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PART II. 
m IIQRTICULTURAL AND RURAL SUBJECTS. 
■‘ .yVn 7 REVIEWS AND EXTRACTS. 
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^ Reviews oJ\ mid Extracts from^ Works on Botany^ 8^c. 
1. —Edwards’s Botanical Register, &c. (New Series,) By John 
. Eindley, F.R.S. (fee. Monthly numbers, 8vo. 45. coloured. 
No. 8, FOR October, 
Has among other interesting specimens, an excellent one of that very brilliant 
Calceokaia, raised last year by Mr. Young, of Epsom, from a plant of C.Arach- 
noideiiy impregnated with C, Corymbosa ; this will be found a great addition to 
the flower borders, if turned out about the mouth of May, and re-potted, and 
placed in the green-house again in October. 
Sarcunthnsgnitdius. Spotted Flowered Sarcanthus.—A beautiful stove plant; 
it is a parasite, long since introduced into this country from India,—its flowers 
are white, thickly spotted with pink. Sildne laeinidtuy Cut-flowered Catchfly. 
—A handsome scarlet-flowering green-house plant, introduced from Mexico, 
in 1823. Lowh- Purple Lobelia, —The origin of this plant is not known j it 
is, however, hardy, easy of cultivation, and of a brilliant colour. Purshia 
tridentdla. —A green-flowering, hardy shrub, of no beauty. Otidnis pedun- 
etddris, Long-stalked Rest-harraw.—A pretty, and new species, with light 
flowers, striped with dark rose-colour. Mr. Youfig*s Calceolaria. —A most 
elegant hybrid ; its flowers are orange, with a blotch of rich velvet. 
2. —CuRTis’.s Botanical Magazine, <fec. New Series. Edited by 
Dr. Hooker. Monthly numbers, 3s.Qd. coloured, 35. plain. 
No. 58, FOR October. 
Contains an excellent figure of Mr. NeiWs Al^trcemeria; the richness and 
delicacy oy the flowers render it a pleasing species. The many intelligent re¬ 
marks of the Editor, always make this Work, doubly interesting. 
Corydnthes maculdta. Spotted-lipped Coryanthes.—A stove plant, well 
deserving notice, the flowers are a pale ochreous yellow, spotted inside with 
purple. Lonicera hirsUta, Hairy American Woodbine.—A beautiful hardy 
species, introduced from North America, in the year 1819. Torenia sedbra, 
Rough Torenia.—A pretty purple-flowering plant, sent from New Holland, 
last year. Aletroemeria Neillii, Mr. Neill’s Alstrismeria.—A very handsome 
plant; flowered for the first time in this country, in Mr. P. Niell’s green-house, 
at Cannon-Mills, near Edinburgh. llhododendron Lapponicumy Lapland 
Rhododendron.—It inhabits the Alpine ridges of the low grounds, in the ex¬ 
treme Arctic regions of Europe, Asia, and America; the flowers are small, and 
resemble in colour, the R.ferrugineum. Echinoedetus Ott6)iiSy Mr. Otto’s 
Echinocactus.—Flowers of a delicate lemon-colour, and well worth a situation 
in the stove. Nierembcrgia grdcilisy Slender Nierembergia.—A native of 
America; the flowers are white, streaked with purple, having a yellow eye. 
