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ject, in its native country, as it would appear from the accounts of American authors, 
and undoubtedly, as cultivated in our gardens and our shrubberies, to much varia- 
tion. It is well worthy of a place in the garden, being- quite hardy, and bearing 
copious blossoms during the month of May. Botanical Magazine, 3433. 
Vaccineum Pennsylvanicum. Small Willow-leaved Whortleberry. This 
pretty plant is also very common in the Northern States of America, and in Canada, 
and bears a fruit which, according to American writers, is very much esteemed. 
Botanical Magazine, 3434. 
SWALLOW-WORT TRIBE ( ASCLEPIADEiE). 
Calotropis procera. Tall Calotropis. This plant was raised in the garden 
of Sir Charles Lemon, Bart., M. P., at Carclew, in June 1832, from seeds collected 
by Lieut. James Sulivan, R. N., at Porto Praya, St. Jago. In the note which 
accompanied the seed it is described as being a shrub, or small tree, growing from 
ten to twenty feet high, and flowering in clusters at the ends of the branches. It is 
deciduous, and requires the constant heat of the stove. The soil should be sandy 
loam and decayed vegetable earth. Botanical Register, 1792. 
THE trumpet-flower TRIBE (BIGNONIACEiE) 
Crescentia Cujete. Calabash Tree. This tree was cultivated by the Earl 
of Portland, in this country, so long ago as 1690. But it has not been known to 
flower, until lately, when a fine plant bloomed in the stove of C. Horsfall, Esq., at 
Liverpool. Botanical Magazine, 3430. 
the MALLOW tribe (MALVACEAE). 
SiDA iN^QUALis. Oblique-leaved Sida. This plant forms a small slender 
shrub, is said to be a native of Brazil, and flowered freely, for the first time in this 
country, in the stove of the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh. Botanical 
Magazine, 3436. 
THE BORAGE TRIBE (sORAGINEiE). 
Symphytum officinale Bohemicum. Bohemian Comfrey. Among the 
several varieties of Symphytum officinale, this is certainly the most distinct, and 
the only one entitled to a place in the flower garden, for which its dwarf habit and 
copious crimson blossoms render it very suitable. Three varieties occur wild in 
this country, but this one appears to be peculiar to Bohemia. It will grow in 
almost any kind of soil, and is easily increased by dividing the roots. Brit. FL 
Gard., 304. 
THE VIOLET TRIBE (viOLACE^). 
Pansies, called lady peel, and nabob. These were both raised by 
Mr. Hogg, of Paddington Green, and they flowered for the first time this summer. 
They both possess very good qualities. Lady Peel is a sweet flower. The three 
lower petals are pale straw-colour, margined with beautiful hght blue ; and the 
stripes on the two side petals are united into a spot, which is reckoned a very fine 
