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vegetable soil. The aspect was north, the temperature 70, and the atmosphere 

 moist. 



We have named it in compliment to Miss Barker, the accomplished daughter 

 of George Barker, Esq., a lady whose love and admiration of plants induce her 

 to devote much attention to her father's splendid collection. 



We shall give a figure and further description of it in a forthcoming number. 



SCROPHULARIACEiE. Lindl. 



Pentstemon crassieolius. Lindl. Thick-leaved Pentstemon. Bot. Reg. 

 N. S. t. 16. A handsome suffruticose species, flowering about the end of May. 

 It is' a native of the North-west of America, raised from seeds sent by the late 

 Mr. Douglass to the Horticultural Society of London, in whose garden it was 

 figured in June last. It is distinguished from all other species by its coriaceous, 

 entire, obovate, somewhat fleshy leaves. It requires the same treatment as P. 

 Scouleri, and may be either grown in a peat border, or in any rich garden soil. 

 It is propagated by layers and cuttings from July to September. 



ERICACEAE. Lindl. 



Erica chloroloma. Lindl. Green-tipped Heath. Bot. Reg. N. S. t. 17. 

 This pretty species is figured from the collection of Mr. J. Young, nurseryman, 

 Taunton, which flowered in the year 1836. 



It belongs to Mr. Klotzsch's section (Intestiniflora), or to Professor Don, 

 genus Syringodea, but quite distinct from any species before described. It may 

 be increased in the usual way by cuttings. Bot. Reg. 



Erica Florida, var. campanulata. Hook. Round-headed, bell-flowered 

 var. Bot. Mag. t. 3639. This is a delicate species, and was communicated 

 from the choice collection at Both well Castle in May, 1837, having been raised 

 from seeds of E.florida by the very intelligent gardener Mr. Turbull. Although 

 only two years old, it is two and a half feet high, and in profusion and beauty 

 of flowering very far superior to Florida, raised from the same lot of seeds ; so 

 that Mr. Turbull suspects that the individual in question has been fertilised with 

 the pollen from some insect. Bot. Mag. 



CHENOPODEiE. Vent. 



Chenopodium Quinoa, Willd. Useful Quinoa. Bot. Mag. t. 3641. This 

 plant is, not valuable for its beauty, but for the nourishment it affords to the 

 inhabitants, in the temperate parts of South America, amongst whom it is cul- 

 tivated as a valuable article of food. Bot. Mag. 



ARISTOLOCHIjE. Juss. 



Aristolochia saccata. ' Wallick.- Pouch-flowered Birthwort. Bot. Mag. t. 

 3640. A beautiful plant, native of Silhet, and introduced into the Royal Botanic 

 Garden, Edinburgh, from the Calcutta Garden, in the year 1829. It flowered 

 in September last, but formed no fruit. There are some observations from the 

 pen of Dr. Graham on the entrapping of insects which are worthy of the atten- 

 tion of the curious. Bot. Mag. 



