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gitalis truncata Hort. Fagus sylvatica var. tricolor, F, s. var 

 fol. varieg. albo, F. s. fol. toto luteo : these, with the ^'sculus 

 and Catalpa above, are cultivated by M. Henrard, nurseryman, 

 near Liege, " a St. Walburge." Gesnera elongata Kth.^ placen- 

 tifera Loddigess Catalogue. Grindel/a villosa. /Vis germanica 

 varietas Van de Wiel. M. Curtois believes this to be a hybrid 

 between /. germanica and /. variegata. Lantana niveo-Cam- 

 mara Lejeune, a hybrid originated by M. Millet, iilium exi- 

 mium Coicrtois (syn. L. speciosum Siebold, "who brought it from 

 Japan, and who has enriched our gardens with a great quantity 

 of pretty plants of that country." Lobelm propinqua Hort. 

 Angl. : this is suspected to be a hybrid from L. fuigens. L. Tupa 

 purpiirea, L. cuneifolia Lk. and O., /iederacea Hort. Peebnia 

 albiflora var. Reeves// ; P. Moidan rosea Conrtois : this is stated 

 to be distinct from the variety known in Britain by this name ; 

 this last is P. M. rubra Coiniois. Phlox macrophylla, " a hy- 

 brid ?" cruenta, " a hybrid ? " philadelphica, NuttalhV (" Ingrom 

 of the gardeners is the same species"), Caldriana, Thomson/. 

 Pimelea paludosa R. Br. Polygala gracilis Courtois, raised at 

 Brussels, from seeds received from the Cape. Pyrethrum ma- 

 deriense. i^hododendron Low//, a pretty variety of li. p6n- 

 ticum, originated (gagnee) by M. Jacob Makoy : it is named 

 after Mr. Low of Clapton. Salpiglossis fulva Courtois. ^Salvia 

 chinensis (syn. S. ietonicifolia var. M. and S.). Sc6tt/« trapezi- 

 formis Mackay. Clethra Michaiix//. Coreopsis Ackermann/ 

 Hort. Angl. Davies/a pungens Mackai/s Catal., 1825. [M. 

 Courtois has the Eutaxia pungens distinct from this.] Dill- 

 wyn/a cinerascens var. aurantiaca, a hybrid obtained from seeds 

 by M. Makoy, and one which, M. Courtois remarks, " offers 

 a twofold interest; for the beauty of its flowers, and because it 

 is the product of the fecundation of a Dillwyn/a cinerascens by 

 a Polygala attenuata; as the possibility of this kind of cross 

 impregnation has been recently denied." Epidendrum palli- 

 dum Courtois, gracile Hort. Belg. Lantana multifl5ra Hort., 

 iilium speciosum Thunb. P^rk/« africana R. Br. Pyrus glu- 

 tinosa Madiot. i^ubus cae'sius folio variegato, collinus W. and 

 N. flore pleno, discolor W. and N. semiplenus, discolor W. and 

 N. iellidifiorus. J^inca rosea foliis variegatis. vi'rctium nemo- 

 rosum Lejeune et Courtois. Ipomoe^a involucrata Beauvois. 

 Fuchs/a Thomson/. Phlox pulchella Hort. 



That part of the work which is of most interest to the British 

 gardener is the miscellaneous portion; and this we shall look 

 over, extracting anything that we may think interesting to our 

 readers. 



The first article is on the geography of plants, and its appli- 

 cation to their culture, by Dr. Courtois, the editor. The 

 problem to be solved is, " the native country of a plant being 



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