THE LADIES MAGAZINE OF GARDENING. 
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Malm odorata. No. 218. A shrubby Mallow, twelve feet high, with 
fragrant pink flowers. 
Aquilegia glandulosa. No. 219. A showy purple and white Colum¬ 
bine, a native of Siberia, lately introduced. 
Russelia juncea. No. 220. A rush-like plant, with tubular scarlet 
flowers, very common in greenhouses from the easiness of its culture, the 
rapidity of its growth, and the profusion of its flowers. 
Of these the Begonia has not been figured before. 
In The Botanic Garden are figured— 
Verbena teucroides. No. 785. The white Verbena which was so 
much talked of a year or two ago, but which is now found of very little 
value, from the coarseness of its habit of growth. 
Blitum mrgatum. No. 786. This plant, the English name of which 
is strawberry blight, was common in gardens even so late as the middle 
of the last century ; but it is now seldom grown, its place being supplied 
by so many newer and more beautiful flowers. 
Malm lateritia. No. 787* This plant was introduced a few years 
since by Mr. Tweedie from Buenos Ayres. The flowers are of a dingy 
red, and of no great beauty. It was before figured in the Bot. Mag. 
Orchis foliosa. No. 788. A very handsome half-hardy Orchis, with 
purple flowers. It was introduced in 1823, and its botanical name is now 
changed to Habenaria alata. 
All these plants have been figured before. 
QUERIES AND ANSWERS. 
WALL PLANTS. 
Can you tell me what plants will grow on walls ? I have a ruin in 
my grounds which I wish to decorate with flowers which will have a 
natural appearance. 
Lockerby, 
May 5th, 1841. 
One of the best and most natural plants for walls is the wallflower, 
which takes its name from its habit of growth. The wallcress ( Arabis ), 
several species; Alyssum saxatile ; Fumaria , several species; Draba verna , 
or whitlow grass; Erysimum barbarea (the yellow rocket); all the kinds of 
Cistus and Helianthemum ; the wild pink, or rather carnation ( Dianthus 
