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blue mixed with pink ; any soil, and division of the root. — Sagittaria 

 angustifolia ; ^lismaces. A pretty stove aquatic, flowering in October. From 

 Essequebo, by Mr. E. Davis, to Mr. Colvill's extensive establishment in the 

 King's Road. — ffinothera-pallida; Octand. Monog., and Onagrarise. A 

 handsome, hardy, creeping-rooted perennial, found by Mr. Douglas on the 

 north-west coast of America, growing among sand in all the dry country 

 west of the rocky mountains. " The flowers are at first white, afterwards 

 they change to pale purple, and at night are deliciously fragrant. It flowers 

 from June to September, flourishes better in peat than in loam, and is 

 readily increased by its creeping roots, or by seeds." Altogether, it is a 

 delightful little plant, and we hope it will soon find its way into every cot- 

 tager's garden. A'good idea of its figure may be obtained by recurring to 

 Gard, Mag., Vol. II. p. 89. Jig. 54. : — TuUpa oculus solis var. persica, Per- 

 sian Sun's Eye Tulip ; iviliaceae. " We are tempted to figure this variety, not 

 only for the sake of its great beauty and rarit}', but also from its being not 

 less remarkable for its large flowers than for its native country, and the pecu- 

 liarity of the integuments of its roots." The roots of the common European 

 tulip are densely clothed with wool beneath the outer integuments ; those 

 of the Persian variety have coarse hair, instead of wool, probably because 

 less protection from cold is wanted for the tulip bulb in Persia than in 

 Europe. — iathyrus californicus ; Leguminosse. " A rambling, strong-grow- 

 ing, creeping-rooted, handsome perennial plant, native of the north-west 

 coast of North America, where it was found by Mr. Douglas. It is common 

 all over the country, at the outskirts of woods, in the sub-alpine regions of 

 the mountains. With us it flowers during the most of the summer, thriving 

 freely in any soil or situation, but especially in peat among other plants." 

 This will be a valuable shrub for mixing in with groups of shrubs on lawns, 

 or in ornamental hedges or fringes of woody plants. 

 No. III. for May, contains 



1 145 to 1151. — Agave geminiflora {Gai-d. Mag., Vol. II. p. 96. Jig. 30.) j 

 Kvaax-^Widece. This plant was introduced into Europe from South America 

 in 1795, and flowered for the first time in 1815, in the garden of the Duke of 

 Litta, at Sainate, near Milan. The gardener there found, that, if the cen- 

 tral bud of the stem were seared with a hot iron, a brood of young plants 

 would be produced around the base ; and, accordingly, such was the 

 method he practised in propagating it. Mr. Haworth has adopted the 

 name of Littse'a for this plant, but Mr. Lindley and Mr. Ker agree in con- 

 sidering it an Agave. — Polygala oppositifolia var. major. " A beautiful 

 green-house plant, easily increased, and blossoming in abundance in the early 

 months of the year." From the conservatory at the Grange, by Mr. Peter 

 M' Arthur, in 1826. — Eulophia {eulophos, well crested; surface of middle 

 lobe of lip) ensata; Orchideae Vdndecs. From Sierra Leone to the Horticul- 

 tural Society, by Mr. George Don, A.L.S., in 1822. " It is a tender stove 

 plant, extremely difficult to cultivate, being liable to rot from various causes. 

 In growth it resembles the West Indian bletias ; Hke them dying down to 

 the ground periodically." — Amaryllis intermedia. From Brazil in 1827. — 

 2/Upinus lepidus. " Another fine perennial lupine, produced from the 

 inexhaustible store of novelties discovered in North-west America by Mr. 

 Douglas. It is a very local species, growing from Fort Vancouver to the 

 Great Falls of Colombia, on the dry elevated banks of streams. It flowers 

 in August and September, and is the smallest of the North American spe- 

 cies, except L. aridus and minimus, not exceeding 6 or 9 in. in height. It 

 is to be propagated, we presume, by dividing the roots. No seed has yet 

 been produced." 



Genista procumbens. " A rare and pretty little hardy shrub, well 

 adapted for covering rockwork, over which its stems trail in dense masses." 

 Its flowers are of a bright yellow, and very fragrant. — Cratae'gus cor- 

 data. This handsome hardy tree is a native, according to Pursb, of 



