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PLANTS FIGURED IN THE PERIODICALS FOR AUGUST. 
of the cultivated or garden rose ; and we have this evidence of its being originally 
an exotic, — that when it ceases to be cultivated it soon disappears ; so that though 
we meet with many other flowers about ruins which have been in a neglected state 
for centuries, we do not meet with garden roses in such situations. Persia, from 
the purity of its atmosphere, may be regarded as peculiarly the home of the rose ; 
but there are other places of the world in which it is very extensively cultivated 
as an article of commerce. The province of Fayoum, in Egypt, on the left bank 
of the Nile, and bordering on the great desert of Sahara, is one locality of rose 
culture; and the roses there are chiefly used in the preparation of rose-water. 
Some of the dry and warm plains in the central regions of the valley of the 
Ganges, in India, also present fields of roses of an extent of which we have no 
comprehension, much as we love, and zealously as all classes, from king to cottager, 
cultivate the rose. In this part of India, roses are employed in the preparation of 
that exquisite perfume, i Attar of Roses.' " Florists Magazine, No. 2. 
THE CHICKWEED TRIBE (CARYOPHYLLEiE). 
Carnations — Fletcher s Duke of Devonshire ; and Lascelles' Queen of Sheba. 
The first is a scarlet bizarre, was raised four or five years ago in the neighbourhood 
of Birmingham, and is considered, through all the midland counties, one of the 
best in cultivation : nothing, certainly, can surpass the beauty and elegance of its 
form, or the vivid hue of its scarlet. It requires no dressing nor extraction of 
petals ; for no flower gives less trouble in blooming : when well bizarred and 
marked with the clove-coloured stripe, as is mostly the case when well grown, it is 
fit to compete with any first-rate flower of its class in England. It is a general 
favourite, and much sought after ; and deserves a place in any amateur's collection. 
It is selling at five shillings the pair. 
Lascelles' Queen of Sheba. This fine flower was raised from seed by the Rev. 
Robert Lascelles, the distinguished chairman of the Cambridge Horticultural 
Society; it bloomed for the first time three years ago, when it received a premium 
prize at Cambridge, as being the best seedling then produced : it is highly valued 
for its rich bright purple, disposed in regular flakes on a clear white ground, and 
for its excellent form. It has fully maintained its rank three seasons, rating 
as a first-rate show flower: it has the character also of being a free grower 
and free bloomer, yielding a fair portion of layers for propagation. It may 
further be described as resembling, very closely, Princess Charlotte in every 
essential property, except that its stalk gets up higher, and the flower is something 
larger: the " grass," or (and) layers are also more diffuse and. longer, and less 
erect than those of the Princess. Florists' Magazine, No. 2. 
2.— PLANTS WITH ONLY ONE COTYLEDON. 
PINE APPLE TRIBE (BROMELIACEtE). 
Dyckia rariflqra. Scattered-flowered Dyckia. Introduced from the 
Berlin Garden, by the Horticultural Society, in 1833. This plant is a native of 
