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Magnolia pumila, a pretty dwarf species, with fine foliage, and 

 very fragrant white flowers. 



GARDENIA FLORIDA, or Cape Jasmine. 



This is also a justly admired plant ; the bright shining green of 

 its foliage, and the delightful odour of its large snow white flowers, 

 which are produced from June to December, must ever render it 

 one of the most esteemed exotics. There are three varieties, the 

 single flowering, the double small leaved, and the double broad 

 leaved ; the latter is by far the most common ; also the dwarf or 

 radicans, with double flowers; they are all equally beautiful and 

 fragrant, 



CHINA HOSES. 



It will be seen by the Catalogue, that the collection of these 

 equals, if not surpasses any other in the world; and no variety is 

 known to exist which is not already in this garden; among them, 

 however, none merits more pirticular attention than the Rosa 

 odorata or Tea scented rose, which yields a great abundance of 

 flowers of the most exquisite fragrance There are sev ral other 

 varieties which are fragrant in a less degree ; the Divarf or Pom- 

 pone is admired for its very small delicate flowers and foliage; 

 the Latvrencia for being the most diminutive rose known; the 

 Resplendent rose has very fine dark full double flowers of small 

 size; the Speciosa has very large full double flowers, which often 

 have buds in the centre ; the Subalba is a fine double rose, nearly 

 white ; and the ^dacartney rose is pure white with yellow stamens ; 

 the Blush changeable, is so called on account of the flowers varying 

 in colour after expansion ; the Sajigninea produces abundance of 

 fine dirk crimson flowers ; among the others each has its particular 

 claims to our admiration; and xXnc MuWJlora of different kinds, 

 the Roxburghii, Grevillii. Banksice., Champneys^ A^'osette, Herbemont, 

 Trangidllana^ Macartney^ s, and Lavigata, are suitable for training 

 against the sides of buildings. 



CORCnORUS JAPONICUS, or Double Japan Globe Floxver. 



This shrub, although cultivated as a Green-house plant, will, 

 nevertheless, thrive in the open garden. In the windows of a warm 

 room, or in a Green-house, its slender branches are, during the 

 months of February and March, bent dovm with the weight of its 

 numerous flowers, of a golden yellow, which are produced in 

 wreaths ; and there is scarcely a week, from sprnig to winter, that 

 flowers may not be found on it, especially if it is planted during 

 that season in the open ground, or continued there throughout the 

 year, 



CHINESE HIBISCUS. 



Hibiscus mutabilis, flowers in November and December, they are 

 the size of a large gardgi rose, and their peculiarity consists in their 



