GLOXINIA riMBRIATA. 
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of" this pine may be grown in England, as 
those of the Stone pine are in the south of 
Europe. 
EcHEVERiA FAumosA, JuindleT/ (mealy-leaved 
Echeveria). — Crassulaceae § Crassuleae. — A 
dwarf caulescent succulent plant, beai'ing at 
the ends of its stems a tuft of leaves as white 
as if they had been powdered with flour. These 
leaves are acutely linguiform ; those of the 
flower stems triangular, sessile, and sagittate, 
with the basal lobes turned upwards so as to 
rub against the stem just above the origin of 
the leaf. The flowers are a pale lemon-yellow, 
and grow on stalks along one side of the 
branches of a corymbose panicle. It is a dis- 
tinct, though not very showy species. Native 
of California, on rocks near Carmel Bay. In- 
troduced in 1847. Flowers during summer. 
Culture. — Requires a cool airy greenhouse, 
or dry cold frame ; sandy loam and leaf 
mould ; propagated by seeds or cuttings. It 
must be kept rather dry at all times, and fully 
exposed to light. 
CupRESSUS MACROCARPA, Hartweg (large- 
fruited Cypress). — Pinacese § Cupresseae. — 
An evergreen tree, one of the finest yet in- 
troduced. In its native country it forms a 
tree sixty feet high, with a stem nine feet 
in circumference, and with far-spreading 
branches, flat at top, like a full-grown Cedar 
of Lebanon, which it very much resembles 
when old. They have ovate imbricated leaves, 
lying in four rows, bright grass-green ; on 
old plants these are closely set, but on younger 
ones they are more expanded, awl-shaped and 
sharp pointed. In the younger plants the 
branches are irregularly spiral, but sometimes 
they are opposite, or alternate ; the young 
ones and laterals are opposite, dense, and 
quite green ; the older ones dark brown and 
nearly horizontal from the main stem. The 
cones grow in clusters of three or four toge- 
ther ; they are oblong, one inch and a half 
long, one inch broad. It is known in gardens 
as O. Lamhertiana. Native of Upper Cali- 
fornia, in the wooded heights near Monterey. 
Introduced in 1838. Culture. — Hardy; com- 
mon garden soil ; propagated by seed, or, in 
lieu of these, by grafting or by cuttings. 
Vagaria parviflora, Herbert (small- 
flowered Vagaria). — Amaryllidaceas § Nar- 
cisseae. — A neat little bulbous plant, six or 
eight inches high, with oblong somewhat 
plaited leaves, eight inches long, two inches 
and a quarter broad, tapering into a distinct 
petiole, dark green above, paler beneath. The 
flowers grow about five together in an umbel 
at the top of a slender compressed solid scape, 
to which they are attached by little stalks 
about an inch long ; they are small white, 
with a greenish tube, and have a weak agree- 
able odour like that of new hay. Native of 
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Bogota. Inti'oduced in 1847 by C. B. Warner, 
Esq. Flowers in August. It is the Pan- 
cratium parviflorum (Redoute). Culture. — 
Requires a greenhouse ; sandy loam, with a 
little decayed manure ; propagated by offsets 
from the parent bulb. 
CuPRESSus GovENiANA, GordoH (Gowcn's 
Cypress). — Pinacese § Cupressese. — A beauti- 
ful evergi-een shrub, forming a dense bush 
from six to ten feet high, with spreading 
slender somewhat pendulous branches, which 
are very irregularly set on the main stem, 
some being opposite, others alternate ; the 
laterals are spiral, frequently opposite, very 
dense, and of a beautiful bright green colour. 
The leaves are imbricated, blunt, thickly set 
in four rows on the old plants ; expanded, 
awl-shaped, sharp -pointed, very distant, and 
more or less reflexed on young plants. The 
cones are borne in lai'ge clusters, and are glo- 
bular, half an inch in diameter. Native of 
Upper California, on the western declivity of 
the mountains of Monterey, within two miles 
of the sea-shore. Introduced in 1847. Cul- 
ture. — Hardy; common garden soil; propa- 
gated by seeds, or temporarily by grafting or 
by cuttings. 
GLOXINIA FIMBRIATA. 
Gloxinia fimhriata. Hooker (fimbriated 
Gloxinia). — Gesneraceee § Gesnei'eae. 
This is a pretty plant, with moi'e the ap- 
pearance of an Achimenes, than of a Gloxinia; 
it is, however, referred to the latter genus, 
and is a form worthy of cultivation. 
From the ordinary forms of Gloxinia, this 
species differs in its slender and upright 
mode of growth. The roots are elongated 
and scaly, as is common among this class of 
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