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GORTERIA RIGENS, or Siarry Scarlet Gartens 



This, though it never attains a large size, is, notwith- 

 standing, one of the most showy Green-house plants, as 

 its flowers are large and brilliant. Its foliage, also, pos- 

 sesses a singularity, the under side of each leaf being 

 white, with a stripe of green, 



ROSA ODORATA, Swtet China, or Tea Scented Rose* 



This is a most delightful plant, producing a greater 

 abundance of flowers throughout the year than any 

 other Rose, which are of the most exquisite fragrance^ 

 whereas most other Everblooming Roses have little or 

 no scent. 



CORCHORUS JAPON1CUS, or Double Japan Glob* 



Flower. 



This shrub, although cultivated as a Gyeen-house 

 plant, will, nevertheless, thrive in the open garden. Ia 

 the windows of a warm room, or in a Green-house, its 

 slender branches are, during the months of March and 

 April, bent down with the weight of its numerous 

 flowers, of a golden yellow, which are produced in 

 wreaths 5 and there is scarcely a week, from spring to 

 winter, that flowers may not be found on it, especially 

 if it is planted during that season in the open ground, 

 or continued there throughout the year. 



HIBISCUS MUTABILIS, or Chinese Changeable 

 Hibiscus. 



This plant produces abundance of flowers during the 

 months of November and December, which are about 

 the size of a large garden Rose, and very beautiful* 

 One great peculiarity which these flowers possess, is, 

 that they change from white to a blush rose colour, and 

 then to purple, which gives the plant a fine appear- 

 ance, from having flowers on it of different colours at 

 the same time, 



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