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heads of pale purple pentandrous dowers and deeply-cut leaves are 
ornamental, but it does not yield seed freely : some care is requisite in 
preserving good seed. It belongs to the order Pohnoniacece. 
3. Sarracejiia purpurea. Purple Side-saddle Flower. A singular 
yet handsome plant, found inhabiting the swamps of North America. 
The dowers are polyandrous, and it gives a title to the order to which 
it belongs, viz. Sarracenacece. This plant does not thrive in the open 
air in this country, though a native of a more northern region; they 
are found to do best in a shady frame, or in a stove planted in pots 
hlled with pieces of peat at the bottom, and sphagnum or water-moss at 
the top, and the pots placed in pans of water. They also do very ■well 
in moss, without pots, in a frame; but either way they must be kept 
rather moist and quite shaded. 
To these figures and descriptions Mr. Paxton has added five essays 
on subjects interesting to gardeners, namely, first, “ An Essay on the 
Climate of Hothouses,” from the pen of Professor Daniell, of the 
King’s College, London; second, fir Hints on the common Garden 
Balsam;” third, Ci Scientific Principles of Grafting,” from “ The 
Alphabet of Gardening; ” fourth, “ Remarks on the Genus Nerium ; ” 
and, fifth, f -' On the Science of Botany.” There is also an account of 
new plants, and a calendar of operations for November/ 
CALENDARIAL MEMORANDA FOR DECEMBER. 
Kitchen Garden.— Protecting the growing and stored crops from 
the severity of the weather is a daily task in this dead season of the 
year; it is also a month of preparation for the execution of subsequent 
business. Manuring, trenching vacant pieces of ground, collecting 
and turning composts, preparing dung for hotbeds, &c., are all the 
ordinary employments of the month. 
If the weather be open, and the soil pretty dry, other sowings of 
early sorts of peas and beans may be put in. This is particularly 
necessary if the former sowings have been cut off, or to succeed them 
if they be not. 
Mushroom beds will require frequent examination: whether in bear¬ 
ing or not, more or less covering may be needed, according to the tem¬ 
perature of the bed itself as well as of the atmosphere. 
Cauliflower, lettuce, endive, &c., in frames, should be closely 
attended to. Full air should be given on every favourable occasion. 
