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the Botanic Garden at Kew, — a circumstance that we are glad to mention, 

 and should be happy to have occasion frequently to repeat, as a symptom 

 of improved feeling towards his brethren, in the Director of the king's 

 gardens. 



No. III. for August, contains 

 9 to 12. — BossiaeNz rhombifolia; 17 and 10, and Legumindsag Papilio- 

 nacea? idteae. A dwarf-branching, evergreen shrub, with brilliant yellow 

 and purplish red pea-flowers. From New South Wales to the Fulham 

 Nursery, by Mr. C. Fraser. — Melaleuca scabra ; 18 and 12, and ikfyrtacea? 

 ikfyrteas. A pretty evergreen shrub, resembling a small cypress or cedar. 

 All the melaleucas are of a singular kind of beauty; elegant, showy, splen- 

 did, and not very common, though of easy culture. — Orthrosanthus (or- 

 thros, morning, anthos, a flower) multifldrus; 3 and 1, and irideae. A close- 

 tufted, perennial, herbaceous plant, of the easiest culture in a cold-pit. From 

 Lucky Bay, by Mr. W. Baxter, to the Clapton Nursery. — Jcacia mollis- 

 sima. A stiff, upright, bushy, handsome, sweet-scented shrub : one of the 

 handsomest species of the genus, and a most desirable plant for a large 

 green-house or conservatory; and, for the open air, as hardy as the common 

 myrtle. From the nursery of Mr. Joseph Knight, F.H.S., where there are 

 some fine specimens of this and other rare and beautiful New Holland 

 plants, in his magnificent curvilinear conservatory. 



Geranidcece. By Robert Sweet, F.L.S. &c. In Numbers. 3s. each. 



No. XCI.for July, contains 

 561 to 564. — Pelargonium diversilobum and Spimi, Ciconium glabri- 

 folium, and P. lasiocaulon. Handsome hybrids. 



No. XCII. for August, contains 

 365 to 568. — Pelargonium imperiale, clarum, obovatum, and regium. 

 Hybrids of unusual splendour, especially the first. 



The British Flower-Garden. By Robert Sweet, F.L.S. &c. In 8vo Numbers, 

 Monthly. 3s. each. 



No. LIII. for July, contains 

 209 to 2 15. — Streptanthera {strepho, to twist; its anthers twist round 

 the style) elegans ; Jrideae. A beautiful bulb, from the Cape, by Mr. Synnot. 

 Flowered, for the first time, in the nurseries of Mr. Colvill and Mr. Lee. — 

 Muscari macrocarpum ; Jsphodeleas. Larger than M. moschatum, and 

 said to be " one of the principal flowers with which the Turkish ladies 

 contrive to correspond in secret with their lovers." From Constantinople, 

 in 1812, by Lady Liston, to the Fulham Nursery. — Wisterk chinensis 

 (Consequawa of Gard. Mag., vol. ii. p. 422.). One of the most beautiful 

 of hardy climbers, which any one may grow by the side of his house. Layers, 

 or young cuttings in sand, under hand-glasses, in a little bottom heat, will 

 root readily. — Trillium erythrocarpum, Red-fruited Trillium ; Smilaceae 

 From sphagnous bogs, on the high mountains of Pennsylvania, Carolina 

 and Canada ; but succeeding well, in a bed of peat, in the nurseries of 

 Mr. Colvill and of Mr. Knight. 



No. LIV.for August, contains 

 215 to 216. — Cypripedium arietinum, Ram's-head Ladies'-slipper. All 

 the cypripediums are rare and beautiful. Among an importation of Ame- 

 rican plants and seeds, made last spring by Mr. George Charlewood, F.L.S., 

 and now growing at the nursery of Mr. Dennis, at Chelsea, are the present 

 species, C. humile, parviflorum, pubescens, and spectabile, all flowering 

 freely. — Erythrina Crista galli, Cockscomb Coral tree. A stout-growing 

 spongy-stemmed shrub, generally kept in a stove or conservatory, but sup- 

 posed to flower freely in the open air, if treated like Dahlia. This species is 



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