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a bulb in full flower in Mr. Knight's exotic nursery, King's Road, Chelsea 

 who received it from Quito in Peru two years ago. " It was first discovered 

 by the noted travellers, Humboldt and Bonpland, who found it growing on 

 the banks of the river Machangara, near Quito, at the altitude of 8910 ft. 

 above the level of the sea ; so that there can be no doubt but it will prove 

 sufficiently hardy to endure our winters, if planted about 6 in. deep in a warm 

 border in a sheltered situation ; a rich loamy soil, that is very sandy, will be 

 most proper for it, and it would be the safest plan to cover it a little in winter 

 till such time as it has had a fair trial, as we suspect it is at present very rare, 

 not having heard of it in any other collection ; but when the bulbs get well 

 established, there can be no doubt but they will ripen seed freely, as we per- 

 ceived there were a great quantity of immature seeds, in a withered capsule, 

 that did not come to perfection ; the seeds appeared to have a membraneous 

 winged margin, in the young state that we examined them." — Jsclepias 

 pulchra ; Asdepiadece Jsclepie^. A hardy herbaceous perennial, with dark 

 purple and red flowers, from North America. It makes a handsome stately 

 plant, " attaining to the height of 3 or 4 ft. in the common garden soil, and 

 considerably more if planted in peat, continuing to produce an abundance of 

 its curious purple flowers from July to the middle of September. The flowers 

 of several species of this natural order have the singular faculty of catching 

 flies, which are attracted to the flowers for the sake of the honey, which is 

 produced in most of them in great abundance ; and we have sometimes ob- 

 served a few entrapped in the flowers of the present species, but not so often 

 as in some others. It is readily increased by dividing at the root, or by 

 seeds ; the latter are produced in pods, embedded in cotton, as are those of 

 the whole genus." — Oenothera Lindley««« ; Onagrariae. " One of the 

 most beautiful species." — Cyclobothra (kylrfos, a circle ; bothros, a well or 

 pit ; circular pit in each leaflet of the flower of the other species) purpurea ; 

 Tulipdcece. A bulb with a nodding flower, and branched stem 2 ft. high, 

 bearing bulbs in the axils of the leaves. Imported from Mexico, by Mr. 

 Tate of the Sloane Street nursery. Handsome. " Like the other species 

 it thrives best in a light sandy soil, and will succeed well in a warm border, 

 planted from 4 to 6 in. deep, according to the size of the bulb. These may be 

 taken up in autumn, after flowering, and kept dry, and ovit of the reach of 

 frost till the following spring, to be planted again the latter end of March or 

 beginning of April, or before, if they are inclined to shoot ; or, if left in the 

 ground all the winter, they will require a little covering to secure them from 

 too much moisture, or very severe frost." 



No. VI. for November, contains 



2 1 to 24. — Uvuluria puberula ; iHelanthaceae. " Rare and pretty.'* 

 From Carolina to Bury Hill garden. — Georgina Cervantes^. Readily dis- 

 tinguished from all the other species of the genus by its " numerous slender 

 branches, which are nearly solid : the spathulate seeds will also distinguish 

 it at once from G. crocata, as well as the hollow fistulous stem of that spe"" 

 cies. According to Lagasca, the G. coccinea and G. rosea of Cavanilles are 

 also very distinct species ; the G. rosea is readily distinguished from G. varia- 

 bilis, to which it is nearly related by its bipinnate leaves. We have seen a few 

 plants of it this season, and some of them producing double flowers ; we 

 have also seen, at Mr. Russell's nursery at Battersea, a beautiful double 

 variety of the present species. This species requires precisely the same sort 

 of treatment as the more common sorts : to be taken up, and kept dry and 

 out of the reach of frost all the winter ; and to be planted again as soon as 

 the weather permits in spring, when it may be increased by dividing in seve- 

 ral parts, or it may be raised from seeds, which ripen in abundance. — Dian- 

 thus Balbisra. A beautiful dark red pink, from Genoa. — Jsclepias decum- 

 bens. A handsome and scarce species, nearly related to A. tuberosa. 

 No. VII. for December, contains 



25 to 28. — Fuchsf« fliymifolia. — Nocca (D. Nocca, an Ital. bot.) rigida j 



