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of garden 



□ng, a foot < 

 at the tip. 

 and allied 



it growing in the famous garden of Mr. Hanbury, at La 

 Mortola, on the Italian shore of the Mediterranean, where it 

 flowered last year. Its inflorescence is like a huge candela- 

 brum and is 40 feet high. Aloe aurantiaca, a native of the 

 Cape of Good Hope, has flowered in the same garden. 

 Its habit is described by Mr. Baker as intermediate between 

 A. arborescens and A. ci'liaris. Its raceme of flowers (which, 

 individually, are very like those of a lachenalia) are bright 

 yellow Yet another new species from Mr. Hanbury's garden 

 is Yucca Hanburyi, an acaulescent plant, with a dense rosette 

 of rigid linear leaves, the flowers being white, bell-shaped and 



southern United States or Mexico. 



"Hardy Plants. One of the horticultural surprises of the New 

 year was the first appearance of an annual shown by Messrs. p f a r n ts. 

 ^utton, of Reading, which was afterwards determined as 



already appeared in the journals, so I need discuss it no fur- 

 ther. It is a curious fact, nevertheless, that such a strikir 



ed by t 



Bentham 



m 1836, should have remained so long out of cultivatioi 

 Equally remarkable is the coloration of the flowers, whicl 

 except that they have no blue, range over the whole garni 

 of color. Any addition to the lilies could never be otherwis 

 than welcome, more especially such a handsome one as 1 

 primulinum, introduced by Messrs. Low, of London, from w\ 

 Per Burmah. It is allied to L. Nepalense, with which it ma 

 be compared in growth and foliage. The flowers, produced i 

 a terminal umbel, are pale yellow, tinged with green outsid< 

 bar e mention of the following lilies will suffice, as I ai 



