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POPULAR GARDEN BOTANY. 



ers, which last a long time, as there are only a few open at 

 once; it is easily increased by cuttings, and should be 

 grown in light loam and leaf-mould. The species An- 

 dersonii, hermesina, Lindleyana, rosea, salicifolia, speciosa, 

 with its varieties coccinea, rosea, and variegata, are all good 

 ones for the greenhouse, as well as undulata, perfoliata, gra- 

 cilis, Brownii, formosa, nivea, etc. : the two latter have white 

 flowers, the others are mostly blue. 



ANTHOCERCIS. 



Gen. Char. {JDidynamia Angiospermia.) Calyx five-cleft ; co- 

 rolla campanulate, regular ; filaments four, with the rudiment of 

 a fifth ; stigma capitate ; capsule two-celled, two-valved, and 

 many-seeded. 



Named from the Greek for flower and ray, from the ray- 

 like appearance of the narrow divisions of the corolla. New 

 Holland shrubs, requiring the greenhouse ; the species are 

 littorea, with yellow flowers ; viscosa, albicans, and ilicifo- 

 lia, with white flowers. A. viscosa is a handsome shrub, 

 when in health, which has dark green leaves, but if it be 

 over-watered, they lose their beauty, and the plant looks 

 sickly. The soil should be light loam and leaf-mould. 



