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at that time be well watered, and removed to a hot-house, where they 

 ought to remain as long as they continue to grow. Afterwards they should 

 be kept quite dry, but not too hot." — Pyrus (pereii, the Celtic name for 

 the pear, whence, according to De Theis, the Latins formed pi/rus, the 

 French pov-e, the Anglo-Saxons pere, and the English jjear) grandifolia; 

 /Zasaceae Pomaceae. A very handsome hardy shrub, growing to the height 

 of 4 or 5 ft., expanding its blossoms about the middle of May, quite hardy, 

 and propagated by grafting or budding upon the whitethorn. It belongs 

 to that section of tlie genus Pyrus of which P. arbutifolia is the repre- 

 sentative. — O'rchis papilionacea. From the south of Europe ; frame. 

 — ^laeagnus {elaia, olive, agnos, chaste ; resemblance and supposed virtues) 

 angustifolia. A small, hardy, cinereous tree, from Egypt, " growing from 

 15 to 20 ft. high, with the habit of some kind of willow. Its flowers, which 

 are produced in great quantities in the month of May, are so powerfully 

 fragrant as to perfume ail the air around them : it is for this valuable pro- 

 perty that the tree is chiefly cultivated. Its reddish brown fruit, which is 

 something like a small date, is only eaten by birds. There are, in the gardens 

 of a few individuals near London, some plants, said to produce an excellent 

 fruit, which have been raised from seed sent from Persia, under the name 

 of Zinzet/d. These are the JElseagnus orientalis, which Bieberstein con- 

 siders a mere garden variety of the species now figured. Its fruit is doubt- 

 less very good ; and the flowers are reported to be even more odoriferous 

 than those of E. angustifolia," — Tillandsia (Elias Tillands, keeper of the bo- 

 tanic garden at Abo) acaulis; 6and l,andBrome\iacecs. "A pretty little stove 

 epiphyte, from Rio Janeiro, to Mrs. Arnold Harrison," — Gesneria (Conrad 

 Gesner, of Zurich, one of the first botanists of his age) rutila; Didynam. 

 Angios., and Gesneriece. A herbaceous stove plant with scarlet flowers, 

 growing 2or sft. high, imported from South America by the ComtedeVandes, 

 in whose garden at Bayswater it flowered in September, 1827. 



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Part CXXXIV.for June, contains 

 13.51 to 1340. — Ribes multiflorum. "A native of the Carpathian 

 mountains, a part of the world the vegetable productions of which are not 

 so much known as they ought to be in this country, although they are so 

 well adapted for our climate. All spring flowers are acceptable, even if, 

 like the present, they may not be very splendid." — Franciscea (His Im- 

 perial Majesty, Francis of Austria) uniflora. Abundant in the woods of 

 Brazil, perfuming the air with its violet-scented flowers. Introduced by 

 R. Barclay, Esq., of Bury Hill. Stove ; loam and peat ; cuttings. — 

 Jcacia Brownd (so named by M. Decandolle, in honour of that distin- 

 guished botanist, Mr. Robert Brown). From New South Wales, and re- 

 quiring protection from frost. Easiest culture. — li^uphorbia polygonata.— 

 Enc2i conferta. — jStatice speciosa. From Siberia, where it is said the dried 

 leaves are made use of as a substitute for tea. Only to be increased by seeds; 

 and as these have never yet been produced in England, the plant is in con- 

 sequence scarce. — Isopogon {isos, equal, pogon, beard) anemonifolius. A 

 pretty shrub, of dwarf growth, from New South Wales. A free flowerer, 

 and requiring only to be defended from the cold of our winters, — Ly- 

 thrum GraefFeni (so named by Professor Tenore, in memory of M. Graeffer, 

 a German gardener, sent out to the King of Naples, by Sir Joseph Banks, 

 to lay out an English garden at Caserta, about 1784, and killed there by 

 the populace in 1819. See Encyc. of Gard., p. 1109.) From Italy, by Mr. 

 Barclay, in 1825. Pretty, requires a little shelter during winter, and of the 

 easiest culture. — jBlseagnus angustifolia. — Patrinia scabiosaefolia, A 

 hardy perennial of little beauty. 



