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the pods of seed were nearly ripe, there were some flowers in full beauty, 
and others just expanded, or in the bud, towards the extremity of the 
branches. 
The extraordinary beauty of the flowers, their great abundance, and 
the length of time they continue to appear in succession, will render this 
plant extremely valuable, though the flowers have no fragrance. The 
principal advantage is the long duration of the flowering season; and it is 
probable from the general habit of the plant, that if planted in the free 
ground in a conservatory, that it would continue flowering the greater 
part of the year, though in the open air it is killed down to the ground 
by the first sharp frost. 
The genus Daubentonia was first described by Mr. Bentham, from two 
dried specimens of different species, preserved in the Imperial herbarium 
of Brazil; and it was adopted by M. De Candolle in his Synopsis. 
Neither of the species alluded to corresponds with Daubentonia 
Tripetiana , which it appears probable is the first specimen of the genus 
grown in Europe; as, though there was a plant supposed to be a kind of 
Daubentonia from the dried specimens preserved, was grown in the 
gardens at Malmaison above thirty years ago, its identity seems doubtful. 
The genus most nearly allied to Daubentonia is Piscidia , the Jamaica 
Dogwood, but the genera differ in several important particulars. All the 
kinds of Piscidia are also stove plants, while the Daubentonia only 
requires protection from frost, and is about as hardy as Clianthus 
puniceus. 
The present plant was first described and named by M. Poiteau, in the 
Annales de la Societe d’ Horticulture de Paris; and plants may be 
obtained of M. Tripet Le Blanc, Boulevard des Capucines, No. 19, Paris; 
who has also plants of the Paulownia. 
ON ROCKWORK. 
BY THE EDITOR. 
( Concluded, from p. 44.) 
The kinds of Rock work which I have previously described, have been 
on a large scale, and adapted for places where rockwork constituted the 
principal feature ; but it is often useful in gardens, in detached places, 
where it is only required to diversify the scene. It must not be supposed 
however, that rockwork ever looks well placed on a level surface without 
