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colour, several produced in succession from the same spathe ; about 6 in. 

 high. Propagated by offsets, which being rarely produced, it is likely to 

 remain a scarce plant. — Greville« punicea; Y^rotedcece. Colour of the flower 

 extremely rich, and the whole plant very elegant ; increased by cuttings in 

 an airy green-house, in sandy peat. — ^tragene sibfrica. A suitable climber 

 for a wall, &c., and grows in good garden soil. — Streptanthera ^legans. A 

 beautiful bulbous plant of the Ixia family ; thrives in peat soil, in a narrow 

 border, close to the front wall of a hot-house. — BuncKosia polystachya ; 

 Malpighiac<?(^. Very ornamental to the stove ; increased by cuttings. 



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No. LXV. for July, contains 

 257 to 260. — Cummingk (Lady Gordon Gumming, much attached to the 

 science of botany") campanulata; Jsphodelese. (/g. 109.a) A bulb with 

 grassy leaves, and ele- 

 gant blue flowers, 

 deserving a place in 

 every collection. In- 

 troduced from Chile ' 

 a few years ago, and 

 figured in the Botani- 

 cal Maganne as a spe- 

 cies of Conanthera, a 

 genus which differs 

 from CummingM as 

 JZyacinthus does 

 from Scilla, in having 

 a deeply divided peri- 

 anthium. Culture 

 like that of Tigridia 

 pavonia. — Salpiglossis (salpig.v, a trumpet, glossa, a tongue ; flowers trum- 

 pet-shaped, style tongue-shaped) picta ; (Solaneae. {fig. 109. b) A magnificent 

 herbaceous plant, from Chile, to P. Neill, Esq., of Edinburgh. " We believe 

 it will prove perennial, and may be cultivated in the open border with a 

 little protection in winter." Readily increased by young cuttings, under a 

 hand-glass, or in a shady border without glass. — Muscari pallens. — Mag- 

 nolia SoulangMncf. 



No. LXV I. for Augmt, contains 

 261 to 264. — iupinus tomentosus ; Leguminosse Papilionaceae Phaseo- 

 leae. A handsome perennial lupine from Peru, of easy culture in the open 

 border. — Wicotidna noctiflora ; (S'olaneae. Half hardy, and apparently per- 

 ennial, " a great acquisition to our gardens, as its flowers are very sweet- 

 scented as well as beautiful. — JShododendron Gowemanum, Ericese iJhodo- 

 raceae. " A handsome, smallish, branching shiaib," of hybrid origin, being 

 produced from seed of an Azalea, which had been fertilised with the pollen 

 of a Rhododendron. — Piptanthus (pipto, to fall, anthos, a flower ; flowers 

 fall off" altogether, calyx, petals, and stamens) nepal^nsis j Leguminosae Pa- 

 pilionaceae SophorecB. " A handsome, upright, branching, evergreen shrub," 

 with ternate bright green leaves and yellow flowers. 



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No. XIV. for July, contains 

 _ 53 to 56. — Dryandra formosa; 5 and 1, and "PvoteacecB. A stout, up- 

 right, bushy, evergreen shrub, well clothed with branches and leaves ; the 



