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 has devoted much time and attention to improving this exquisite genus, so that he has now 

 without exception the finest collection in Europe, and from this source we have received the 

 following splendid varieties ; also some dried sjiecimcns of flowers gathered last autumn, which 

 will enable our patrons to judge of their superior character. Half-hardy perennials, 



1916 Maurandya Barclayana grandiflora, lilac and while, from Mexico 0 4 



1917 „ grandiflora alba, u)/(j7e 0 6 



1918 „ „ atro-purpurea, dark blue 0 4 



1919 „ „ crimson, superb 0 6 



1920 „ „ crimson, tinted purple 0 6 



1921 „ „ lavender 0 6 



1922 „ „ lilac 0 6 



1923 „ „ maroon 0 4 



1924 „ „ pale pink, superb 0 6 



1925 „ „ pale blue 0 6 



1926 „ „ purple, extra large 0 6 



1927 „ „ purple shaded 0 6 



1928 „ „ scmpei-florens 0 4 



1929 „ „ rose 0 4 



1930 „ mixed from the above splendid varieties 0 6 



MEDEOLA, Nat. Ord. Melanthaceee. 

 A curious and elegant winter flowering plant, with orange scented flowers, fine for large 

 conservatories, succeeds best in a light sandy soil. 



1931 Medeola asparagoides, green and ivhite, greenhouse shrub, from C. of Good Hope 0 6 



MOMORDICA, Nat. Ord. Cucurhitacece. 

 Trailing plants with curious and very ornamental foliage ; the fruit is of a golden yellow 

 colour, warted, and, when ripe, opens, disclosing its seeds and brilliant carmine interior. 

 Planted onrockwork, stumps of trees, sloping banks, or amongst ruins, and allowed to ramble, 

 they produce a very striking effect ; succeed best with the cultm-al treatment of the Gourd. 

 Salf-hardy annuals. 



1932 Momordica balsamina, from E. Indies 0 4 



1933 ' „ Charantia, from E. Indies 0 3 



1934 „ Elaterium, from S. Europe 0 3 



NASTURTIUM, Nat. Ord. Tropeeolaceee . 

 A well-known and exceedingly ornamental genus of very handsome, profuse-flowering 

 plants, which are admirably adapted for rockwork, banks, covering trellises, or rustic work ; 

 the seeds if pickled young ai'c an excellent substitute for capers. Hardy annuals. 



1935 Nasturtium, new dark 0 2 



1936 „ new orange 0 3 



1937 „ Scheuermannianum, cream, spotted with rich crimson 0 3 



1938 „ Shillingii, spotted 0 2 



1939 „ mixed, various 0 2 



PASSIFIORA, OR PASSIOIV FLOWER, Nat. Ord. Passijloracea?, 

 A genus of magnificent ornamental twiners, whose flowers are at once interesting, beau- 

 tiful, and of the most remarkable description, and as thej' are produced in the greatest profusion 

 and in succession during the greater part of the year under glass and out of doors during the 

 summer and autumn months, they become the most important and effective of plants for 

 training in conservatories or covering the fronts of cottages and villas in town or country. 

 For in-door culture, P. Contessa Clara Gigliucci is the most important, and for out-door 

 decoration P. ca;rulea. At Camden Town, in the summer of 1858, we saw a plant of this species 

 trained over and literally covering the front of a cottage, with its elegant and beautiful sky- 

 blue flowers ; and at Sydenham, in the autumn of 1859, we were gratified by seeing it 

 covering the whole front of a large villa, where it was growing in wild luxuriance, festooning 

 the windows, doorway, and eaves of the house, presenting a mass of golden egg-shaped fruit, 

 while here and there the eye rested on flowers peeping from amongst its graceful foliage. 



1940 Passiflora alba, ?(!/uVe, half-hardy shrub, from Mexico 0 6 



1941 „ angustifolia, irhite, half-hardy shrub, from W. Indies 0 4 



1942 „ coerulea, sky blue, hardy shrub, from Brazil 0 4 



1943 „ Contessa Clara Gigliucci, lavender, shaded with rose, half-hardy shrub 2 6 



1944 „ edulis, white, half-hardy shrub, from- Brazil 0 6 



1945 „ grandissima, pale blue and white, half-hardy shrub, from Brazil 0 6 



1946 „ gracilis, white, half-hardy annual, from N. America 0 4 



PH.iSEOLUS, Nat. Ord. Leguminosce. 

 Handsome and very ornamental greenhouse twiners, producing their brilliant and beau- 

 tiful coloured flowers in long splendid Wistaria-like racemes ; succeed in any light rich soil, and 

 during summer they may be grown out of doors in warm sheltered situations, where they are 



