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On Glycine Sinensis. 



a very agreeable fragrance. In a conservatory, the blossoms 

 expand in March, more or less early, according to the heat of 

 the house. Against a south wall in the open air they first 

 appear in the middle of April, and last nearly a month. 

 Without the protection of a wall the opening of the flowers 

 is in May, and their beauty continues till June. The 

 plants frequently put out a small second crop of flowers on 

 the young shoots of the year, immediately after the spring 

 blossoming is past, but these are not so fine as the first 

 crop of flowers, though they are darker in colour; they 

 are subject to drop off prematurely. In the autumn, another 

 crop of blossoms is produced ; these come in August, and 

 though not so abundant as the spring flowers, have an 

 advantage in being mixed with the foliage. This autumnal 

 flowering does not appear in perfection on the plants which 

 are placed on walls, or under protection ; in such situations 

 the racemes are produced as early as July, but as they 

 expand, the flower buds fall off; being apparently unequal 

 to sustain the heat to which they are exposed. The leaves 

 are as beautiful in their way as the flowers ; they are nearly 

 a foot in length, of a peculiarly delicate pale green, and 

 elegantly pinnated. 



The plant does not require any nicety of management ; it 

 is impatient of the knife, and succeeds best in good rich loam, 

 though Mr. Palmer's is grown in a mixture of heath mould 

 and light loam. It is at first slow in growth, but when it 

 once begins to shoot, it extends itself rapidly. The branches 

 are of considerable length, and in a conservatory should be 

 placed near the glass. When trained against a wall, it has 

 been found that the branches which are carried horizontally, 



