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NEW AND BEAUTIFUL PLANTS. 
British Flower Garden. Edited by Mr. David Don, each number contain- 
ing- four plates, beautifully coloured 3^., plain 2^. 3d. 
Florists' Magazine. Edited by Mr. F. W. Smith, each number containing 
four elegantly coloured plates, with occasionally two or more plants on each plate. 
Large Quarto 4^., Octavo 2s. 6d. The letter-press is written in a pleasing manner, 
and the hints on culture appear pretty correct. 
Of the above twenty-four monthly plates, we have only selected such plants as 
are new or very rare, and only such new ones as are handsome and deserve to be 
extensively cultivated. For descriptions and figures, reference must be made to the 
works themselves. 
CLASS I.— PLANTS WITH TWO COTYLEDONES (DICOTYLEDONE^E). 
GESNERIA TRIBE (gESNERIE^). 
Gesneria faucialis. Wide-mouthed Gesneria. Mr. Herbert considers this 
by far the finest of the genus, but he can only distinguish it by the size, brilliancy, 
and paucity of its flowers from G. hulhosa, though it eclipses it. It is equally hardy, 
and thrives in the greenhouse, if not damp, in winter. It is, no doubt, a native of 
Brazil, and is nearly related to G. Selloi. Botanical Register, 1785. At first 
sight we were struck with the resemblance betwixt this species and G, Cooperi, 
figured, vol. \, page 224 of this work, but on subsequent examination we observe 
it differs in many respects from that species. 
PEA tribe (lEGUMINOS^). 
Kennedya Marry att^. Mrs. Marryat's Kennedya. A beautiful green- 
house climber, obtained from Swan River ; seeds sent home by Sir James StirHng. 
It flowers abundantly from April to July, producing a striking appearance with 
its numerous scarlet blossoms. It is propagated by cuttings. Botanical Regis- 
ter, 1790. 
Cassia glandulosa. Glandular-leaved Cassia. A plant of considerable 
elegance of foliage, and bearing its copious yellow blossoms for at least nine months 
out of the twelve. It is a native of the West Indies, and therefore requires 
the heat of the stove, when it forms a shrub four or five feet high. Botanical 
Magazine, 3433. 
heath tribe (erice^). 
Arctostaphylos tomentosa. Downy Bearberry. A curious and very rare 
hardy evergreen shrub, native of rocky places on the west side of North America, 
from Puget's Sound in the north to Cahfornia and the Mexican mountains in the 
south. It requires to be cultivated in peat and loam ; and in a sheltered situation, 
when it flowers in March. Botanical Register, 1791. The flowers are white. 
bilberry tribe (vaccines). 
Vaccineum corymbosum. Many-flowered Whortleberry. A very abundant 
species of Whortleberry throughout almost the whole of North America, but sub- 
