbles, nor a brook that mur- 

 murs, but invites our praise, or chides our 

 ingratitude. All the classes of fruits depo- 

 sit their attestations on our palates, yet 

 seldom reach our hearts. They give us a 

 proof of the Divine Benignity; a proof as 

 undeniable as it is pleasing, and too often 



