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house, and is increased by cuttings in a sandy peat soil, with a small part 

 loam. — (S'empervivum caliciforme. From Madeira, by Mr. C. Smith. It 

 flowers in May, and requires a green-house in winter ; may be increased by 

 cuttings in sandy loam. — Veroiiica caucasica. From Caucasus in 1815. 

 It is perennial, quite hardy, and flowering in May and June; increased by 

 dividing the roots in spring in a light loamy soil. — Trichonema cruciatum. 

 A minute pretty May and June flowering bulbous plant. From the Cape 

 of Good Hope, and requiring a warm situation in a narrow border, in 

 sandy peat. 



Part CXXXVIII.for October, contains 

 1571 to 1580. — Mirbelz'a reticulata. A pleasing green-house plant, from 

 New Holland, flowering in the beginning of summer, and propagated by cut- 

 tings. — Gaultherifi! Shdllon. A pretty hardy plant, from the north-west 

 coast of America, growing in the shade in peat earth ; cuttings. — Galium 

 grae'cum. A pretty hardy plant. — Cotoneaster microphylla. A fine ever- 

 green hardy shrub, from Nepal ,; cuttings. — Evica coccinea. — Prostan- 

 thera wolacea. A soft shrubby plant, from New Holland ; cuttings, peat 

 and loam. — Boronia denticulata. An ornamental green-house plant, from 

 New Holland ; cuttings, sandy peat. — Fiola ddbilis. From North Ame- 

 rica. Cultivated without difficulty in light loam,'by separating the roots in 

 spring. — Medicago arborea. A bright, difflise, and showy-flowered plant, 

 from Greece and Italy ; cuttings in light 4oam. — Polygala Senega. A 

 herbaceous plant, from Canada, about 6 in. high, and flowering in June in 

 sandy loam and peat. 



; Part CXXXIX.for November, contains 



1581 to 1390. — Maurandia Barclaiajza. A beautiful climbing plant, from 

 Mexico. — Azalea nudiflora tricolor. A fine variety, from North America. 

 — ^nchusa italica. A moderately hardy herbaceous plant, from Italy. — 

 Gypsophila glomerata. A hardy perennial, from Tauria. — ^rlca decora. 

 A very pretty kind, from the Cape of Good Hope. — Rudbeckia hirta. A 

 beautiful hardy perennial, from North America. — Teucrium pyrenaceum. 

 A pretty herbaceous plant, from the Pyrenees. — Astragalus breviflorus. A 

 hardy low shrubby plant, from Armenia. — Periploca grse^ca. From the 

 south of Europe. — JEJrigeron Villarsii. A moderately hardy perennial, 

 from the south of Europe. 



Part CXL.for December, contains 



1591 to 1400. — Trigon^Ua ruthdnica. A neat Siberian perennial. — 

 Cotyledon ovata. — JB^rica laeVis. — Azalea calendulacea. A hardy bushy 

 shrub, from North America. — Nitraria Schoberi. A hardy low spreading 

 shrub, from the salt and nitrous deserts to the north of the Caspian Sea. — 

 Monarda purpurea. A hardy perennial, from the mountains of Virginia. — ■ 

 Veronica incisa. — Sinningia velutina. — Gratiola aurea. _ A hardy golden- 

 yellow-flowered perennial, from North America, thriving in sandy peat 

 earth. — Dracoc^phalum denticulatum. 



This part completes the fifteenth volume of this pretty and economical 

 work, which we should like to see a little more scientific, and, at least, the 

 natural orders, derivations, accentuations, indications, and short generic 

 and specific characters in English, given. 



Part CXLI. for January, IS'29, contains 

 1401 to 1410. — ifedysarum elongatum. A hardy perennial received 

 from Dr. Fischer, of St. Petersburg, in 1826. — Calceolaria jolantaginea. 

 From Chile. Herbaceous, and requiring the green-house in winter. — 

 (Spirse'a vacciniifolia. A low shrub, from Nepal, with white flowers, and of 

 easy propagation and culture. — Roscoea purpurea (j%. 54.) ; Scita- 



