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as on the other classes described, much valuable information as to their 
properties and uses will be found. This work is as useful as it is cheap, 
and should be in the hands of all young gardeners. 
Trade Catalogues received since our last. 
Messrs. A. Henderson & Co.’s General Plant and Fruit-tree Cata¬ 
logues for 1857- These are well got up, and contain a large general 
assortment of nursery stock offered for sale by this well-known firm. 
In Catalogue No. 3, page 6, will be found a selection of Specimen 
Plants for sale, with the dimensions of each ; a novel feature, and will 
prove useful for purchasers. 
Messrs. Sutton & Son’s Autumnal Catalogue of Bulbs, Seeds, Roses, 
Fruit-trees, &c. Where park, lawns, or pleasure-grounds are thin, they 
may be improved by sowing selected Grasses not later than the first 
week in October, after the last mowing. 
Messrs. Parker & Williams’ Catalogue of Bulbous Roots and Miscel¬ 
laneous Articles. Great improvements, we hear, have taken place in 
this nursery. 
Messrs. E. G. Henderson & Son’s Bulb Catalogue, New Plants, &c.. 
Autumn, 1857- As usual, very complete. There is a capital list of 
our old favourites, herbaceous, Alpine, and bulbous-rooted plants, at 
the end, which should be consulted. These plants are not cultivated so 
much as they should be. 
A FEW SELECT HERBACEOUS PLANTS. 
Tritoma JJvaria. —This noble herbaceous plant has bloomed exceed¬ 
ingly fine this autumn, and forms a grand object either in groups or 
mixed with herbaceous plants. It succeeds well in light rich soil, well 
drained; in some situations a slight protection may be necessary in 
winter. It is but little known, but merits being introduced to every 
garden. T. pumila, though less showy, should likewise have a place. 
This blooms later than the above, and makes a good pot plant for the 
conservatory. 
Tritonia aurea. —This beautiful Cape bulb has the richest orange 
coloured blossoms and grows eighteen inches high. It is now in great 
beauty, and very suitable either for pots or a border of peat and leaf 
soil, in which it will thrive well, if only protected from frosts when 
coming out of the ground. It makes a splendid bed, and lasts for a 
considerable time in bloom. This, also, should be more frequently 
grown. 
HerrterocaUis japonica. —This is generally reckoned a frame plant; 
we have it growing at the foot of an east wall, and it has thrown off 
some dozens of scapes of its pure white flowers, exquisitely scented. 
When well treated this forms a good pot plant, and is very suitable for 
decorating apartments. It grows best in a strongish loam. When in 
pots it ripens best by placing the pots at the base of a south wall pro¬ 
tected from wet. 
Oxalis Bowiei. —This makes a charming bed for this season of the 
