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ON THE BEST MEANS OF OBTAINING AN AUTUMN CROP 

 OF STRAWBERRIES. 



Small autumn crops of strawberries may be obtained until Christmas, by 

 turning out the plants that have been forced early in the hothouses into a 

 sheltered situation, in a rich soil, keeping them free from runners, and cutting off 

 the flower trusses as they appear until the end of August, after which time they 

 may be allowed to mature the fruit. If the autumn prove very wet, some means 

 ought to be taken to keep the fruit from the soil, such as clean straw, otherwise 

 many will rot before they are perfectly ripened. The best variety for such a 

 crop is the roseberry, and which is also one of the best for the earliest forcing. 



J. W. 



BOTANICAL NOTICES OF NEW PLANTS. 



DICOTYLEDONES. 

 FABACEiE AND PAPILIONACE^E. Lindl. 



Chorozema cordatum. Lindl. Mr. Mangle's Chorozema. Bot. Reg. N. S, 

 t. 10. This is a very distinct and handsome species, raised by R. Mangles, Esq., 

 from seed received from the Swan River Colony, and through whose liberality 

 it has been extensively distributed. It has every appearance of being an 

 abundant flowerer, and is easily propagated by cuttings taken at any season of the 

 year. Bot. Reg. 



MYRTACEiE. R. Brown. 



Callistemon microstachyum. Lindl. Small-spiked Callistemon. Bot. Reg. 

 N. S. t. 7. A new species, which flowered for the first time in this country h? 

 the garden of W.Harrison, Esq., of Cheshunt, in March, 1837, and who in the 

 time of its bloom exhibited it at one of the meetings of the Horticultural Society, 

 where it was awarded one of the Society's medals. 



Propagated by cuttings, which should be taken of young shoots, and if possible 

 of young plants. Bot. Reg. 



PASSIFLORE^J. Joss. 



Passiflora nigelliflora. Tweedie's Nigella-flowered Passion-flower. Bot. 

 Mag. t. 3636. This species is plentiful at St. Jago de Estero, on the Rio Dolce, 

 at which place it was discovered by Mr. Tweed ie, returning from Mendoza to 

 Tucuma in the year 1835. It is allied to P. gossipiifolia, P. hybiscifolia, P.fcetida, 

 and P. ciliata. It flowered in the Glasgow Botanic Garden in September last. 

 Bot. Mag. 



Passiflora Tucumanensis. Hook. Large-stipuled Passion Flower. Bot. Mag. t. 

 3636. This species was discovered by Mr. Tweedie, at St. Jago and Tucuman, at 

 the eastern foot of the Cordillera of Chili. It is of free growth, and flowered 

 copiously the second year in the stove of the Glasgow Botanic Garden in July. 



