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of last winter in a cold frame ; that it was planted out upon the rockwork 

 early in spring; and has been in blossom from April up to the period of the 

 publication of this plate. It grows freely in a mixture of peat and loam, 

 and roots at every joint, perfecting seeds abundantly. Some of the runners 

 were 18 in. long." 



Calceolaria diffusa. Resembles C. bicolor. " A half-hardy plant, grow- 

 ing and flowering beautifully in the open border during the months of Julj', 

 August, and September ; but requiring to be taken up at the approach of 

 the cold season, and kept in a frame during winter. Propagated both by 

 seeds and cuttings." — Paltma *rhombif61ia ; ikfalvaceae. An annual from 

 Peru, which blossoms in the open border in August. — Coreopsis *Atkin- 

 sonidna. A perennial from Columbia ; at first sight scarcely different from 

 C, tinctoria, but in perfection later in the season, and then very interesting. 

 Roots or seeds. " Named by Mr, Douglas in compliment to Wm, Atkinson, 

 Esq., of Grove End, his tried and steady friend, to whom horticultural archi- 

 tecture is under obligations that posterity will not be slow to appreciate." 



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Part CL XII. for October, contains 



1611 to 1G20. — Pimelea glauca. — *Maxillaria Depp«; Orchideas. — 

 A'rnica montana. A native of the Alps, of easy propagation, and not 

 without beauty. — * Erica 'Svaiihidna. — *Davies2a linearis. A slender 

 Australian shrub, with pea flowers and linear leaves. — Pentstemon pro-, 

 cerus. A hardy perennial from North-west America; growing tall, and 

 expanding its blue and purple flowers the greater pai-t of the summer, t— 

 Jnemone alpina. — Tussilago alpina. — Chorizema rhdmbea. — J?anunculus 

 illyricus, 



Pai't CL XIII. for November, contains 



1621 to 1630. — Houston^ purpurea. — J5Jrica stellifera. — Habenaria 

 orbiculata. — Diosma tenuissima. — Cactus grandiflora. — Pentstemon 

 ovatus. — Primus *sibu'ica. Pallas in the Flora Rossica, informs us that 

 in the month of May the south sides of the transalpine Daurian moun- 

 tains are covered with this shrub-like flower, while the north sides are 

 equally adorned with the Rhododendron dauricum. — iilium *Busch- 

 idniim. Received from Mr. Joseph Busch of St. Petersbm-gh in 1829, and 

 named after him. — Sinningz'a viJlosa. — i^umaria nobilis, now Corydalis 

 nobHis. 



Part CLXIV.for December, contains 



1631 to 1640. — iJrigeron glabellus. — Azalea verticillata. A large 

 vigorous-growing species, flowering in the end of June, after the A. nudi- 

 florse have done, and very hardy. — ^rica fulgida, — E'pacris *diosmaef61ia. 

 — Eschscholtzia californica. — -Erjngium virgatum. — Habenaria triden- 

 tata. — Silene compacta. — Gompholobium pedunculare. — Pi'imula fari- 

 nosa. 



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No. XVII. for October, contains 

 65 to 68. — Primula farinosa, vars. 1, 2, 3.; first var. violet, second 

 lilac, third snow-coloured. The snow-coloured variety is a very local 

 plant, and rare in its native habitats, which are chiefly damp situations on 

 limestone ; the violet-coloured variety is found in peat earth on a similar 

 substratum. These vai'ieties were sent to Mi-. Sweet from E. Leeds, Esq., 

 of Manchester. — *Symphiandra (s7/mp/n/o, to connect, rac?-, anther ; anthers 

 connected) pendula ; Campanulaceae. This singular and curious herbaceous 

 plant from Caucasus to the Chelsea garden, in 1824. — *iupinus pulchellus. 



