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colour. It was raised in the collection of Robert Barclay, Esq., of Bury 

 Hill, from seeds received from Mexico. 



No. L XX. for December, contains 

 277 to 280. — Ifibiscus roseus. A perennial from Italy, with large rose- 

 coloured flowers, upon stems from 5 to 4 ft. high, but " requiring to be 



grown in some moist situation, otherwise it will not be likely to flower. 



Moricandia arvensis ; Cruciferae. Biennial, with glaucous obovate leaves, 

 and elegant purple lilac flowers. From the south of Europe in 1739, but 

 rarely to be met with in our gardens. From the Epsom nursery. — Poten- 

 tilla Russelhawa. {fig- 31.) " The present splendid-flowering plant is of 

 hybrid origin, being intermediate between P. for- 

 mosa and P. atropurpurea, varying with leaves con- 

 taining three, four, and five leaflets. It was raised 

 from seed last year, by Mr. W.Russell, at his nursery 

 at Battersea, who has em[)loyed a great deal of time 

 with the plants of this genus, to try to obtain some- 

 thing handsome from them ; and his labour has been 

 so far crowned with success in obtaining the present 

 handsome plant, which maybe considered as one of 

 the most splendid hardy perennial plants that need 

 be cultivated in the open borders of the flower-gar- 

 den, and is well deserving a place in every collection. 

 Neither of its parents can come near it in brilliancy 

 of colour, which is of a glossy scarlet. It is quite 

 hardy, and thrives well in the open borders in the 

 common garden soil, and may be increased by di- 

 viding at the root, but is not likely to ripen seeds, 

 as the anthers are mostly all without pollen ; so that it is not likely soon 

 to become common. Mr. Russell has already increased it, and informs us 

 that he is now selling the plants at one guinea each." — Campanula dicho- 

 toma. Annual, with nodding purplish blue flowers; very pretty, and quite 

 a distinct species, lately introduced from Greece to Bury Hill. 



No. L XXI. for Jamiary, contains 

 281 to 284. — Heimza salicifolia. {fig.oS.) A handsome little bushy 



evergreen shrub, with yellow flowers. It is a native of Mexico, and has 

 been cultivated several years in the botanic garden 

 at Berlin. Warm border, and a little protection in 

 winter. — Geov^na * (J. G. Georgi, a Russian bo- 

 tanist, author of various works, among others, A 

 Description of St. Petersburg, 8vo, 1723) crocata; 

 CompositEE. The Dahlm fulgens of gardeners. — 

 Lupinus canaliculatus. Frutescent, handsome, and 

 stately ; raised at Bury Hill, but its native country 

 at present unknown. — Lobelia Tiipa. Perennial, 

 somewhat frutescent, sessile woolly leaves, and scar- 

 let flowers tinged with orange. From Mr. Lambert's 

 garden at Boyton, where it grows 10 ft. high, and, 

 though a native of Peru, is quite hardy. " The juice 

 of the present plant is said to be very poisonous, 



which we believe, is more or less the case with those of the whole genus." 



* This is Willdenow's name for the Dahha, and Mr. Sweet very properly 

 prefers it; because, unknown to Willdenow, a Cape genus had been named 

 Dahlia by Thunberg. Thunberg's genus, therefore, had the right of priority ; 

 in consequence of which DecandoUe, Kunth, and most of the Continental 

 botanists, have adopted the name of Georgiwa. As this change is unques- 



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