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NEW AND RARE PLANTS. 
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rapidj that the tree retains its loveliness to a comparatively late period of the season^ 
Few roses are better adapted for budding- on standards, and none can be a more 
delig-htful ornament. Smith's Florists' Mag., 37. 
MINT TRIBE (lABIATJE). 
Gardoquia Gilliesii. The Gillies' Gardoquia. A neat little half shrubby 
herbaceous plant, growing- not more than six or eight inches high, flowering from 
June to September in the open border, and readily multiplied by cuttings which 
root freely in peat and sand. It requires a little protection in winter. It appears to 
be a common Chilian plant, for it occurs in almost every collection that has yet 
reached England from the neighbourhood of Valparaiso. Lind. in Bot. Reg.y 1812. 
PRIMROSE TRIBE (PRIMULACE^). 
Primula Sibirica integerrima. Entire-leaved Siberian Primrose. This 
plant is a laative of marshes among the Altai mountains, about the middle of the 
range, and was received at the Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, in 1832, from Mr. 
Goldie of Ayr, when several specimens flowered in the cold frame and greenhouse, 
in March and April, 1835. The plant is dwarf, and the flowers are reddish lilac. 
HooTcer in Bot. Mag., 3447. 
Primula Auricula, var. AcJiilles. Achilles Auricula. This kind is quite 
new, and may be justly regarded as a first-rate flower. It was raised about seven 
years ago, by Mr. Marsh of Bath, late of Dulwich Common. He has besides this 
several other new and superior varieties : and for this one he has obtained the first 
prize awarded by a select society of amateurs. The properties of the flower are very 
fine. The mouth of the tube is remarkably neat : the contrast between the ground 
colour and the brilliant green edge is unrivalled, and the paste is perfectly firm. 
The manner in which the flower forms its tress is good ; the foliage is large ; and 
the stem of a firm texture. The plant breeds freely by off"sets, and is very constant 
to its character. Mr. Marsh has now a sufficient stock to be able to dispose of a 
few plants, at about one guinea each. Smith's Florists' Mag., 43. 
CHICKWEED TRIBE (c ARYOPHYLLE^). 
DiANTHus Caryophyllus, var. Emmeline. Emmeline Picotee. This is a 
neat and beautiful flower, producing a great number of delicate white blossoms, nar- 
rowly bordered with bright bluish purple. The petals are broad and firm, and not 
in the least serrated in the edge. The plant grows to the height of three feet, and 
furnishes a liberal supply of grass. Smith's Florists^ Mag., 41. 
DiANTHUs Caryophyllus, var. Frederica. Princess Frederica Picotee. This 
is one of the choice varieties of the yellow picotee, of good form, and with the 
petals very regular and perfect in their margins. The ground colour is a very 
brilliant yellow, the spots or stripes of a dark reddish brown, and bizarred with a 
darker colour, almost black. Smith's Flor. Mag., 41. 
