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If sown in pots or pans, treat them exactly in the same manner as 
recommended for seedling ranunculuses Vol. 3, page 175. But if sown 
on a bed, little attention is required, except to shelter the bed a little 
during winter, and allow them to remain until they flower; top-dres¬ 
sing when they require it, by sifting a thin layer of good rich soil over 
the bed, having previously loosened the surface of the bed for the 
purpose. After they have flowered, the roots may be taken up, and 
planted in the borders or on beds, and treated as old roots. 
ARTICLE V.—NEW AND RARE PLANTS, 
FIGURED IN THE PERIODICALS FOR FEBRUARY. 
CLASS I.—PLANTS WITH TWO COTYLEDONES, OR SEED-LEAVES. 
THE PEA TltlBE, ( LEGUMINOS AE.) 
Vicia poi.ys perm a. Many-seeded Vetch. This is a perennial, 
very like our native V. sylvatica, indeed its characters are hardly 
marked enough to separate it. Professor Tenmore discovered it in a 
wood on the road to Bagnuoli, in the kingdom of Naples. It should 
be planted in a gravelly loam, and is easily multiplied by seeds, 
which it perfects abundantly, and which should be sown when the 
plant is intended to remain, as few of Leguminosce bear to be disturbed 
when once planted.— Don in Brit. FI. Gard. 
THE HEATH TUIBE (ERICEiE ) 
DaBjECIa polifolia alba, White-flowered Irish Heath. This 
beautiful variety was gathered in the county of Mayo, by Mr. J. T. 
Mackay, in 1832. It requires a peat soil, and is easily propagated 
by layers and cuttings,— Don in Brit. FI. Gard. 
THE BORAGE TRIBE (BORG1NAE) 
Lithospermum rosmarinifolium, Rosemary-leaved Grom- 
well. A native of the south of Italy. It is a beautiful, half shrubby, 
and highly interesting species, and one of the best adapted for rock- 
work in a mild climate. It appears to require no particular care in 
the management, except to be protected from the wet in winter. The 
blue of the flowers is of the most intense and brilliant tint. Probably 
may be propagated by cuttings.— Dr. Lindley in Bot. Reg. 
THE FIGWORT TRIBE (SCROPHULARINEjE.) 
Chelone centranthifolia. Valerian leaved Chelone. A new 
hardy herbaceous plant, related to Chelone barbata. It is a species 
of considerable beauty, growing well in any soil or situation, if ex¬ 
posed to the sun : but best adapted to planting amongst American 
plants. A native of California, whence it was sent by Mr. David 
Douglas— Dr. Lindley in Bot. Reg. 
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