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from the Chiswick Garden. It is nearly allied? to those fine Asiatic fruits, 

 Litchi, Longan, and Rambutan, but has not fruited or been propagated in 

 this country. 



Convolvulus ochraceus, Ochreous Benin Convolvulus ; Convolvulaceae. 

 A tender annual from Mr. Tate's nursery. — Siegesbeckia Jorullensis, Jorullo 

 Siegesbeckia ; Composite. " An annual plant of singular aspect, found by 

 Humboldt and Bonpland on the Mexican volcano of Jorullo, at the height 

 of about 5000 feet above the level of the sea, flowering in September. 

 With us it is a hardy annual, flowering from June to October." Worth 

 having. — Fuchsia conica, Comcsl-tubed Fuchsia; Onagrariae. A hand- 

 some green-house shrub from Chile, not unlike F. gracilis. Worth purchas- 

 ing. — Oxalis (acid) carnosa, Fleshy Wood-Sorrel ; Oxalideae. "A curious 

 half-hardy species of Oxalis, native of Chile, whence living plants were 

 brought to the Horticultural Society, in 1825, by Mr. James M'Rae. It 

 may be readily preserved in a cold-frame, where it flowers in abundance 

 from April to September. The foliage is an excellent substitute for sorrel. 

 The whole plant is singularly fleshy." — Tabernaemontana coronaria, Single 

 garland-flowered Tabernaemontana ; Apocyneae. A beautiful stove shrub, 

 nearly allied to NeVium. Cuttings of the ripe wood root in peat and sand 

 under a bell. — Polygonum (many knee-joints ; in allusion to the stems) 

 emarginatum, Notch-fruited Buckwheat ; Polygone'ae. A pretty and hardy 

 annual, cultivated in China for the sake of its grain. — RheVia (to break) 

 versicolor, Changeable-^oM^ei Rhexia ; Melastomaceae. A beautiful little 

 hardy green-house plant, from St. Catherine's, on the coast of Brazil. It 

 is " covered all the summer with a profusion of delicate flowers, changing 

 to pink after having been a short time expanded, and during the winter 

 retaining its deep green foliage, stained beneath with rich crimson." By 

 cuttings freely, and abundance of seeds. 



No. CXLVIII.for June, contains 

 1067 to 1073. — Sisyrinchium graminifolium ; Zrideae. An evergreen stove 

 perennial, from Chile, a country abounding in this genus. — Billbergia 

 iridifoiia ; Bromeliaceae. A truly noble epiphyte, from Mrs. Arnold Harri- 

 son's rich collection at Aighburgh, near Liverpool; found on trees about 

 Rio Janeiro, and growing readily in a humid hot-house. — Pitcairnza sua- 

 veolens ; Bromeliaceae. Rio Janeiro. Treatment that of the pine-apple. — 

 Trifolium fimbriatum, Fringed Clover ; Leguminosae Loteae. A pretty hardy 

 perennial from the Colombia River, by Mr. David Douglas, the Horticul- 

 tural Society's collector there. — O'phrys fusca; Orchideae. Gibraltar frame, 

 and light garden mould. — Prostanthera violacea ; Labiatae. Half shrubby and 

 pretty. Fort Jackson. — Oxalis fulgida, Oxalideae. Possibly the female of 

 O. rubella. — The present Number is of more than usual interest, from a 

 new arrangement of Bromeliaceae, in which the eatable pine-apples are 

 made a genus by themselves under their original name, Ananassa. 



Botanical Cabinet By Messrs. Loddiges. In 4to and 8vo Parts. 5s. and 2s. 6d. 

 Part C XXI. for May, contains 

 1201 to 1210. — Genista canadensis, .Erica mucosoides, .Erica spicata, 

 Amaryllis psittacina, Cunila mariana, Lobelia caerulea, Cactus truncatus, 

 Melaleuca decussata, Ornithogalum Sternberg^", Andromeda arborea. 



Part CXXII.for June, contains 

 1211 to 1220. — Polygalabracteolata, C.G.H. Green-house; airy situation; 

 sandy peat ; cuttings. — Oncidium divaricatum. A charming epiphyte, from 

 Brazil. — Eurya chinensis. A low bushy shrub like the tea,from China. Green- 

 house; loam and peat; cuttings. — Fernandesia elegans,Flor.Peruv., theLoek- 

 hartia elegans of Dr. Hooker. An epiphyte from Trinidad, which succeeds 

 pretty well in pots, well drained and filled with moss, sawdust, and sand, 

 the surface covered with growing moss. Stove ; prop, by division. — Ixora 



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