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as possible at other times; it also thrives and flowers well in a small pot, in 

 which it may be preserved in a frame in winter, if found not to be suf- 

 ficiently hardy; at present it is very rare, and we do not know that it is 

 for sale at any nursery, but it will soon become plentiful, and, of course, will 

 be cultivated in every collection of hardy plants. Cuttings of it will root 

 readily, planted under hand-glasses; it may also be increased by dividing 

 at the root. — Philadelphus grandiflorus. A handsome dwarf bushy shrub, 

 attaining the height of 6 to 8 feet, producing large pm-e white flowers, 

 scarcely scented, in May and June. It thrives well in the shrubbery in the 

 common soil, and is generally increased by layers, or suckers from the 

 root; but ripened cuttings, of one year's growth, will root freely if taken 

 off" as soon as the shoot is hardened, and planted in a shady situation and 

 well watered." 



No. III. for August, contains 



9 to 12. — Ferbena chamadryfolia, the V. Melindres of Bot. Reg. {Gard. 

 Mag. p. 106. 229.) " Certainly one of the finest and most splendid plants 

 that have been introduced to our collections for some time past, particu- 

 larly as it is so easily cultivated, and propagates so freely from cuttings, 

 thriving well in any rich light soil ; and, when planted out in a bed or 

 border, nothing can make a more brilliant appearance." 



iihododendron Morterw. Handsome ; from the " nursery of Messrs. 

 Whitley, Brames, and Milne, at Fulham, who received it from the Conti- 

 nent under the specific name that v/e have adopted ; it is of hybrid origin, 

 and is intermediate between R. calendulaceum and one of the red varieties 

 of R. nudiflorura. Several other hybrid species and varieties were received 

 by them at the same time, but none more interesting than the present; 

 another variety which we have distinguished under the name of prae'stans 

 was in flower at the time, and was sent by the name of Azalea prasstan- 

 tissima. The different hybrid productions and varieties that are now 

 raised from seed, and will be in a few years, will, we have no doubt, bring 

 this handsome tribe into great repute. We saw them flowering in great 

 perfection at Messrs. Whitley and Co.'s nursery, at Fulham, this summer; 

 and we also had the pleasure of seeing a splendid collection at Mr. 

 Waterer's nursery, at Knap Hill, in Surrey, where many of them have 

 almost attained to the size of trees, and are growing in the common soil 

 of the nursery, which is of a sandy peat, as luxuriantly, and perhaps more 

 so, than in their native wilds. Mr. VVaterer has also succeeded in raising 

 many fine new varieties, and hybrid productions between most of the old 

 ones, the flowers of which are finer than the old varieties, and of every 

 shade of colour between white, scarlet, purple, and yellow; they all thrive 

 well in the open air in a sandy peat soil, or a light sandy loam suits them 

 as well. They are generally increased by layers, but new varieties are only 

 to be obtained from seed." 



/'ris nepalensis. Beautiful and singular. Flowered for the first time, in 

 the latter end of June last, in the Fulham nursery; flowers of a delicate 

 blue ; roots fleshy, resembling those of a /^emerocallis ; stem leaves in- 

 flated a little at the base. — /yupinus versicolor. A handsome upright 

 frutescent species. From Mexico to the Bury Hill garden, where it 

 attained the height of 2ift. by the side of a wall in the flower-garden. 



No. IV. for September, contains 

 15 to 16. Phlox cordata. A handsome rather tender species, sent by 

 Mr. T. Nuttall to the collection of Robert Barclay, Esq., of Bury Hill. — 

 Habranthus {habros, soft and delicate, antlios, a flower) robustus; Amarylli- 

 decB. Imported by Mr. Mackay from the neighbourhood of Buenos Ayres. 

 " The present species flowers frequently, and at different times, through 

 the summer and autumn ; and is, therefore, a very desirable plant for the 

 flower-garden ; the flowers have also a pleasant scent, but not a powerful 



