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retained." The species is a handsome shrub, with four-sided branches, oblong-lanceolate, acute, 
nine-nerved leaves, and large terminal panicles of flowers, Avhich are individually two inches 
across, of a fine dark purple colour, nearly white in the centre. Bot. Mag. 4007. 
Poincia'na gillie'sii. " When I first described this charming plant," observes Sir W. 
Hooker, "a native of Mendoza, South America, in the Botanical Miscellany, I little thought I 
should one day have the pleasure of figuring it from plants flourishing in the open air, and without 
any covering in the winter. Yet such is the case. Seeds were introduced by Dr. Gillies in 1 829, 
and young plants, both at Mr. Knight's nursery, and at the Royal Botanic Gardens of Kew, were 
removed to a south aspect in front of a stove. They have, with us at least, attained to a height of 
six or seven feet, and bear their rich yellow blossoms, with the singularly long and thick scarlet 
stamens, during the summer months, and, indeed, till cut off by the early autumnal frosts. In 
such a situation, no shrub can be more deserving of cultivation. In its native country, the late 
Dr. Gillies, its discoverer, informed me that 'it is called by the natives Mai de Ojos,and that it is 
vei'y abundant in the cultivated plains of Mendoza, where it has the benefit of the water used in 
irrigation, seeming to be incapable of living on the dry arid lauds which are not under cultiva- 
tion.'" Bot. Mag. 4006. 
Sene^cio calamifo^lius. " An old inhabitant of the greenhouse of the Royal Gardens at Kew, 
having been introduced from the Cape by Mr. Bowie : but it seems never to have been described 
by any author. Few species are better marked. The leaves, indeed, are more like those of some 
Mesembryanthemum, or Fig-Marigold, than of any Groundsel. It blossoms in August, and from 
its copious, large, yellow flowers, has a lively appearance." It is a shrub, growing a foot or 
more in height, with its branches terminating in a cluster of glaucous green, fleshy, cylindrical 
leaves, the apex of which is a little scooped out on one side, and more or less dilated, so as to 
be almost spoon-shaped ; the whole is clothed with a cobwebby compact substance, lying close to 
the surface," The flowers are borne on tall branching peduncles. Bot. Mag. 4011. 
NEW OR INTERESTING PLANTS IN FLOWER AT THE PRINCIPAL SUBURBAN 
NURSERIES. 
Aza'leas, Seedling. Several beautiful seedling Azaleas are now blooming at Mr. Knight's 
nursery, King's-road, Chelsea, and among them are two which especially merit notice. They are 
allied to A. indica variegata, which is, in fact, one of their parents, and the best of them has a 
much deeper, livelier, and more crimson ground-colour, with a white border, and a large cluster 
of dark spots in the upper petals. The form of the flower is good, and, from present indications, 
it will probably attain a greater size than its parent above named. The other variety is a large 
white one, with a few stripes, which are sometimes broad, and sometimes scarcely perceptible in 
the petals, and a group of greenish spots in the upper portion. Both are well deserving of 
attention, and the latter is like A. Gledstanesii, but much larger, and having the conspicuous 
spots just referred to. 
Boro'nia anemon^fo'lia. Now that this species is cultivated more extensively, it produces a 
much greater quantity of bloom, and a number of plants at Messrs. Loddiges', Hackney, are 
exceedingly gay with their pretty pink blossoms, which gleam, like a number of rosy stars, from 
amidst the elegant pinnate foliage. It is a very pleasing addition to our greenhouse shrubs. 
Cala'nthe ochra'cea. Part of the extensive collection made by Dr. Siebold in Japan, and 
considered perfectly hardy. It is flowering profusely in a stove at Messrs. RoUisson's, Tooting, 
and has fine spikes of flowers, of which yellowish-brown is the predominant hue. Plants in a 
cold greenhouse at Messrs. Loddiges' are likewise coming strongly into bloom. And it will thus 
be apparent that it can be grown in either a high or a low temperature. On account of the 
liability of comparatively hardy plants to be more attacked by insects when they are kept in heat, 
and also because it may be cultivated more conveniently or economically in a greenhouse, frame, or 
open bed, it is perhaps better to treat it in the latter way. The plants should be potted or planted 
in a very turfy loam or heath-mould, which must be particularly well-drained and carefully 
watered, and they should be placed either in a partially shaded greenhouse or pit, or in a bed at 
the back of a wall of any kind. 
