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Dianthus {L.) pub^scens Sib. et Sm. Sweet's B. F. G. ined. An erect 

 much-branched plant, densely clothed with a viscous pubescence, with 

 linear awl-shaped leaves, and intense rose-coloured flowers elegantly 

 spotted with white. Cuttings and seeds ; perennial ; frame in winter. 

 — D. erub^scens Ti-ev. — D, monspessulanus L. Stem panicled, few- 

 flowered ; flowers solitary, with serrulated linear leaves and digitately fim- 

 briated lilac flowers. Hardy, and admirably adapted for rockwork. — 

 D. Fischm Spreng. Sweet's B. F. G. t. 245. Stem 18 in. in height, 

 panicled, leaves lanceolate, flowers aggregate, of a beautiful purplish 

 lilac, delightfully fragrant. Perennial ; frame j propagated by cuttings and 

 seeds, which are occasionally produced. 



Silene (L.) regia Sims. Bot. Mag. t. 1724. Stems erect, 5 to 4 ft. high, 

 clothed with a viscous pubescence, with lanceolate leaves, and panicled 

 splendid scarlet flowers. Decandolle considers it a doubtful perennial, 

 and in other works it is considered a green-house biennial ; but it is evi- 

 dently a perennial, and perfectly hardy. It is successfully cultivated in 

 peat soil, and propagated by very young cuttings in spring. 



Jlthae'a (Cav.) Frolowii Penny in Hort. Eps. Addenda, p. 51. No. 3845. 



Lavatera (L.) maritima Gouan. A handsome evergreen shrub, 6 or 8 ft. 

 in height, with tomentose roundish obtusely angular leaves, and axillary 

 pearl-white flowers, purple at the base. Requiring the protection of a mat in 

 winter ; propagated by cuttings and seeds. 



Pelai'gonium {L. Flerit.) melancholicum Penny. Sweet's Ger. sec. s. t. 53. 

 mirabile Penny. Sweet's Ger. sec. s, t. 57. (Donna Maria, of the gardens 

 about London.) 



O'xalis {Lin.) floribunda Lehm. Bulb solid, leaves shorter than the 

 scapes, leaflets obcordate, scapes numerous, terminated with twelve to 

 twenty elegant rose-coloured flowers. This admirable species should be 

 planted in a border of rich soil, in May, where it produces a profusion of 

 flowers until October. Requires protection in winter ; propagated by seeds. 

 The O. floribunda of Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 1 1 23. and of Hooker's Bot. Mag. 

 t. 2830. is a very different species. 



ZJorycnium {Tourn ) rdctum Ser. Suffruticose, with small rose-coloured 

 flowers. 



Galega {Tourn.) p^rsica Pcrs. Sweet's B. F. G. t. 244. A hardy peren- 

 nial, with white flowers from May until October. Di\'ision and seeds. 



iupinus {Tourn.) mexicanus Cerv. Bot. Reg. t. 457. An extremely rare 

 biennial species. — L. ver^icoXot Sweet. B. F. G. t. 12. A handsome up- 

 right branching shrub, with numerous racemes of small flowers elegantly 

 variegated with blue and light purple ; the lanceolate bracteas fall before 

 the expansions of the flowers. Propagated by cuttings and seeds; frame. 



(S'pirEe'a {L.) digitata Willd. 



Potentilla (iV£>5^/.) dahiirica iS^<?,s//. floribunda Pursh. The above two 

 unquestionably distinct species are considered varieties of P. fruticosa L. 

 by M. Seringe in Dec. Prod. ! 



Fuchsia (Plum.) raicrophylla H. B. et Kunth. Sweet. B. F. G. new s. 1. 16. 

 An elegant small upright bushy shrub ; leaves elliptically oblong, dentate, 

 shining ; flowers axillary bright red nodding ; berries roundish, black, shining. 

 According to Decandolle this is the F. gracilis of the unpublished Flora of 

 Mexico. This favourite genus has now become rather extensive. In this 

 collection I observed fifteen species and varieties, the whole of which are 

 perfectly hardy with the exception of F. /ycidides And., F. arbor^scens Sims, 

 and F. excorticata Lin,f. which require the protection of a green-house, 



Heimm (Link et Otto) salicifolia Link et Otto. Sweet's B. F. G. t. 281. 

 An elegant bushy shrub, with lanceolate leaves and axillar} yellow flowers. 

 Hardy ; propagated by cuttings. 



Scorzonera (L.) pusilla Pall, tuberosa Pall. 



(Sllybum ( Vaill) e^rnuum G'drtn. A handsome hardy perennial. Stem 3 



