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egree of safety can only 
Thi 
ne ext 
on tothe er nd the materials with which th 
om seme pgi ster Cactus Es 
ga to it w n 
i ome a his letter, was HA large for a 
etter 
s de 
ae care that had been Destowed 
whi Lo | 
our atte raat as Mr. 
It 
ka thig of the Spanish 
a bet 
flowers are rather eith blue, and produced in 
fog the ‘cea hardy annuals in 
It is fom Californ 
o 9 inches in 
ak ee iscus Afric canus 
4 Tataki from if to 2 feet in 
» Kaulfussia (Amellus) amelloides, grows trom 6 
to a inches in prin id rather dense and spreading. 
he flowers are of a + bom very pretty, and pro- 
i s freely, remains rather 
long in perfection, sag ene wy Sa the Cape of Good 
Hope. 
29. Calandrinia discolor, grows from 14 to 2 feet in 
height, with but few side branches. The flowers are 
large, rosy avi and very handsome. It blooms rather 
and ‘composed of the fibres of a Cane 
formed the exterior envelope. 
n to pe e 
Freed from these | incum- 
„a8 green 
very rl pale straw- l } 
flowers freely, f s 
J 
A 
ie is from sate and 
canal 
emer sess, “ig 
injur 
] “ts native ii the ve 
Beorenged i in coi ils, like the cable of, a hip. 
if it were that morning removed 
ry long Saba rm pees 
‘Ten n of o 
1 
is very Fes esir: j 
ll. Calinsia dolor. 
he ight, 
‘aes from 9 to 12 inches in 
s muc h bra anc wings „and rather aha 
is “very desir: 
"30. Calandrinia A Sobran speciosa, grows about 6 
inches in height, nen branched, and forms rather a 
dense mass. The ‘towe are purplish crimson, rather 
small, but very pretty. It blooms b very freely, remains 
are prod uced 
ie for the pu rpos 
red with suitable soil. 
There e it now stan 
fall] 
vies ascer T- 
t, and ar ade with ull greater 
ana it, perfectly unharmed, to another 
ds, 
n long spikes in 
ar chmdance This very oradibital annual is from 
ali 
31. Callichroa platyglossa, grows from 12 to 15 inches 
in height, spreading and m mek br erg The flowers 
are rather large, br ight ery showy; it 
very abundantly, dan remains log in ime 
but the plant | has rather a coarse appea It co 
It blooms abun- 
e sar i 5 713 lbs. 
Height from the surface of the earth .. 42 ft. latystemon californicum, grows about 6 inches 
sured over the top, from the groun i in height, i is rather slen der, anà much spreading. The 
= on eachside -~ 10 ft. 9 in ate in size, but very 
Circumference at 1 foot from the ground 8 ft. 7 in. | pretty and abundant. This r ns long i rfection, 
Numbér cost and is very ornamental, Itis fro m a California. 
~ As a species, although Belongs ng to the s me genus, 14. Clintonia pulchella, grows only a few eth in 
o N Echinocactus, as E. Stainesii, ii is quite | height, is much sprea eading and very slender. The flow 
net, an ts gh blu ieii is 
appears altogether unknown to authors. 
with 
Takia, a and known’ in our ean 
a mie introduced by | r 
s (on account 
rema kably ` neat and p retty, Eim abundantly, a 
remains ar a in perfection. _ This i ne of a smallest 
tH It i 
fits being used in Mexico, 
tiga ka by the Spaniards. Viznaga, or Visnag 
the name of E. pee: which 
S 
too. 
inappropriate, if we ri gbtly nderstaba the Game 
a, 
corruptio on of Bisacuta (twice pointed 
fornia 
nogyne neater grows from 12 to 15 inches 
The flowers are 
owy. 
and show. 
n per ectiob, is very orna- 
frica. 
