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neatness of appearance." From the sandy plains of Colombia, by Mr. 

 Douglas. It flowers from June to August. " This is by far the most diffi- 

 cult to cultivate of all its genus. No soil has yet been found which suits 

 it. It flowers abundantly, but will not produce seed. It is to be feared 

 that unless we have a fresh supply from North-west America, the species 

 will be lost to our gardens." — Pentstemon glauca. " A dwarf species, 

 thriving in common soil, flowering in profusion in August and September, 

 and propagated by division of the roots and by seeds. It grows about a 

 foot high." — Isopogon formosus ; Froteacece. " A green-house shrub, 

 remarkable for its hard, neat, rigid, divided leaves, and heads of purple 

 flowers. Propagated by ripened cuttings, struck under a bell-glass. It 

 blossoms in July. This plant, the most beautiful of its genus, is said to have 

 been introduced so long since as the year 1805, to the Kew garden. As 

 far, however, as the public is concerned, the date of its introduction may be 

 more properly fixed in 1824, when it was raised by Mr. Mackay, from seeds 

 collected in the neighbourhood of Lucky Bay by Mr. Baxter, on his first 

 visit to the west coast of New Holland. It is right that in all questions 

 about the period at which plants have been introduced, this distinction 

 should be borne in mind, and that the world should be aware that the intro- 

 duction of a plant to His Majesty's garden at Kew is a very different affair 

 from its introduction to Great Britain. An object cannot be properly said 

 to be introduced from one country to another, unless it is afterwards dis- 

 seminated by such means as the introducer possesses ; a practice which is 

 adopted in every establishment in the world, save in that one which ought 

 to set an example to all others." There is not a botanist or gardener who 

 has a spark of liberality or independence of mind who will not agree with 

 Mr. Lindley in the above observation. The whole system and management 

 of Kew gardens, as we have often stated, have long been, and still are dis- 

 graceful to a free, enlightened, and liberal people. — tftachys germanica var. 

 pubescens. — Microstylis (inikros, small, stylis, a column ; small size of the 

 column) ophioglossoides var. mexicana; Orchideae. — Dendrobium secun- 

 dum ; Orchideae. " It appears, from Dr. Wallich's drawings, to be a most 

 lovely species in its native places of growth, forming long pendent stems, 

 which throw out an abundance of one-sided racemes of purple flowers, 5 or 

 6 in. long. The habit of this and many other dendrobiums being to hang 

 down from the trees on which they grow, it is impossible to cultivate them 

 with any success, unless they are suspended in the air in pots, or otherwise 

 so managed that they can shoot freely in the way that is natural to them." 



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Part CXLVIII. for August, contains 



1471 to 1480. — riola 'sagittata. — jBrica australis. — Leontice tfialic- 

 trbides. — Orthrosanthus multiflorus. — Camelh'a japonica. Very like ane- 

 moneflora crassinervis. — J^iburnum obovatum. — Exvphovbia lophogona. 

 From the Jardin du Roi, where it was lately raised from seeds received 

 from Madagascar. — ieucqjiun pulchellum. — Grevillea rosmarinifolia, Pri- 

 mula decora. 



Part CXLIX.for September, contains 



1481 to 1490. — A'loe humilis.' — Cochlearia danica. — jS'cilla italica. — 

 Blight sapida ; Sapindaceae. A native of tropical Africa, brought to the 

 West Inches in 1778, by Admiral Bligh, where it is now become naturalised, 

 and the fleshy cover of the seed used as a delicate article of cookery. The 

 tree in Messrs. Loddiges' stove is 20 ft. high. — Tiola dentata. — Ribes alpi- 

 num. A stout bush, 4 or 5 ft. high, from the mountainous woods of the 

 north of Europe. — R. sanguineum. A hardy shrub, from the Colombia 

 river, with a profusion of beautiful red flowers in April. — Hovea Celsz. An 

 elegant plant for a conservatory, but it will not thrive long in a pot. Scarce, 



