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ornamental herbaceous plants. — 94. Mahonia *diversif61ia. A new species 

 of this peculiar and interesting form of the berberry tribe. The racemes 

 of bright yellow blossoms are represented to be very numei'ous, and con- 

 trast strongly and agreeably with the fine glossy evergreen leaves. — 95. jRho- 

 dodendi'on *Farrer(^, Mrs. Farrer's Rhododendron. " This beautiful and 

 interesting species, which unites, beyond doubt. Azalea with i2hododendron, 

 was brought by Captain Farrer, in 1829, from China; and Mr. Tate, from 

 whose nursery it is published, proposed its specific name, in compliment to 

 Mrs. Farrer, resident at Blackheath. It will doubtless endure our winters 

 in the open air, as it is subdeciduous." — 96. O'xalis Deppw, Dr. Deppe's 

 Wood Sorrel. " This most beautiful O'xalis flowered with us last year, 

 from March to November ; and, if grown in a pot, and protected in the 

 green-house in winter, it would most probably continue flowering all 

 through the winter. But both O. Deppiz and 0. floribunda succeed well in a 

 south border, with no other covering than a pot placed over them in severe 

 weather, and a mat over the pot : the only protection necessary for those 

 and numerous other half-hardy plants. The 0. Deppra, as in this situation 

 it loses its leaves in winter, may be taken up and kept in a warm dry place 

 tUl spring, and then replanted : this is how we treated our plant." 



No. XXV. for June, contains 



97. Tulipa repens. A yellow-flowered species, spreading extensively by 

 subterraneous stolones; as ornamental as T. sylvestris, which it much 

 resembles, but distinguishable by a sufRciency of technical marks. — 

 98. Crocus *Imperatz. A species of so late introduction as 1830, -native 

 of Naples, with large lilac-coloured blossoms produced in spring. It is 

 a very desirable kind. — 99. *Ganymedes {Ganymedes, Jupiter's cup- 

 bearer; flowers with large cups.) pulchellus. The beautiful iVarcissus 

 pulchellus of old nomenclature. 



100. Berberis *dulcis, Sweet-fruited Berberry. " An evergreen, shrubby, 

 beautiful species, lately introduced from the Straits of Magellan, where its 

 berries are used as we use gooseberries, both green and ripe, for making 

 pies, tarts, and other sweetmeats or preserves ; for which purposes they 

 are excellent. The berries are abundantly produced, and when ripe are 

 black and of the size of a black currant. It will, doubtless, be quite hardy; 

 and its elegant, nodding, bright yellow flowers, which are produced singly 

 along the branch, and not in bunches, added to its very useful fruit, will 

 render it a valuable addition to our shi'ubberies. In its native state it 

 grows from 4 ft. to 10 ft. high. It was collected by Mi". Anderson, botanical 

 collector in Captain King's expedition to the Straits of Magellan, and to 

 other parts of South America. Mr. Anderson states that B. dulcis extends 

 from Chiloe to the Straits of Magellan, but that the plants in Chiloe are 

 larger and deciduous. From these two characters the plants in Chiloe will, 

 doubtless, prove of a distinct species. Both the kind from Chiloe and 

 B. dulcis are now growing in Mr. Lowe's nursery, Clapton, where B. dulcis 

 flowered in March last, but under glass, and where also another species, 

 that pretty little dwarf evergreen shrub, B. e'mpetrifolia, has recently blos- 

 somed. B. dulcis may, doubtless, be readily increased by layers, by 

 inarching on B. vulgaris, or by young cuttings planted under bell glasses in 

 pots of sand. A mixture of sandy loam and peat wUi be the fittest soil 

 for it." 



iVb. XXVI. for July, contains 



101. A'jar cernuus, single and double. Two most desii'able border flowers, 

 of easy culture, but at present rare. Till they become abundant. Ajar 

 (iV^arcissus) tortuosus, which resembles them, and is more prevalent, may 

 be substituted. — 102. Tulipa oculus soils, Sun's-eye Tulip. Two varieties, 

 both beautiful, and of easy culture. Figured from the Chelsea botanic 

 garden. These and several other species were imported from Italy by 

 the Apothecaries' Company as colchicum roots. — 103. Aquilegia Gar- 



