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POPULAR GARDEN BOTANY. 



its dense foliage and large panicles of flowers/' it would 

 therefore be very showy in the greenhouse. C. larbellata 

 is a native of the Himalaya mountains, and a very pretty 

 species, having large, purplish, drooping flowers, the edges 

 of the sepals bordered with cream-colour ; it is a climbing 

 species, and nearly hardy : these are all climbing plants, but 

 smilacifolia, from Nepaul, and gentianoides, from Yan Die- 

 men's Land, having white flowers, are not climbing. These 

 plants are very useful in the greenhouse, as they are of 

 rapid growth, and soon fill up vacancies ; they prefer a 

 loamy bat light soil. 



KNOWLTONIA. 



Gen. Char. (Polyandria Monogynia.) Divisions of calyx five ; 

 petals five to fifteen, with a naked claw ; oyaries upon a globose 

 receptacle ; grains one-seeded, in the form of a berry ; the style 

 falling off. 



Named after a Mr. Knowlton. Cape plants, requiring 

 the shelter of the greenhouse. The species are vesicatoria, 

 having a simple umbel of a few green flowers ; rigida, the 

 umbel of which is spreading and the colour green, the leaves 

 thick; and gracilis^ daucifolia, and hirsuta, also with 



