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POPULAR GARDEN BOTANY. 



at that dull period. M reticulatus has blush-coloured flow- 

 ers and netted leaves, and there is a new species called Hong- 

 Jcongensis lately introduced. The best soil for them is sandy 

 loam and peat, and the plants should be only watered when 

 in a growing state ; they are increased by ripened cuttings 

 planted in sand under a hand-glass. 



LEUCOTHOE. 



Gen. Char. (Decandria Monogynia?) Calyx three-lobed ; corolla 

 ovate, cylindrical, bell-shaped, with the mouth five-toothed ; sta- 

 mens ten, included ; style filiform. 



This genus has been separated from Andromeda ; there 

 are several hardy species, but L. pulchra may be introduced 

 into the greenhouse with great advantage, as its leaves and 

 flowers are particularly handsome : it is a shrub about two 

 feet high, the leaves bright green and coriaceous ; the flowers 

 numerous and pendent, having the corolla cylindrical, and 

 the mouth small, with five small, erect teeth; the colour 

 greenish- white, with a little pale red about the middle: it 

 flowers in May, and bears a cool greenhouse, though it is 

 from the Caraccas. L. nerifolia, from Brazil, is also a green- 

 house plant and very beautiful; the raceme of flowers is 



