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THE FLOEIST AND POMOLOGIST. 
[ October, 
Ipomcea Hoespalli^ is a grand old plant, now seldom seen in a good condition 
in gardens, but of the highest value from the exquisite richness of its colour, and 
the great facility with which it produces its blossoms at nearly all seasons, 
flowering freely at Christmas on the roof of the stove. It only requires to be 
kept clean, and cut back here and there occasionally, to induce the production of 
flowers near the old wood, and is fond of a nice brisk and moist heat. Nothing 
will better repay attention. It may sometimes be seen in a very wretched 
condition from being kept in too dry a heat, and from being devoured with red- 
spider. It sliould be kept in a pot or planted in a nice little compartment in the 
stove. 
Ipomcea bona-nox is a plant of marvellous beauty when well and cleanly 
grown in a stove, and that may be done without trouble, and even without the 
choice of a good position. Plant it out and train it along a wire in any part of the 
stove ; keep it clean by gentle and repeated syringings, the best of all methods for 
keeping stove plants nice and fresh, and wait for the resul*, which will appear in 
the form of very large white flowers banded with pale gr( n outside, and of the 
most exquisite fragrance. It is especially valuable to the gardener from opening 
at night, as he can then cut it and send it into the drawing-room, where a single 
flower placed in a slender glass will diffuse the most exquisite perfume through the 
room. An occasional rarity such as this could not but be appreciated.—T. M. 
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THE CENOTIIEKA. 
^^HIS is a very showy family of plants, well adapted for the embellishment of 
rockeries, borders, &c., since they will grow in any ordiiur garden soil. 
f Among the hardy perennial species (E. macrocarjhi is a well-known 
kind; it was formerly to be seen in most of the old-fashioned flower- 
gardens, and not unfrequently occupying the centre of a round bed, ])ut latterly 
this and many of the other kinds have become scarce in gardens. Now that the 
taste for plants of this description is reviving, the GiJiotlieras should be more sought 
after, and receive that attention and cultivation which so many of the species are 
deserving of. The perennial species are readily increased by dividing the roots, 
by cuttings, and by seeds. The annual and biennial kinds merely require to be 
sown in the open border. — M. Saul, Stoinion. 
BEDDING VIOLAS. 
Permit me to give, by way of addenda to my previous remarks, the name 
^ of a late introduction in the way of bedding Violas, which has, during the 
latter part of this summer, proved itself one of rare excellence. I refer 
to the variety named Blue Bell. The depth of colour, the effect of which 
is most telling far and near, and the constancy wntli wdiich it blooms, will make 
this one of the most popular of its class, and one that may be trusted not 
to disappoint the purchaser. At Chiswick, in the hands of Mr. Barron, this 
variety has been quite a feature this season.— William Eaeley, Valentines. 
