Mahcii 25. 
COUNTJIY GENTLEMAN’S COMt’ANiON. 
aiiLlior of a. dissertation on tlio nnalogy between tbe propa¬ 
gation of animals and of vegetables. 
The species here delineated was raised in 18d7 from New 
Zealand seeds, presented to tbe Horticultural Society 
by J. K. Gowen, Esq. 
“ It is a twining evergreen greenhouse plant, flowering 
abubdantly in May and June. Stem covered witli line down, 
pale yellow; le.aves leatliery, dull green, slightly downy, 
wavy, very variable in form ; linear, lanceolate, ovate-lanceo¬ 
late, obovate, or even spathulate, oflen repand, varying in 
length from two to three or four inches. These singular 
diversities in the form of the leaves do not seem to be 
confined to any particular parts of the plant, but appear on 
any of the branches, and all intermingled; the short 
s[iathnlate leaves are, however, most usual on short lateral 
slioots. Flowers jiale cream-colour, in close one-sided 
naked panicles, rather sweet-scented. Calyx three times as 
short as the corolla. Corolla urceolate, with a revolute 
five-cleft border, not more than a quarter as long as the 
tube. Anthers without any tails, but simply sagittate. 
“According to Cunningham, this plant is common in the 
northern islands of New Zealand, at Ilokianga and Wan- 
garoa, in shady rvoods. M. Ilaoul, whose 1‘. alhijUira can 
scarcely be different, found it on the out skirts of woods at 
Akaroa. It is rather a nice addition to our greenhouse 
climbers, and will probably prove hardy in the south of 
England. For purposes of cultivation it is much superior 
to P. variabUis.”—Horticullural Socich/s Joiinnd. 
ALLOTMENT EARMING.— Auril., 
The weather of last month was so favourable for garden¬ 
ing operations, that we trust the instructions recommended 
in preceding calendars have been carried into effect, which 
will very much abridge the labour of the present month ; 
but where any unavoidable circumstances have prevented 
the operations of seed sowing, or transplanting of kitchen- 
garden crops, no time should be lost in bringing up all 
arrears. The remainder of all autumn-sown Cabha(jcH and 
