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VapaverdcecB Juss., Lindl. Int. p. 8. Papaver Tourn. pyrenaicum Willd. 

 In foliage resembling the equally elegant P. alpinum Lin., but more 

 robust. The flowers are golden yellow, produced from May to October. 

 Dry situation, or rockwork ; seeds. The root-stock will rarely admit of 

 division without injury. 



Cruciferes Juss., Lindl. Int. p. 14. Trib. 2. Myssinece Dec. Ano- 

 dontea (sect, of Jlyssum) Dec. tortuosa Ledeb. ? A. obovata Ledeb. ? 

 Charming little rock plant, with yellow flowers all summer. — .Draba 

 Dec. repens Bieb. A stoloniferous yellow-flowered species. — Tribe 12. 

 ISrassicece Dec. (Sinapis Tourn. frutescens Ait., Hook. Bot. Misc. vol. i. 

 t. 28. An interesting shrubby species of (Sinapis ? with pale yellow flowers 

 in July and August. Frame. 



Fumaridcece Dec, Lindl. Int. p. 18. Corydalis Dec. *bibracteata Haw. 

 hied. Closely affined to C. bulbosa Dec. 



MagnoUkcese Dec, Lindl. Int. p. 24. Talauvia Juss. Candollei Blume. 

 This noble plant, a congener of the beautiful Magnolia, flowered, for the 

 second time (I believe) in this country, in July last. The odours of one 

 blossom suffused a large hot-house with a fragrance the most delicious 

 imaginable. The flower began to develope about 9 o'clock in the morn- 

 ing, by 1 1 was fully expanded, continuing till noon, when it began to close 

 and to decrease in fragrance. By 4 in the afternoon it was finally closed, 

 and not the least fragrance remained. The flower is straw-coloured, of a 

 rich yellow on the inside, about the size of Magnolia pumila. It thrives 

 vigorously in loam and peat plentifully supplied with water ; is propagated 

 by ripened cuttings plunged in tan, or engrafted on the Magnolia obovata 

 Thunb., or perhaps some of the stronger-growing kinds might be pre- 

 ferable. 



Berberideae Vent., Lindl. Int. p. 30. Berberis L. dulcis Sweet, B. F. 

 G. t. 100., B. empetrifolia Lam. Exceedingly rare species ; quite hardy. 



Malvdcece Juss., Lindl. Int. p. 33. ikfalva L. purpurata Lindl., Bot. 

 Reg. t. 1362., M. miniata Cav., Sweet's B. F. G. t. 120. Beautiful herb- 

 aceous plants. Frame. — //ibiscus L. Lindleyii Wallich, Bot. Reg. 

 t. 1395. Admirably adapted for planting in the open border in the sum- 

 mer months, where it grew to the height of 4 ft. ; and produced its 

 splendid purple blossoms in August and September. Stove in winter. 



Sterculidcece Vent., Lindl. Int. p. 36. Hermannia L. glandulosa Link ? 

 An elegant yellow-flowered species, flowering in the open border from 

 June to October. 



SaxifrdgecE Dec. and Duby, Lindl. Int. p. 49. tfaxifraga L. altifida 

 Haw. A rare species, resembling in habit S. granulata L. ; but the roots 

 are not granulated. — S. tricuspidata Retz. A white-flowered species, not 

 a coordinate of S. aizoides Sm., as was doubtingly supposed by Mr. 

 Haworth when he framed his genus Leptasea from them. 



Cdctece Dec, Lindl. Int. p. 54. Pereskia Plum. Bleo H. B. et Kunth. 

 An elegant and rare ally of the common P. aculeata Mill. 



Onagrdrice Juss., Lindl. Int. p. 56. Gaura L. angustifolia Mich. Suf- 

 fruticose. G. tripetala Cav. Pretty plants with fragrant white or pink 

 flowers. Frame. — Oenothera L. anisoloba Sweet, B. F. G. t. 105. A 

 beautiful erect species, from 2 to 3 ft. high, with flowers resembling 

 (E. ifaraxacifolia Sweet. Frame ; easily increased by cuttings of the root. 



SalicdricB Juss., Lindl. Int. p. 59. Cuphea Jacq. Llavea, Llave et Lexarc 

 Bot. Reg. t. 1386. It is a lovely border shrub for the summer months, 

 enlivened with beautiful crimson blossoms from July to October. Cuttings ; 

 frame. It is erroneously called a herbaceous plant in the work above 

 quoted. — G. Penny, A.L.S. (heretofore Alpha). 



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