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planted. The new-made wounds are, by the ground being 

 opened, exposed to the action of the frost ; and the plants will, 

 by this treatment, be kept in a weak and languishing state 

 during the whole of next season. The only necessary oper- 

 ation, therefore, is, to give the whole ground a complete 

 hoeing after the runners^ are cut off, to clear away the weeds ; 

 and, if the alleys on the outsides of the plots are dug, to cast 

 a small quantity of loose earth on the whole ground, which 

 will give it the appearance of being newly dressed. I have 

 found, I think, great benefit from wheeling on, during frost, a 

 quantity of well-rotted dung and pointing in the same, in the 

 months of March or April, when the plants should receive 

 their spring dressing; which must, of course, consist in cutting 

 off the old haulm, clearing the plants of any weeds which 

 may then appear, and digging the whole ground betwixt them. 

 It must be obvious that cutting a few of the roots at this 

 season will in no degree retard the growth of the plants, but, 

 by the additional quantity of fibres produced in consequence 

 of any incisions which may be made, will materially promote 

 the same." 



(Tb be continued.) 



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No. Llll.for May, contains 



3067. ikTimulus *perfoliatus. A yellow-flowered species of very recent 

 introduction : it is possibly neither sufficiently hardy nor sufficiently beau- 

 tiful to become generally cultivated. — 3068. Eranthemum strictum. "As 

 desirable as the well known E. pulchellum; or, although the flowers are 

 fewer than in that species, they are larger, and quite as beautiful in colour. 

 It is a native of Nepal : hence it may probably be cultivated in a green- 

 house." — 3069. Browalli« *grandifl6ra. Raised from seeds collected 

 by Mr. Cruickshanks, near Yaza, in the valley of Canta in Peru. A j)lant 

 of the same name was published in the Bot. Reg. for February : see our 

 notice of it at p. 201. Dr. Hooker remarks : "the plant of the Botanical 

 Register has the flowers considerably smaller and the leaves more cordate 

 than in the plant figured by me from Dr. Graham, and appears to be raised 

 from seeds of another kind of Browallia in Mr. Cruickshanks's herbarium, 

 which I have rather been disposed to consider as B. demissa." — 3070. 

 . Schizanthus *Hookeri. This welcome addition to the splendid flowers of 

 our gardens surpasses in beauty all the previously known species of Schi- 

 zanthus, which is high praise. It was collected " by Dr. Gillies, in various 

 places on the Chilian side of the Cordillera of the Andes, at an elevation 

 of 8000 or 9000 ft. above the level of the sea. The seed was sown in the 



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