16. "God etia Lindleyan a (Œnothera Lindleyana), 
wia of Daucus (or Ammi i) called Daucus Visnaga, 
e rays of whose pe ls are employed as picktooths 
18 to 20 inches in height, is rather spread- 
ing, and much branched. The fow wers are large, pale 
pin t h petal blooms 
and in Tra y they a e handed round the table to the 
freely, i is very ornamental, ‘and was obtained from the 
«guest 
s of America, — 
pee 44 angles, or 
e in the warm par 
r coste, 
Upon our plant 
17. Godetia bergen oman grows from 13 
Tehti 
eo ai e R? 
is brista vor other erect. The fiowers are ‘bright 
» and are produced in spikes; the 
from Cali- | 
32. Emilia (Cacalia) coccinea, grows from 6 to 
Prot in height, is very slender, but rather base The 
flowers are bright scarlet, small, but very pretty. It 
blooms freely and sl very gay appearance. 
comes betes South Am 
ja ( Agrostemma) celi-rosa, ors from 12 
, slender, and 
bri 
is 
in ee a darker eye and r rather larger flow 
2 ber in height, is is mno branched bptenaine; vet be 
slender. The e rather large, dark crimson, 
with a "yellow peta ad very bboy "It blooms very 
serge A sae long in succession, and is from 
North Am 
5 grows from 12 to 15 
seks in or rather inne hing and ere The 
bwet rs are rather large, pal ow, having a dark 
centre. i handsome, and blooms freely, remain- 
ing long in perfection. It com Barbar 
36. volvulus tricolor, grows about six inches in 
height, with a trailing habit. The flowers are large, 
white and blne, variously striped, spotted, and very 
2 | of Barope It blooms freely, and comes from the South 
ohn Smith has 
every angle are 50 fascicles of spines, and 4 spines 
pose each fascicle. Thu 
oja 
 malticostatus vertice 
com- | 1 
r | centre. It blooms aosiy teal i is very handsome, 
| comes from Califo: 
pose, therefore, to designate it Echinocactus 
a; ingens, potent mas aaria obtains, 
3 
With regard to the heights of the above, however, 
18. Godetia nother enuifolia, grows from 15 t: 
wers are deep pu rather pry and very 
Seir a ont kee mt toler: a long 
en 
areoli 
pretty. It blow 
flower. Thi 
in 
ois a 
is 
“the same as Godetia Gayana, and 
opacis cinereis, superiore 23 
cum Lorna ere ses aculeis 4 cruciatim dis- 
i osit: on patentibus junioribus flavis transversim 
aae unc. longo, 
Beier us "subunciam longis, inferiore lateralibus paulo 
a) t 
ae inches i G P is rather deve and slightly PEAN | 
The fl 
wn. If sownon poor and me soil, they will be much 
nee 7i 4 g £, Coe N ight, 
is rather ate and nokte Tho flowers are 
Aw dwarf in habit; if it is rich and mois st, they will 
be taller and stronger.—Geo th ¢ Go rdon 
STATICE ARB 
ee plant hasbeen for some yi a collections, and,’ 
e may add, to lamentable ah deh for although an 
bject of extraordinary beauty, under skilful culture, we 
rarely find it other than a sickly, lected, miserable- 
large, 
change to te pink. 
white when t 
It “blooms a in remains a 
Itis fro 
k Hab, 
Potosi, Fred. Staines, Esq.— 
Sects: places in the oe s of San em 
W. J.-H, 
F 
soar Be ig meee is rather bushy and erect. The fiowers 
Mexico. 
