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POPULAR, GARDEN BOTANY. 



the species are squarrosa, pedunculata, and paleacea. They 

 do not seem to require any particular treatment, beyond a 

 light peat and loam soil. 



TRIPTXLION. 



Gen. Char. (Syngenesia JEqualis.) Involucre imbricated, the 

 exterior scales somewhat squarrose ; florets bilabiate, the upper 

 lip three-toothed, lower entire and rolled back ; receptacle shaggy ; 

 pappus with three feathers. 



Named from the Greek for three and feather, on account 

 of the three-feathered pappus : a pretty genus from Peru, 

 consisting of the species spinosum and cordifolium; the 

 flowers are very pretty, of a blue colour, and continue some 

 months in great beauty, as they are somewhat " everlasting 99 

 in character. The plants must not be kept damp. 



RHODANTHE. 



Gen. Char. (Syngenesia AiJqualis.) Florets of the disc and ray 

 having both stamens and pistils ; involucre white and silvery. 



Named from the Greek for rose and flower. R. Man- 

 glesii is a beautiful annual from the Swan River, producing 



