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from the Cordilleras to the Horticultural Society, where it is cultivated in 

 the frame. — jLupinus micranthus. Not to be compared, in point of beauty, 

 with such fine species as L. perennis, ornatus, and others, brought over by 

 Mr. Douglas, but nevertheless interesting, as an addition to the number of 

 species of annual lupines. — Begonia villosa. A stove shrub or plant, of 

 the easiest culture. — Azalea pontica var. sinensis. A fine plant, received 

 from ('hina at different times, both by Messrs. Loddiges of Hackney, and 

 Mr. Wells of Redleaf, with each of whom it has now produced its flowers. 

 " It is one of the most showy plants we know, and i>*, upon the whole, 

 decidedly superior to the now common Azalea pontica of Asia Minor. 

 Probably quite hardy." 



No. VI. for Angtist, contaifis 

 1254 to 1261. -— Fiola praemorsa. Yellow flowers; and common, " ac- 

 cording to Mr. Douglas, in dry upland soils, under the shade of solitary pine 

 trees on the banks of the Colombia, and the plains of the river Aguilar in 

 California, flowering in April. With us it is an exceedingly pretty peren- 

 nial, hardy, and growing readily among rockwork, on the north side of 

 large stones. — TeucYium orchideum. A half hardy green-house, herba- 

 ceous under-shrub, with whitish violet or purple flowers, in the open bor- 

 der, in July, August, and September. It is a native of Chile, whence seeds 

 were brought to the Horticultural Society, in 18?6, by Mr. James M'Rae, 

 who found it common in the neighbourhood both of Conception and Val- 

 paraiso." — Sterculia lanceolata ; Sterculiaceas. A small tree, with tapered 

 smooth branches, and oblong lanceolate leaves ; " a native of China, whence 

 it was brought to the Horticultural Society, in 1822, by Mr. John Potts, 

 one of their collectors. It is a stove tree, producing its inconspicuous 

 dull-red flowers in May and June. The foliage is remarkably like that of 

 Reevesia chinensis, and constitutes its only claim to notice as an ornamental 

 garden plant, unless it should hereafter produce ripe fruits, which, according 

 to Cavanilles, are bright scarlet, with black round seeds that stick to each 

 side of the foUicle when it opens." — Hosackk (dedicated by Mr. Douglas 

 to David Hosack, M.D. F.R.S., &c., of New York, a gentleman to whom the 

 scientific men of North America owe the same gratitude as those of England 

 did to Sir Joseph Banks) bicolor ; Leguminosse ioteas. {fig- 105.) A pretty^ 

 perennial plant, with yellow and white flowers, 

 " found by Mr. Douglas in overflowed meadows it^i^S. 

 between Fort Vancouver and the grand rapids of ^: 

 the Colombia. It is quite hardy, and easily in- 

 creased by seeds." The description is by Mr. '^w] 

 George Bentham, a near relation of the celebrated - ^ 

 jurist ; and thus we associate two names of men - 

 of liberal and enlightened minds, of no sect or 

 party, or countr)', but feeling intensely interested 

 in the whole of human nature, and the advance- 

 ment of civilisation and happiness in every part 

 of the world. It is pleasant to find a young man 

 like Mr. Douglas indicating a sympathy with such 

 characters as Dr. Hosack, and gratifying to see 

 Mr. Lindley, whom we consider as the rising sun 

 of the botanical world, and destined one day to 

 be the Robert Brown of the age, doing justice 

 to all parties, and not forgetting Sir Joseph Banks, one of the greatest 

 names among the patrons of science. — Perseagratissima; iaurineas. "The 

 Avocado, or, as it is often called, Alligator, Pear, is one of the most esteemed 

 fruits of the West Indies. In this country it is only cultivated in the stove, 

 of which it is one of the rarest species. Our drawing was made in the 

 princely garden of His Grace the Duke of Northumberland at Syon, an 



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