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POPULAR GARDEN BOTANY. 



Named after Mr. Crowe of Norwich, a good botanist. 

 C. aaligna is from Australia, and is a valuable plant in the 

 greenhouse, as it continues to produce its pretty pink star- 

 like flowers almost all the year; there are also the species 

 elliptica, latifolia, and stricta. They prefer a mixture of 

 sandy loam and peat, not much water, and an airy situation. 



DIOSMA. 



Gen, Char. (Pentandria Monogynia.) Calyx five-parted ; petals 

 and stamens inserted in the calyx ; nectary of five plaits ; ovary 

 crowned ; capsule five-valved, each end with an elastic arillus. 



The name is from the Greek for divine and smell, from 

 the fondness of the Hottentots for the scent, though most 

 Europeans dislike it ; the former call it "Bucku/' and use the 

 powdered leaves to rub their bodies ; it is the species eri- 

 coides they principally use. The species introduced into our 

 greenhouses are ambigiia, ericoides, capitata, ojppositifolia, 

 cupressina, hirsuta, and several others, with white or lilac 

 flowers ; they are handsome shrubs very like heaths, but 

 the leaves are larger and the flowers are in bunches at the 

 ends of the branches. Another genus, very similar to this, 



