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Paxton’s Magazine of Botany. The number for July 
contains:— 
1. Phacelia vinifolia. Vine-leaved Phacelia. This is a pentan- 
drious annual, belonging to the natural order Boragineoe. The seed 
from which the plant was obtained was imported from Texas by the 
late respected Mr. Drummond. The specimen figured was from Mr. 
Campbell, curator of the Botanic Garden at Manchester. An open, 
rich, loamy spot will suit it, and the readiest way, it is expected, to 
propagate it will be by seeds. 
2. Azalea Ramsonii. Mr. Rawson’s Azalea. A hybrid production 
between Azalea Phoenicia and Rhododendron dauricum atrovirens, 
raised by Mr. J. Menzies, gardener to Christopher Rawson, Esq., 
F.G.S., of Hope House, near Halifax. 
Mr. Paxton not only approves very much this result of manual 
impregnation, but earnestly recommends to every one the practice of 
hybridisation, for the purpose of originating new floral beauties, in 
which he promises to co-operate. 
3. Begonia platanifolia. Platanus-leaved Begonia. A very orna¬ 
mental species of this curious genus of stove-plants. The flowers are 
monoecious, (though the female flowers are not represented in the 
plate,) and the foliage is conspicuously different from that of the others. 
It is said to be rare in this country. 
4. Dichorizandra thyrsiflora. Thyrse-flowered Dichorizandra. A 
hexandrious plant belonging to Commelinece . It is a handsome stove- 
plant, easy of cultivation—a ready flowerer, bearing many rich blue 
blossoms on a longish spike. It is a suffruticose perennial, with broad, 
dark-green leaves, and requires abundant watering when growing 
freely. 
Following the figures and descriptions of the foregoing plants, there 
are several useful essays on different subjects; the first is “ Some 
Account of the Natural Order Myrtacece ,” in which the changes it has 
undergone since first projected by Jussieu are detailed; next follows 
“ Directions for forming and furnishing Ornamental Basket-work for 
Flower-Gardens,” with diagrams showing their forms and effect; also 
what is called “An Exposition of the Genus Poeonia,” in wdiich a list 
of the different species and variations of both the shrubby and herba¬ 
ceous sorts is given, together with some account of their merits and 
culture. Next are given Directions for forming a Rosary of Scotch 
Roses,” with a diagram and list of all the favourite sorts. The plants 
figured and described in the Botanical Register, Botanical Magazine, 
