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Botanical Register. 



beautiful- 

 Clivi« 

 and. 



- ' No. VIII. far October, contains 



1181 to 1187. — Bilbt^rgirt pyramidalis ; ^romeMacece. 

 flowered plant from South America, highly deserving cultivj 



(named in compliment to Her Grace the Duchess of Nc 



"Such a compliment has long been due to the noble family of Clive, and 

 we are proud in having the honour of being the first to pay it ") nobilis; 

 AmaryllWca?. {,Jig. 29.) A fine green-house plant, much resembling a 

 Cyrtanthus, of easy culture, and may be propagated either by seeds or 



suckers. — Brodiae^a grandiflora ; iZiemerocallideae. A beautiful, hardy, bul- 

 bous plant, with purple flowers, from North-west America, by Ml*. 

 Douglas, to the Horticultural Society, in 1826, and grows freely in a peat 

 border. — Fierbena (from ferfaen, the Celtic name) Melindris (the ver- 

 nacular appellation in the province of Buenos Ayres); Ferbenaceas. A 

 handsome perennial scarlet-flowered plant, with opposite leaves, and 

 abundantly flowering from cuttings in June and September, but, probably, 

 requiring a frame in winter. It is common on the plains of the Pampas of 

 Buenos Ayres, and is found in the provinces of Cordova and San Luis. — 

 ' Sophora velutina ; Leguminosse. "A fine green-house shrub," which, if 

 naturalised, would be very desirable, j It is a native of Nepal, and is 

 raised from seed. — Galardia aristata. A handsome, hardy, nearly ever- 

 green, perennial plant, with fibrous roots, and found by Mr. David 

 Douglas in the north-west of North America. It is propagated from seeds, 

 or divisions of the foots and flowers, from June to October. — Coto- 

 neaster {cotoneum, the name of the quince, by Pliny, and ad instar, similitude ; 

 resemblance to quince) microphylla ; Pomacese. A hardy evergreen shrub, 

 of great beauty, flowering in April and May ; the flowers frequently in 

 twos or threes. It strikes readily from cuttings or layers, and grows from 

 2 to 3 ft. high. 



No. IX. for November, contains 

 1188 to 1194. — Amaryllis acuminata var. longipedunculata ; Ama- 

 r^jWidccE. This fine variety of A. acuminata was found near San Pablo 

 Quatro-Venados, in the state of Oaxaca, in Mexico, and differs from it in 