20. Erysimum Perofskianum, grows from 15 to 18) 
lant, and wonder why su 
ject t should be permitted to dis; 
No question edikte as to its ae an object 
int nts to all plan’ atii 
v 
under good management, a telling plant t exhibition, 
when pets are cultivated | vitj that object in view. It 
igh ossible t to point out in wile 
ce? RDY ANNUALS. en a le anh very freely, remains long in per another phat possessing so many 
lowin “arg Fat abe ot krr T ne hand- ee, is very o rnamental, and is sweet-scented. It|claims on our attention as Stati borea. Twelve 
mi 788 and ane distinct har eeds Koniki in the year it adorns our conservatories with its 
y may be sown in the open Sh er pam 21. Cokoma coccinea, grows from 1 to 14 Hie i large heads of flowers—the brilliancy of whose hue, 
h phere s tosiphon. d f 9 to 12 I much branched, erect, and bushy. The flow neither a parva nor metallic preparati ions could 
pl t, rather branched and s spreading ; the flowers ce br ight scarlet, rather mall, but ver y pretty pp Bi et, ee fi 
aos nk, rathe ers large, and very like those of the erous, It bloom feel isa me eoar but s find it ! when this discovery, 
= m Ph lox. t is a very abundant eon "om is daneko ot cultiva on acc! of its iot es miserable plight i it bereri est, tells us at once 
ssn s long in fontot It comes from Cal liforn colour. Ite aril vm Chili that there is something radically wrong in the manage- 
ae it; 22. 4E , grows from 12 to 18 ig in| ment, for this, like many aber 4 nts, with skilful 
‘than th ght; iti i lattar spreading, and mu a height, is ushy. The flowers are | gardening, can be to surpass the splendour it pre- 
Dbe h ve Preceding. The flowers are but deep azure blue, ‘moderate in size, "yn very handsome. sents even when perched on its native rocks. The be: t 
ink Yaad of various shades, from cies naw le our mes to mence seriously to regenerate the falling 
or purple, cone shade being on a distinct plant. | from California. name of this standard, plant will be ch, when the 
ie bloomer, and remains long in perfec cook 23. Clarkia pulchella, grows from 12 to 18 inches = whole season of growth is before us; for with dexterous 
B Luni Cali rain height, is rather spreading and branched. The flowers | cultivation we shall pei one season assuredly produce 
ht pi a nanus, grows from 6 to 12 inches in| are rather large, of a rose colour, ad very eer T specimens second to e wha tever i in our collections. 
» rather branching shy. The flowers are upian abundantly, is very ornamental, dto Supposing a in 
rth-w 
a i aid bu 
eor pale blue, rather small, but v 
yell comes from Califo 
all, but very pretty. 
very cher 4 remains te in perfection, is very 
Lupinus Hartwegii, pres ine 23 feet in 
a and very robust. Th veut ers are of 
o s but mostly of a light blue 
l 
s fro 
the n est coast of America, Of this there is a 
he 
up mall plan 
a tin tate the subject ¢ our inquiry—for for with 
sao Lares the of t t paper produced, last 
Barionia aurea, 
white es 
4, 
gr may Ya m 1it o fant $ 
robus paak anching. The flo 
elated ais arene to ral rim o ere he pot, and studded 
These 
is rather straggling, r owers 
are very large, of a aria yellow diet, very showy, | all over with numerous clusters of flowers 
and remain long in perfection. It blooms very freely, = sas 46 w potted in March. H x. a pots, in the 
| and comes from California. llowing manner, and with a ca 
25. Campanula Lorei, grows about 1 foot in height, The pot ined 
| is much branched and spreading. The flowers are rather potsherds at least an in dak ilip, ra a ile estopped 
| large, sen purple, very showy, and of long duration. It} Moss was aced over the drainage, 
| blooms very freely, and comes from Mount Baldo. | the soil from ais with it. Friable loam viit 
Of this aona 2 a variety with pure white flowers, which, | procured, containing abundance of vegetable fibre, and 
if kept separate, makes an eq’ uantity of rough peat; to these was added 
26. Gila arouse , grows from 6 to 12 inches in agp like were ie of leaf mould, not too much fib whole of 
is much branched, spreading, ze rather slender. 
neat, 
s his apparently unmanageable state the 
is much branched, and rather 
nis, grows from 6 to 12 inches in | 
rather straggling. The 
reee some being nearly white and Eps while 
others are pink or purple, with a yellow or crimson eye. 
It blooms abunda ntiy, and remains long in perfection. 
Iti from € aliforn 
Walk 121 
omg —for with such material 4 is sca sicroely 
sible to perform polini badly, The plan re then 
turned out of t nch pots, and the pid | carefelly 
moved from fe si eh f the ball. Some of the coarsest 
in hee branching and rather erect. The fi 
rs are 
rather per white, and —— lek “This 
[Booms fre iby tien s a very neat appearance, and comes 
surrounding 
the pot; a good watering was then given to the whole 
erhead, 
9-inch pot, and on this the plant was placed, anà the’ 
