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NEW AND RARE PLANTS. 
this country, trained to a west wall, if protected from wet in winter ; 
at all events a cold pit would be ample covering for it, and for all the 
other species.— Bot. Reg. 1719. 
MALVOCEjE. 
Malope trifida grandijiora , Great-flowered Trifid-leaved Ma- 
lope.—This new and beautiful annual we believe to he a variety of 
M. trifida. The flowers are far more showy than the trifida, and the 
plant well deserves extensive cultivation. It is readily increased by 
seeds which merely require sowing in the open border, about the be¬ 
ginning, and until the middle of April. It will flower considerably 
sooner, if the seed be sown in pots and transplanted, and afterwards 
turned out into the borders after the manner of half hardy annuals. 
Paxtons Mag. of Bot. 177. 
RANUNCULACEiE. 
Pceonia edulis Reevesiana, Mr. Reeve’s Poeony_This splendid 
herbaceous Poeony, was introduced from China by Mr. Reeves, to 
whom our country is indebted for man) 7 other Chinese rare plants. 
The kind is in the possession of Mr. Tate, of Sloane-Street, who has 
several other unique things from the same quarter of the World.— 
Paxtons Mag. of Bot. 197. 
ROSACEiE, 
Crat<egus oxyacantha rosea superba , Deep rose coloured 
Flowering Hawthorn—We have long had the common Scarlet flow¬ 
ering Hawthorn in our shrubberies ; and many of the wild ones, like 
the double white variety, may be seen to dieoff with a blush tint. But 
the present subject is much more deeply vivid rose colour than any 
other, and no less conspicuous in this respect than admired for the 
profusion and elegant disposition of its corymbs of flowers, along the 
upper sides of the branches, forming perfect garlands. Mr. Malcolm, 
Nurseryman, Kensington, has a fine assortment of both standards and 
dwarfs of this beautiful kind for sale. It is propagated by working on 
the common thorn.— Paxtons Mag. of Bot. 198. 
COMPOSITE. 
Zinnia viol ace a coccinea, Violet coloured Zinnia, Scarlet va¬ 
riety_Seeds of this beautiful Zinnia were brought amongst many 
other things from Palermo, by His Grace the Duke of Devonshire. It 
far surpasses any other species. All the plants of this genus are an¬ 
nuals, and are cultivated with the greatest ease, when treated as half 
hardy. The seeds require to be sown on a hotbed in March, as re¬ 
commended for other half hardy annuals, and by the end of May, or 
when the spring frosts are over, may be transplanted into the open 
borders, or placed in pots, at the option of the cultivator. The soil 
is a light rich loam.— Paxton's Mag. of Bot. 223. 
