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flowers in terminal heads, of a rich orangy brown, and scented like ripe 

 apricots. From the south-west coast of New Holland, by Mr. W. Baxter, 

 C.M.H.S., to Mr. J. B. Mackay, F.L.S. H.S., of the Clapton nursery. The 

 figure from the only plant which has yet flowered, sent by Mr. P. M' Arthur, 

 from the collection under his care, in the splendid conservatory (fig. 50., 

 Vol.11, p. 170.) of A. Baring, Esq. M.P., at the Grange, Hampshire. " Ripened 

 cuttings taken off at a joint, and planted in sand, under a hand-glass, in 

 a cool situation, without shortening their leaves, will root readily." — Bil- 

 lardiera scandens ; Pittosporeae. {^g. 110.) A slightly climbing, small, ever- 

 green shrub, well adapted for a conservatory 

 or green-house, where it is not wanted to 

 attain a great height; " it is one of the very 

 few eatable fruits that are natives of New 

 Holland, and is, of itself, not very agreeable 

 to the palate. Loam and peat, and cuttings 

 in sand, under bell-glasses. — Grevillea acu- 

 minata; Protedcets, A handsome, dwarf, 

 bushy, evergreen shrub. The figure from a 

 plant in the rich and superiorly cultivated 

 collection of Mr, Knight, of the King's Road. 

 — Banksia dryandi^oides ; 4 and l,and Pro- 

 tedcecB. A handsome, stout, upright, ever- 

 green shrub, with long pinnatifid leaves, 

 glossy green above, and ferruginous or grey- 

 ish white underneath. This is another of the 

 new species ofProteace^E sent to Mr. Mackay 

 by Mr.Baxter, and it has flowered, for the first time in Europe, in the superb 

 collection of the Comtesse de Vandes, at Bayswater, under the care and skill 

 of Mr. Campbell. 



With this number, a titlepage and index are given, so that the volume 

 may be considered as completed ; and the work, we believe, will be discon- 

 tinued for the present. We have already expressed our favourable opinion 

 of it, and have only to add, that whether as a collection of new, rare, beau- 

 tiful, and what is of some consequence, half hardy, plants, or as a book of 

 elegant drawings and correct botanical descriptions, it is well worth pur- 

 chasing. 



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No. XIX. for July, contains 

 73 to 76. — Helianthemum barbatura and pulchdlum. — Cistus rotundi- 

 folius. " A pretty, dwarf, very bushy, upright, evergreen shrub, densely 

 crowded with hairy branches, with purple flowers." — Helianthemum erio- 

 sepalon. 



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No. XLIII.Jbr Jidy, contains 

 Kaulfussia araelloides. {Jig. 111.) A beautiful half-hardy "annual, with deep 

 flowers, from the Cape, not yet common, though introduced in 1819. — 

 Zinnia degans. An annual, with deep red flowers of considerable beauty : 

 the flowers are not numerous, but of long duration. — Andromeda coriacea. 

 " This species of Andromeda constitutes an interesting ornament amongst 

 the lesser American shrubs, and, from its flowers being produced at a some- 

 what later period, is advantageously mixed with the iedums, Kalmi«*, 

 Azaleas, &c. It retains its foliage during winter, and blossoms about Mid- 



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