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cutaneous diseases. Coe/ileorid Dunico, Danish Scurvy-gTass;—this species is 
found wild on Waluey Island, Lancashire 5 Ai’glesea 3 Wells, in Norfolk j Port¬ 
land Island j Land’s End, and many other places. It is a pretty little annual 
plant, and produces its little snow-white flowers from March to May. The generic 
name is supposed to be derived from oociileak, (a spoon,) the hollow concave 
leaves resembling-a spoon 5 or from a Greek word, signifying a shell, some of the 
leaves being- like one of the sides of a bivalve sbelL Jlnejm'me Apennlna^ Blue 
Mountain Anemone ;—this beautiful blue-flowering species is a native of woods 
near Harrow ; near Lyton Iloe, Bedfordshire j near Berkhampstead, Hertfordshire; 
very abundant in Lord Spencer’s park, near Wimbleton Common, where it wa.s 
known by Ray and the ancient Botanists. Its generic name is derived from a 
Greek word signifying wind, the seeds of many of the species being clothed w-ith 
wool, or feathery, and therefore frequently blown about by the wind. 
2.—Edwards’s Botanical Register, &c. (new series) By John 
Li> ^DLEY, F.R.IS. &:c. Monthly numbers, 8vo. 4s. coloured. 
VoL IV, No. 5, FOR July, contains, 
(lalipea Sweet-scented Galipea; this most fragrant stove plant 
was sent to the Horticultural Society from Rio Janiero, by the late Sir Henry 
Chamberlayne. It grows to about the height of two feet, and its stem seems 
to have no disposition to divide into branches, so that it has not hitherto 
been increased. It thrives in a mixture of peat and loam, in a pot plunged 
inabark-pit, Kennedpa Inophylla, Close-headed Kennedya;—this fine species 
appears to have been raised from New Holland seeds, in the Royal Gardens, 
at Kew, Mr. Low, nurseryman, received it from Mr. Aiton, about five years 
ago, under the above name; it very much resembles the K. Coccinea, except 
that the latter is a more slender plant. The deep, pitch-black hairs, with 
which the calyxes of this species are clothed, give the inflorescence a remark¬ 
able appearance, and form an excellent back-ground for the lively red flowers 
to repose on. It is named after Mr. Kennedy, late partner in the firm of 
Messrs. I>:e and Kennedy, nurserymen, Hammersmith. Hdvea Pnrpnrca, Pur¬ 
ple Hovea;—a New Holland plant, lately introduced into our gardens. It is 
a greenhouse shrub, of much beauty, flowering freely, and having a neat, 
healthy foliage. In the summer it will grow in the open air, but must be 
removed back into the greenhouse on the approach of frost. It was named 
after Mr. A. P. Hove, a Polish gentleman, by whom rare plants from the East 
of Europe and West of Asia, have been introduced to our gardens. It will 
strike from cuttings, in pure white sand, under a bell-glass, and thrives in a 
mixture of equal parts of peat and light sandy loam. Rhhm SpectdbilL^, 
Show}' Bramble;—this plant was figured in Pursh’s Flora ofNorth America, 
and from this figure, great expectations were entertained of it as an ornamen¬ 
tal plant. The plants, however, that have hitherto flowered, are by no means 
so beautiful as they were expected to be. Their petals are of a rich rose- 
colour, and the foliage of a bright fresh green, but the blossoms are produced 
too sparingly to cause any striking effect. It grows freely, either in common 
garden soil or peat, and is very hardy. It strikes readily from cuttings under 
a hand-glass, treated like those of the China Rose; its name is said by De 
Thetis to come from the Celtic rub. (red) Jih'beris Atpifoimm, Holly-leaved 
Berberry;—this plant was originally discovered in north-western America, by 
Mr. Menzies, and more recently by Mr. Douglas. It is a very ornamental ever¬ 
green, perfectly h-.udy, and will thrive equally well either in peat or common 
