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*campaiiuloules. A very singular species, from, it is believed, the western 

 parts of North merica. " We have not increased it yet bat have had it 

 in cultivation some years." 



Pat't CLXVIII.for April, contains 

 ' 1671. Mammillaria discolor. — 1672. Tecoma capensis. " It is a plant 

 of free growth, and produces its rich and beautiful flowers in September 

 and October. The protection of a green-house or conservatory is neces- 

 sary for it in winter. The soil should be light loam, and it may be 

 increased with facility by cuttings." This is indeed an ornamental plant, 

 its spikes of tubular orange blossoms being exhilarating objects at the 

 times mentioned, and even to the close of December, when the rarity of 

 flowers makes them doubly welcome. It is moreover a very hardy green- 

 house plant, surviving our winters even in a pit. — 1673. Polhos micro- 

 phylla. — 1674. Nerine humilis. A pretty species. — 1675. Aneimia 

 *conina. — 1676. *Pachyp6dium tuberosum, the^chites tuberosa of ijTor^. 

 JBrit. An interesting plant with a large tuberous root-stock, prickly dwarf 

 stems, few leaves, and tubular blossoms, externally red, internally whitish. 

 The blossoms are usually produced in the latter months of summer. 

 Native of sandy baiTen plains of the Cape of Good Hope ; in England it 

 " must be preserved in a warm green-house, with little water, and should 

 be potted in sandy loam." — 1677. Habranthus*Anders6nM. The flowers 

 of this species are yellow streaked with red, pretty large, and produced 

 both in April and September. — 1678. £rica aggregata. A pleasing 

 species ; its branchlets terminated by clusters of elegant little rose-coloured 

 blossoms. It is of middling growth, and flowers from July to the end of 

 the year, and sometimes longer. — 1679. JErica cerintholdes. The kind 

 figured " is a particularly fine variety of this favourite species." — 1680. 

 Vernonk flexuosa. " A pretty species, flowering in the autumn, requiring 

 the protection of a green-house, and should be potted in light loam." 



T/ie Botanic Garden. By B. Maund, F.L.S. &c. In small 4to Numbers, 

 monthly. Large paper Is. Qd, ; small paper, \s. 



No. ZiXXV. for March, contains 

 297. Georgi?z« superflua, the blood-red anemone-flowered variet}^ To his 

 remarks on this variety Mr. Maund subjoins a list of the anemone-flowered 

 and of the globe-flowered georginas. — 298. Eschsch61tzi« californica. 

 " Though of perennial continuance, in the warmth of its native country, 

 it must here, in the open garden, be cultivated as an annual." Particular di- 

 rections are added for raising plants. To these remarks and directions we 

 reply, the plant is strictly perennial in England, and to grow this gorgeous 

 ornament to our gardens in perfection only two conditions are necessary. 

 Sow the seeds as soon as ripe, or at latest before Michaelmas (for seeds of 

 -all the plants in the natural order Papaveraceae suffer much from being kept 

 out of the soil) ; and be mindful to sow them in dry, stony, or calcareous soU. 

 Young plants will forthwith arise from those seeds, and outbrave the seve- 

 rity of winter without protection. We doubt not that this plant might be 

 induced to bestow its beauteous trailing wreath-like branches over rock- 

 ■work, as its root-stock is thick and fleshy, and extends deeply, resembling 

 in all these characters its near ally Glaucium luteum, the established orna- 

 ment of the shingly beaches on various parts of our coast. — 299. Digitalis 

 minor. — 300. Linaria Cymbalaria. 



No. LXXVI.for April, contains 

 301. Strong's Duke of York Carnation. The article under this is 

 devoted to the elucidation of the florist's manual operations, and is illus- 

 trated by thirteen exquisitely neat engravings. — 302. Hypoxis erecta. 

 Though its blossoms are not brilliant, " it should not be forgotten that with 

 flowers, as with mankind, something will be discovered in the character of 



