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Sweet's British Flower-Garden, continued by Professor Don. 
The March number contains :— 
1. Mandragora autumnalis. Autumn-flowering Mandrake, This 
is a native of Italy, whence it was introduced into this country by the 
Hon. W. T. H. Fox Strangways, and specimens of it supplied from 
his collection at Abbotsbury in December last. Every body has heard 
of the Mandrake ; but it is very uncommon in English gardens, though 
well deserving a place in every herbaceous collection : both foliage 
and flowers are strikingly beautiful. It belongs to the natural order 
SolanecB. 
2. Narcissus conspicuus. Showy Hoop-petticoat Narcissus. Among 
all this early-flowering and elegant tribe of bulbous plants, no one is 
more attractive than this; its slender foliage and ample flowers having 
that member called the nectarium, or disk, disproportionally produced, 
certainly makes it well deserving of its specific name. The late Mr. 
Haworth separated this plant from the true Narcissus, under the name 
of Corhularia conspicua. This separation Professor Don does not 
entirely sanction, though unwilling to condemn decidedly the opinion 
of such an authority. 
3. Phacelia congesta. Tufted-flowered Phacelia. An annual herba¬ 
ceous plant, a native of Texas, where it was gathered by the late Mr. T. 
Drummond. Seeds were transmitted to the Glasgow Botanic Garden, 
and to Dr. Neill, of Edinburgh ; at both places plants were raised, and 
at the latter place a drawing was taken for the Flower-Garden. It 
continues in flower throughout the summer and autumn, and ripens 
seed freely in the open border. 
4. Zephyranthes Drummondi. Drummond’s Zephyranthes. “An 
elegant bulbous plant, (belonging to Amaryllidece ,) gathered in Texas 
by the late Mr. T. Drummond, to whose memory we have dedicated 
the species. The drawing is from the pencil of Mr. James Macnab, 
taken from a plant which flowered in the garden of Dr. Neill, of 
Edinburgh."’ 
Messrs. Ridgway, of Piccadilly, announce a publication of figures 
of all the finest of Ge rani ace iE, to be executed in a very superior 
manner, by the first artists, and to be published in numbers, containing 
three plates each, every alternate month; with full directions for their 
cultivation. 
