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NEW AND BEAUTIFUL PLANTS 
FIGURED IN LEADING PERIODICALS FOR DECEMBER AND JANUARY. 
CLASS I.— PLANTS WITH TWO COTYLEDONS (DICOTYLEDONEiE.) 
THE ASTER TRIBE (Asteracece). 
Cosmus tenuifolius. Fine-leaved Cosmus. A beautiful annual Mexican 
plant, not nnfrequently raised from imported seed, but always flowering so late in 
the year that it is unable to ripen seeds, and perishes. It grows from a foot and a 
half to two feet high, and is a most striking object when its rich purple flowers are 
well contrasted with the bright fennel-like leaves. It is hardly likely to be preserved 
over the winter. The only way to keep it in our gardens will be to raise it so 
early as to enable it to ripen its seeds before the close of the autumn. Bot. Reg. 
for December, 2007- 
THE MALLOW TRIBE (Malvacece). 
Hibiscus lilacinus. Lilac Hibiscus. A beautiful new Hibiscus with lilac- 
coloured flowers of a good size, obtained from seeds sent home by Sir James 
Stirling, and raised by Mr. Robert Mangles. Dr. Lindley thinks it will succeed 
in the open border in summer, but will require protection in winter. Bot. Reg. 
for December, 2009. 
THE ROSE TRIBE (Rosacea). 
Spiraea barbata. Bearded Meadow Sweet. This is beyond all comparison 
the handsomest herbaceous Spiraea yet in our gardens ; for to all the pure and 
brilliant whiteness of S. Jilipendula, it adds the graceful plume-like appearance 
of the American S. Aruncus, discovered originally in Nepal, and since introduced 
to Europe by Dr. Yon Siebold. In its natural state it grows from three to four 
feet high ; the snow-white plume of flowers alone is two feet long. It will 
doubtless prove perfectly hardy. Bot. Reg. for December, 2011. 
THE JASMINE TRIBE (Jasminacea). 
Jasminum claucum. Privet-leaved Jasmine. It is an old inhabitant of our 
gardens, but now neglected for newer favourites. Nevertheless this Jasmine is 
sweet, pretty, easy to cultivate, and not growing more than five or six feet high ; 
its slender branches are particularly well adapted to be wreathed round some of 
those moveable trellises which gardeners now employ with so much advantage for 
their tender climbers. It is a native of the Cape of Good Hope, and is therefore hardy 
in the greenhouse, where it flowers all summer. Bot. Reg. for December, 2013. 
THE LOBELIA TRIBE (Lobeliacece). 
Lobelia heterophylla. Various-leaved Lobelia. This is a beautiful Lobelia, 
a native of Yan Piemen's Land. The flowers are of a particularly clear rich blue, 
