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the vegetable creation.” This plant has been described by the Hon. 
and Rev. W. Herbert, who has named it Cooperia in compliment to 
Mr. Cooper, gardener to Earl Fitzwilliam at Wentworth House, a 
practical botanist and cultivator of the very first rank. 
8 . Kageneckia cratcegifolia. Cratsegus-leaved Kageneckia. A 
very pretty half-hardy evergreen shrub, native of Chili, and flowering 
in this country in June. Hitherto it has been treated as a greenhouse 
plant, but it is supposed hardy enough to bear our winters if placed 
against a south wall. It belongs to the natural order Rosacece. 
Sweet’s British Flower Garden. Continued by D. Don, 
Esq., Professor of Botany, King’s College, London. The number for 
February contains :— 
1. Iris spuria. Late-flowering Blue Iris. A species long cultivated 
in England, but seldom met with except in botanical collections, though 
few of the genus are more deserving a place in every flower-garden. It 
was considered a hybrid by Linnaeus, who therefore called it spuria. 
2. Adesmia pendula. Pendulous-fruited Adesmia. A curious 
creeping perennial herb, native of dry sandy pastures in the province 
of Buenos Ayres, raised from seeds transmitted by Mr. Tweedie by 
Dr. Neill of Edinburgh. It has flowered in the Chelsea Botanic 
garden, and borne seeds freely. 
3. Saracha viscosa. Clammy Saracha. A shrubby plant belonging 
to Solanece , raised in the Chelsea garden from seed received from 
Berlin by Mr. Anderson. It flowered and ripened fruit in the open 
border. It is nearly related to Solatium, and requires the protection 
of a greenhouse in winter. 
4. Lycium Afrum. African Box Thorn. An erect, much branched, 
rigid, thorny shrub, bearing during summer a profusion of rich purple 
tubular flowers, without other protection than the face of a west wall. 
It also ripens seeds. 
Paxton’s Magazine of Botany for February contains :— 
1. Solanum crispam. Curled Nightshade. A rough-looking plant, 
but bearing fine tresses of showy flowers. It is nearly hardy, and looks 
best trained to a wall. 
2 . Aristolochia trilobata. Three-lobed Birthwort. This, like the 
rest of its congeners, is a climber, bearing large purple fantastic-shaped 
flowers, emitting a disagreeable scent. The flowers are fugitive, but 
there is a long succession of them. 
3. Poinciana pulcherrima. Beautiful Flower-fence. One of the 
finest stove plants, and deserves a place in every collection. It is one 
of the most elegant ornaments of Indian gardens, and, if cultivated in 
the best style,—that is, allowed plenty of pot and house-room and 
high temperature,—flowers readily. It belongs to the natural order 
Leguminosce . 
