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purple flowers and evergreen glaucous leaves. They 

 grow in sandy soil and are easily propagated by cut- 

 tings, division at the root, and sometimes by seed. 

 Lmum trigy^num, B. M. 1100. Fine yellow flowers 

 which come out in November and last till Febru- 

 ary ; the plant not difficult to preserve in peat soil, 

 and increased, though slowly, by cuttings. 

 JVesMngia rosmannifdrmis , A. R. 214. A rose- 

 mary-looking shrub with white flowers, of easy 

 culture in sandy loam, and increased by cuttings. 

 Trachelium diffusum. Fine blue-bell-shaped flowers 

 on a plant of no great beauty as tO' foliage, but of 

 the easiest culture and multiplication. 

 Arctotis acaulis, B. R. 122. 

 A. tricolor, B. R. 131. 

 u4. maculata, B. R. 130. 

 A, dspera, B. R. 34. 

 A. aureola, B. R. 32. 



Splendid orange, white, and purple flowers on 

 plants of no great beauty as to foliage, but very hardy, 

 and of the easiest culture ^and propagation in any 

 soil. 



Dracoeephalum canariense, the Balm of Gilead. A 

 well-known hardy plant, powerfully fragrant, of 

 the easiest culture in any soil, and increased by 

 seeds which it produces in abundance. 



Gardenia flbrida, single and double. This plant, 

 though properly belonging to the stove, may yet 

 be cultivated in gardens where there are hot-beds 

 and a green-house. It is so highly odoriferous that 



