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POPULAR GARDEN BOTANY. 



Named from scutetta, a small vessel, on account of the 

 form of the calyx. This well-known genus has a few species 

 appropriate to the greenhouse, as 8. cordifolia, with scarlet 

 flowers, from Mexico; Japonica, blue, from Japan; and 

 splendens, scarlet-flowered, from Chili; incarnata is from 

 Quito, and is a desirable greenhouse plant, as the corolla is 

 a deep purplish rose-colour, and the leaves of a brilliant 

 green ; several of these species bear planting out in the 

 summer, and they make very pretty beds if the entire space 

 be devoted to them. S. Ventenatii is a very splendid species, 

 only introduced in 1845 ; it is now a greenhouse plant, 

 but will probably also do for bedding out, and as the corolla 

 is a deep but bright scarlet, it will make a splendid show. 

 S. macrantha is another beautiful species, from China, which, 

 though often grown in the greenhouse from its beauty, the 

 corolla being large and of a rich purple, is also hardy 

 enough to bear planting out in summer, and makes quite 

 a splendid bed. Soil, rich loam, and leaf-mould. 



PROSTANTHERA. 



Gen, Char. (Didynamia Gymnospermia!) Calyx two-lipped, in 

 fruit closed ; tube striated, lips undivided, blunt ; corolla ga- 



