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*Hopwood2«««, ttopwood's hi/lrkl Cinquefoil. Professor Lindley Intends 

 at intervals to figure the most splendid garden varieties, indicating them 

 only as " Garden Varieties," in the manner adopted by us in Hort. Brit., 

 without puzzling himself on the genealogy of their origin. — iathyrus tin* 

 gitanus, the Tangier Lathyrus oi- Pea ; Leguminosae. A very showy annual 

 truly, but, we believe, by no means so rare as Professor Lindley imagines. 

 It possibly owes its comparative unfrequency to iathyrus odoratus, the 

 sweet pea, which to equal beauty adds an exquisite fragrance. — i?6sa %uga, 

 the Wrinkle, or Ruga, Rose ; iJosaceae. " A most beautiful garden variety, 

 said to have been raised between R. arvensis and the sweet-scented Chinese 

 rose, and sent from Italy to the Hort. Society by Mr» Clare. It is ex- 

 tremely free of growth, making shoots 10 or 12 ft. long in a year; and 

 therefore is particularly well adapted to climbing over old pales, or to 

 covering any other place in which a wildness of appearance is desirable. 

 The blossoms grow in bunches, are of the size of the sweet-scented Chinese 

 rose, and fully as fragrant ; in colour they are rather deeper, especially 

 before being fully expanded, when they approach the tint of the charming 

 variety known in the gardens under the name of the Double Hip. Very 

 readily increased by cuttingSi" -— Lodsa *ambrosi8;f61ia. Ambrosia-leaved 

 Loasa; LodsecB. A beautiful new annual species from Lima, with large 

 foliage and large yellow blossoms. It is the L. hispida of Graham. From 

 the garden of the Horticultural Society, where, planted on the south side 

 of a yew hedge, it grew vigorously, became 2i ft. high, produced flowers 

 and seeds freely from July to September, and, indeed, until destroyed 

 by frost. — iSedum Cepse^a, Panided Stonecrop; Crassulacese. An annual 

 species with small white flowers; but as they are numerously produced, the 

 species is desirable for shingly borders, tops of old walls, and for rockwork. 



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No, XX. for January f contains 

 77 to 80. — Alstroemerzc! *acutif61ia. An extraordinary and most in- 

 teresting climbing species of this peculiar and highly beautiful genus. The 

 flowers are tubular rather than campanulate, of a crimson colour, and 

 produced nine or more together in umbels. It bloomed in a southern 

 border, at the foot of the foundation wall of the stove, in the open aii', 

 in the garden of Charles Barclay, Esq., of Bury Hill, from August to 

 November last. It had been received, along with many other rare and 

 interesting plants, from M. Otto, of the Berlin botanic garden, and is 

 a native of Jalapa, in Mexico. — Neja gracilis. A neat diminutive Mexican 

 shrub, with yellow compound flowers; produced abundantly in autumn. 

 Propagated by cuttings. In a favourable aspect, and with shelter, will 

 survive our winter. — Saponaria *calabrica. A pretty spreading species 

 of soapwort, with rose-coloured blossoms, more bright than those of 

 S. ocymoides. A most desirable plant for the sunny side of rockwork. 

 Whether annual or perennial is not yet ascertained. Native of Calabria, 

 consequently quite hardy. — Campanula pulla. A diminutive hardy pei-- 

 ennial, producing numerous dark blue flowers; indispensable in every 

 collection of potted hardy plants. 



No. XXI, for February, contains 

 81 to 84.— Escallonk *glanduIosa, Gland-bearing Escallonia; Escal- 

 \6necB. An evergreen, a native of Chile ; and, in the garden of Mr. Lam- 

 bert, has attained the height of 5 or 6 ft., forming a handsome, upright, 

 bushy shrub, and producing its racemes of white flowers in autumn, when 

 little else is in flower. " Succeeds well in a light rich soil if planted in the 

 border, but must, with a mat or some slight covering, be protected from 

 severe frost; if grown in a pot, a mixture of two thirds sandy loam and 



