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Orchideae, it bore flowers in March, 1828. — Justick quadrangularrs j //can- 

 thaceae. A very distinctly marked species, with a purplish red corolla; 

 flowers in January.- — Begonza papillosa. Unequally cordate leaves, bright 

 green and shining on the upper surface, and red and glabrous below; 

 pink flowers; stove. — i?6sa sinica. A climbing much branching shrub, 

 with long, flexible, green branches, and a beautiful smooth bark. The 

 leaflets three, and the flowers solitary, very large, fragrant, and white. From 

 Georgia, into which it was probably imported from China. Long known in 

 British collections by the name of the Cherokee Rose. Elliot, in his Flora 

 of South Carolina and Georgia, observes, " In our rural economy, this plant 

 will one day become very important. For the purpose of forming hedges, 

 there is perhaps no plant which unites so many advantages ; and in quick- 

 ness of growth, facility of culture, strength, durability, and beauty, it has 

 perhaps no rival." 



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No. V.for July, contains 



1159 to 1165. — Antholjza {anthos, a flower, li/ssa, rage; aspect of 

 flower) asthiopica; /ridese. A handsome Cape bulbous-rooted plant, thriv- 

 ing in light sandy soil in a cool green-house. — Jmygdalus communis var. ma- 

 crocarpa. A beautiful variety of the common almond, with flowers twice the 

 usual size, which remain longer, and are succeeded by a larger fruit. There 

 is only one plant in the garden of the Horticultural Society; but, as it is as 

 easily increased as other almonds, we hope it will soon be purchasable in 

 every nursery. — Cratae^gus heterophylla. By far the handsomest of the 

 white-flowered species of hawthorn, and remarkable for its black berries. 

 There is a fine tree of it in the grounds of Mrs. Marryat, at Wimbledon. — 

 Thryallis (an ancient Greek name for a plant of the mullein kind) brachy- 

 stachys ; Malp^ghiacece. A tender, handsome, climbing stove plant, from 

 Rio Janeiro to the Horticultural Society, in 1823. It attains the height of 

 8 or 10 ft., produces its yellow flowers in great profusion in September and 

 October, and is propagated by cuttings struck in peat and sand. — Lmnm 

 sibiricura var. Lewisii; 5 and 1, and iinese. A handsome hardy perennial, 

 about 1^ ft. high, with large blue flowers in May, June, and July. It " dif- 

 fers in nothing from L. sibiricum, except in having larger flowers, and being 

 more glaucous. The existence of the same plant in North-west America, is 

 only one of numerous other examples 

 of the great resemblance of the Floras 

 of those two countries." 



Magnolia Yidan var. Soulangiajza. 

 " A very handsome variety of the 

 Yulan Magnolia, obtained from a 

 seed of M. Yulan, which had been fer- 

 tilised by the pollen of M. obovata." 

 Mr. Sweet, who has figured the same 

 plant in his Flower-Garden for this 

 month, says : " Its other parent was 

 supposed to be M. obovata var, pur- 

 purea, but the recurved styles prove 

 that to be erroneous, and determine 

 it to have been the M. Kobus (the M. 

 gracilis of Salisbury), which is also a 

 purple-flowered species." Mr. Sweet 

 has had a plant flower in his own gar- 

 den, and considers that this hybrid 



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