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because it is difficult to propagate. — Dodecatheon Meadirt fldre albo, — 

 Diosma sphserocephala. 



Part CL.for October, contains 



1491 to 1500. — -Rhododendron Chamsecistus. " A charming production 

 of the Great Author of all good," from the mountains of Carniola, to the 

 Hackney botanic garden, in 1786, by the Baron von Zois. " It is a most 

 delicate little plant seldom exceeding 3 or 4 in. in height, flowering with us in 

 May. We increase it by cuttings. The soil should be peat, and in winter 

 the plants may be kept in a cold frame, or under a hand-glass. In summer 

 it should be placed in a shady situation, and moderately watered. — Pulmo- 

 naria mollis. A hardy perennial from Transylvania, in 1816. — CamelHa 

 euryoides. A slender shrub, with pendulous hairy branches, and white 

 flowers from the axils of the leaves in April, not very conspicuous. — An- 

 dromeda &uxifolia. A most elegant little shrub, from the mountains of 

 the Island of Bourbon, by Mr. Barclay of Bury Hill. " With us it flowers 

 from April to July, growing from 1 to 3 ft. high ; the leaves are of a strong 

 ever-green texture, and the flowers exceedingly beautiful. It is preserved 

 without difficulty in the green-house, and may be raised from seeds, which 

 are perfected in this country. The soil should be sandy peat. — .Erica flex- 

 uosa. — Ononis rotundifolia. — Alstroemera bicolor. " Raised in 1826, 

 among some of the A. tricolor, of which it is a kind of variety." — Diosma 

 rubra. — Potentilla alpestris. A very brilliant and showy species, from the 

 Alps of Switzerland. — O'xalis Deppei (in honour of Mr. Deppe, a German 

 naturalist and collector, now on his second expedition to New Spain). In- 

 troduced from Mexico by Mr. Barclay. 



Part CLI.for November, contains 



1501 to 1510. — Hakea ferruginea. — Dillwyma pungens. An elegant 

 New Holland shrub, introduced in 1825, by Mr. Mackay. — Aphyllanthes 

 monspeliensis. — J'loe incurva. — Erica cinerea. — /Vis taurica. Raised in 

 1826, from seeds received from Dr. Fischer of Petersburg. The plant grows 

 only a few inches high, and produces yellow flowers in May. — Fothergilla 

 Garden/. — Kahm'a glauca. — Persoom'a latifolia. A New Holland shrub, 

 3 ft. high, with small yellow flowers in June and July. — iSaxifraga decipiens. 

 Part CLII.for December, contains 



1511 to 1520. — Schelhammenz multiflora ; Polygonateas (?). An her- 

 baceous plant, from New Holland, 2 ft. high, with pendulous shoots and 

 delicate pleasing pale red and white flowers. " It increases itself by suckers 

 from the root, which are freely produced, and should be potted in loam and 

 peat earth, and preserved in the green-house during the winter months." — 

 Cotoneaster frigida, From the northern regions of Nepal, by Dr. Wallich, 

 " It forms a handsome small bushy tree, growing very freely, and is perfectly 

 hardy, flowering with us in May and June. One specimen, planted three 

 years since, is already nearly 10 ft. high. It seems to thrive in any tolerably 

 good soil, and has been increased by budding on the whitethorn stock." — 

 Tradescantia elata. — Ferbena Melindres Bot. Reg. (chamsedrioides Sweet). 

 — (Sempervivum caespitosum. — Cerbera dichotoma. A tree from India, 

 with fine, smooth, green, obovate leaves, and beautiful white flowers. It is 

 highly ornamental to the stove, may be increased by layers. — <Saxifraga de- 

 nudata. — Azalea viscdsa rubescens. — i?rica capitata. — Fothergilla major. 



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monthly, 3s. 

 No. V.for October, contains 

 17 to 20. — Coburgfa (" We have named the present handsome genus 

 in compliment to His Royal Highness Leopold, Prince of Saxe Coburg, who 

 is much attached to botanical science, and the bulbous-rooted plants in par- 

 ticular, in whose collection at Claremont, several rare ones have flowered for 

 the first time in this country.") incarnata; Amaryllises, tribe 2. Pancra- 

 tiformes Herbert. A grand and very distinct genus ; the drawing made from 



