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Tender Plants. 



Trees or Shrubs. — Calceolaria rugosa and integrifolia, Hort. Brit., elegant 

 under-shrubs, nearly hardy, propagated by cuttings, placed under a hand- 

 glass in a cold frame. 



Astrapaea Walliehii, sent to the Chiswick garden from Kew. Very 

 ornamental ; cuttings planted in silver-sand, without moisture, root in the 

 course of six weeks. 



Laurus aggregata, Hort. Brit., L. glauca in some collections. A low 

 branching shrub, flowering in Winter. 



Guatteria rufa, a low plant, with cordate leaves, of easy propagation. 



Berberis fascicularis ; rare ; fine holly -like leaves, yellow flowers, and dark 

 purple fruit. (See Gard. Mag. pp. 216 and 220.) 



Hypericum Cochinchinense, a green-house plant. 



Diplolepis vomitoria and apicuiata, hot-house plants ; Cyminosnia pedun- 

 culata; Hasmadictyon venosum, a showy stove-climber ; Pergularia sanguino- 

 lenta ; Glycosmis citrifolia, a stove plant, bearing edible fruit, about the size 

 of currants ; Ixora barbata ; Lantana fucata ; Euonymus chinensis ; Clitoria 

 arborea ; Oxalis Plumieri. 



Herbaceous Plants. — Marica Sabini rivals in beauty of flowers M. north- 

 iana; "named in compliment to Captain Edward Sabine, of the Royal 

 Artillery, F.R.S., &c, to whom the Society is under much obligation for 

 the numerous and important services he, during his voyage to Africa and 

 South America, rendered the Society, in the protection and assistance 

 afforded the collector (Mr. Geo. Don) who accompanied him." 



Lobelia campanuloides ; Canna iridifolia ; Chlorophytum orchidastrum ; 

 Ipomcea paniculata ; Aneilema sinicum. 



Primula sinensis, introduced by Captain Richard Rawes in 1821, and 

 presented by him to his relative, Thomas Carey Palmer, Esquire, of Brom- 

 ley, in Kent. 



Limnocharis Plumieri, a fine aquatic, native of Maranham ; Phaylopsis 

 longifolia;Alstromeriaflos Martini ; Pitcairniastaminea;Ocymumfebrifugum. 



Orchideous Plants. — In the garden of Chiswick are about 180 species. 

 Catasetum cristatum ; Prescotia plantaginea ; Dendrobium squalens ; Pon- 

 thieva petiolata j Spiranthes pudica; Angraecum luridum ; Eulophia 

 Guineensis and gracilis have flowered. 



Bulbous Plants. — Ornithogalum corymbosum, from Chili ; the Peruvian 

 women twine the flowers, which are very fragrant, in their hair. Pancra 

 tium patens ; Amaryllis Forbesii, cyrtanthoides, and Candida. 



Hardy Plants. 



Rosa Biebersteinii, in general aspect, resembles R. rubiginosa, passing 

 into R. spinosissima. 



Prunus pseudo-cerasus, the Chinese cherry, differs from the common 

 cherry, " in having its flowers growing in racemes, not fascicles ; in their 

 stalks being hairy; and, to a certain degree, in the outline of its leaves. 

 Placed in a forcing-house, it ripened its fruit in fifty days from the time of 

 flowering, and under circumstances unfavourable to forcing cherries in 

 general. Its fruit is small, of a pale red colour, of a pleasant subacid fla- 

 vour, with a small smooth stone. From the facility with which it bears 

 forcing, it is to be anticipated, that it may hereafter prove an object de- 

 serving attention." 



Annual Plants. 



Euphorbia cyathophora; Nicotiana repanda, the true Havannah segar to- 

 bacco ; Nicotiana nana ; Calceolaria scabiosaefolia. 



Schizanthus pinnatus, an elegant annual, now common, and the seeds 

 sold in the seed-shops, with S. porrigens, and other half-hardy annuals. 



Schizopetalon Walkeri, another charming addition to our half-hardy 

 annuals. 



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