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Lihdley, which is published, and contains the genealogy and history of this 

 and the other seedlings, says " they are quite hardy, having never been 

 damaged in the slightest degree by the winters of this climate ; but they are 

 very excitable, shoot very early, and will therefore, in early springs, be 

 liable to be injured by late frosts. They make extremely vigorous growth, 

 and, judging from the analogy which I have observed to prevail in hybrid 

 productions, I am inclined to believe that they will attain to the height of 

 20 ft. and upwards. Their foliage is very ornamental." — 1415, Epiden- 

 drum *odoratissiraum. " A delightfully fragrant epiphyte, native of woods 

 near Rio Janeiro. It is easily cultivated in decayed moss and wood, well 

 drained, and placed in a hot damp part of the stove." Professor Lindley 

 states that this is the plant which Dr. Hooker has published as Encyclia 

 patens, and Mr. Loddiges as Macradenia lutescens ; but that it is quite 

 distinct from the Macradenia lutescens of the Botanical Register. — 1416. 

 Crocus vernus var. *leucorhyncus. White-beaked vernal Crocus; or, as 

 it is called in the gardens, the Pheasant's Feather Crocus. A pleasing 

 variety, whose flower is white, except a ring of clear deep blue, near the 

 tip of the flower : the tip itself is white, and the beauty of the variety is 

 owing to the very pleasing contrast of the white of the tips, and the clear 

 deep blue on which it reposes." The white tips are what is meant by 

 leucorhyncus or white-beaked. Drawn from the Horticultural Society's 

 garden. — 1417. Habranthus *phycell6ides. A pretty species, which 

 appears to be the connecting link between the genera Habranthus and 

 Phycella. The flower is scarlet in the limb, yellowish in the tube. — 1418. 

 Glycine *blloba. Published from the nursery of Mr. Tate ; who states 

 " that it is a desirable conservatory twiner, attaining the height of 20 ft., and 

 covered from bottom to top with a profusion of [violet-coloured] blossoms."^ 

 It does not succeed when planted out of doors. Introduced from Mexico 

 in 1827. — 1419. Tidipa oculus solis var. *prse'cox. Early Sun's-eye 

 Tulip. This variety produced its crimson blossoms in the middle of March. 

 Its bulbs were collected by the Hon. T. F. Strangways, in the cultivated 

 gi'ounds belonging to Mr. Baring's villa, near Florence. It must not be 

 confounded with the tulip of the same name, described by Tenore, which 

 Mr. Strangways considers the Tidipa Raddi/. 



No. V.for July, of Vol. IV,, contains 

 1420. Galipea *odoratissima. A stove plant, from Rio Janeiro, abound- 

 ing in broad deep green leaves, which are from one to two feet long. 

 Thrives in a mixture of peat and loam in a pot plunged in a tan-pit ;, 

 flowers in May, when the air of the hot-house is perfumed as if with jas- 

 mines. The period of blossoming lasts some time. — 1421. Kennedk 

 inophylla. With fine foliage and beauteous clusters of scarlet blossoms. 

 Like all of its family, a twiner. — 1422. A species of Cassia, with numerous 

 large pale yellow blossoms, and large green leaves of numerous leaflets. — 

 1423. Hovea purpurea. A beautiful evergreen shrub, whose branches are 

 elegant wreaths of purplish hlac blossoms. — 1424. ^ubus *spectabilis» 

 An upright shrub, 3 ft. to 4 ft. high, with leaves of three leaflets, and rich 

 deep rose blossoms ; of easy culture, and strikes by cuttings under a hand- 

 glass. — 1425. Bcrberis ^quifolium. 1426. B. *glumacea. Two of the 

 American berberries, called by some Mahonice, with fine pinnated evergreen 

 leaves, and clusters of yellow blossoms. 



The British Flower-Garden. New Series. By Robert Sweet, F.L.S. &c. 



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No. XXIV. for May, contains 



93. .Dictamnus *angustif61ius. This species differs from both D. Fraxi- 



nella and D. albus, in having the divisions of its calyx equal. It was raised 



in the Chelsea botanic garden by Mr. Anderson, in 1821, from seeds he had 



received from Dr. Fischer. It is a valuable addition to the stock of hardy 



