Geranidce ce. — British Flower-Garden, ^4-55 



the summer. From New Holland to Robert Barclay, Esq., of Bury Hill, in 

 whose garden it flowered for the first time, in the open border, in 1824. 



No. VIII. for February, contains 

 33 to 36. — Pittosporum tomentdsum. A handsome, bushy, evergreen 

 shrub, from New Holland. — Mirbelia (C. F. Brisseau-Mirbel, author of 

 various works on Physiological Botany and Vegetable Anatomy) specidsa ; 

 Legumindsae Papilionaceae Sophoreae. A very beautiful suffruticose plant, 

 with linear leaves and bright purple flowers. From New Holland, by Mr. 

 W. Baxter, C.M.H.S., to Mr. J. B. Mackay, F.L.S. H.S. &c. of the Clapton 

 nursery. — Pulten<s v a ftexilis ; Leg. Pap. Sophorese. A small, bushy, 

 upright, evergreen shrub, with yellow flowers of an agreeable fragrance. 

 From New South Wales, by Mr. C. Fraser, CM. H.S. colonial botanist, to 

 Messrs. Whitley, Brames, and Milne, of the Fulham nursery. — Leptospe'r- 

 mum obovatum ; .Myrtaceae iliyrtese. An upright, bushy, evergreen shrub, 

 with white flowers. All these very handsome plants are of the usual 

 culture in loam and peat, and may be preserved through the winter in a 

 cold-pit. 



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Nos. XCVII. and XCVIII.for January and February, contain 

 385 to 592. — Pelargonium RusseWianum, Princednu?n (" named in com* 

 pliment to Mr. Prince, nurseryman, at Flushing, Long Island, near New 

 York, who possesses one of the best collections of plants and trees in 

 North America, and exports a great number to Europe annually"); 

 Dimacria lanceasfolia ; Pelargonium carne'scens, Harewoodice, scftulum ; Di- 

 macria barbata ; and Pelargonium Clinton^. 



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N'o. L IX. for January, contains 

 233 to 236. — Phlox pyramidalis'; Polemoniaceae. A well-known, hand- 

 some perennial. — J'ster patens ; Composite Carduaceae. Handsome, with 

 blue flowers, and of the easiest culture. — Chelone atropurpurea ; Scro- 

 phularineae. Handsome, growing to the height of 5 ft., and blooming from 

 July to October — .Lathyrus amphicarpos. A pretty and curious annual, 

 from Syria, producing its flowers the greater part of the summer. Com- 

 municated to Mr. Sweet by A. B. Lambert, Esq., in whose garden, at 

 Boyton, this plant survived through last winter with very little protection. 

 After flowering it buries its pods under the soil, whence the specific name. 



No. LX. for February, contains 

 237 to 240. — Bidens striata; Composite Heliantheae. A handsome 

 autumn-flowering perennial [?], from Mexico to Bury Hill. — Scyphanthus 

 (skypkos, a cup or bowl, anthos, a flower) elegans; Loasese. A beautiful, 

 free-flowering, half-hardy annual, from Chile to the Horticultural Society, 

 and to the collection of H. B. Ker, Esq. F.L.S. H.S. &c, of the Regent's 

 Park, a distinguished amateur, and a man of various talents and extensive 

 views. — Platystylis (platys, broad, stylos, a style or column) cyanea; Le- 

 guminosae Papilionaceae Ficiae. A handsome perennial, from Caucasus to 

 the Chelsea garden. — Cypripedium spectabile ; Orchideae Diandrae. The 

 plant figured is a beautiful white variety, introduced from North America 

 by Mr. G. Charlwood, F.L.S., of No. 146., Drury Lane, who has imported 

 a number of other species of this genus, of Sarracema, and of other genera, 

 for sale. 



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