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is a native of the Cape of Good Hope. Independent of its extraor¬ 
dinary beauty, this species has the great merit of being able to resist 
as much cold as a pelargonium, and consequently of being capable of 
enduring a very mild winter in this climate. Even in our most se¬ 
vere seasons, it is only necessary to protect it with a few layers of 
matting from the wet, and no fear need he entertained of preserving 
it.— Bot. Reg. 1732. 
FIGWORT TRIBE, (SCROPHULARINE®.) 
Collensia bicolor. Two coloured Collinsia. A new handsome 
hardy annual, introduced by the Horticultural Society, from Cali- 
, fornia, in 1833. It thrives well in common black garden mould, 
where it grows from a foot to a foot and a half high, and produces its 
pretty two coloured (purple and white) blossoms most copiously, in 6 
May and June, when it has been sown the previous Autumn ; if 
sown in May, it will flower in August and September.— Bot. Reg. 1734. 
THE GREEK VALERIAN TRIBE (POLEMONl ACEiE.) 
Phlox cordata grandiflora. Great-flowered cordate Lich- 
nidea. This beautiful hybrid phlox was raised by Mr. Clark, nur¬ 
seryman and florist, East Retford, Notts. It comes the nearest in 
habit to the cordata, of which it is most likely a variety ; from this 
species however, it differs in the size of the flower, and the clear white 
eye. It grows very strong whilst young, and produces leaves of a 
large size, but the whole plant is dwarf, seldom rising higher than 
three feet, two of which compose the spike of flowers. The spike is 
something pyramidal, the lower branches projecting about a foot from 
the main stem, and gradually diminishing in length until they ter¬ 
minate at the summit of the plant in a crown of flowers. It is a 
beautiful showy kind, with rose coloured flowers, perfectly hardy, and 
no doubt will be found to thrive in almost any soil and situation, 
but particularly in a light rich loam. The fragrance of the flowers 
is more powerful than that of the corymbosa, nearly equalling the 
common lilac .—Paxton s JVIay. of Bot. 268. 
THE FLAX TRIBE, (LINE#).) 
Linum monogynum, Monogynous Flax. A very pretty white¬ 
flowering perennial species, native of New Zealand, and apparently 
almost hardy, flowering and perfecting its seeds freely in the open 
border; but it should be protected in a pit or frame during winter. 
A mixture of peat and loam will be found to suit it best, and it may 
be increased either by slips or seeds.— Brit. Ft. Gard. 270. 
THE MINT TRIBE, (LABIATEjE.) 
Gardoquia Hookeri, Carolina Gardoquia. An ornamental lit¬ 
tle shrub, with rich scarlet flowers, well deserving the attention of the 
