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foliage and spikes of white flowers, blooming early 
in the spring. 
Ixora coeeinea superha. A fine variety, with fine 
orange scarlet blossoms, superior to the old fine 
species. ,.,. . ; . 
Ixora Griffitliii. Leaves large flowers borne in a com¬ 
pact cyme, rich yellow and orange ; a noble species. 
Ixora salicifolia. 'Elegant long foliage, with cymes of 
orange flowers. 
Ixora Javanica. Another handsome addition to this 
fine genus, with noble foliage and handsome pinkish 
orange flowers.. . ... 
Jasminum toscanum. A very double white Jasmine, 
tinged with pink: it has a delicate perfume equal to 
the orange.. 
Luculia gratissima. Rosy pink flowers in heads like 
the Hydrangea; very fragrant. 
Luculia Pinceana. Pure white blooms of the most 
delicate perfume, changing to cream colour tinted 
with red. 
Liebigia speciosa. Herbaceous and low-growing 
flowers, drooping ; colour white blue and yellow.. 
Lycopodium caesium arborea. A beautiful new plant 
introduced from Calcutta by H. B. Kerr, Esq., in 
1849.—Obtained a prize at the Chiswick Show. This 
is truly a tree Lycopod; the leaves are much brighter 
coloured than L. caesium, and it will grow to 10 or 
12 feet high : very ornamental. 
Medinella Sieboldiana. A very handsome plant of 
dwarf habit, much neater in growth thau M. speciosa, 
with large heads of white and rose-coloured flowers. 
Medinella speciosa. A beautiful plant with large 
handsome foliage and fine spikes of pink flowers, 
succeeded by equally handsome bunches of purplish 
berries, which are very ornamental for a long time. 
Moussonia elegans. A fine Gesriera-like plant, with 
orange and scarlet flowers in bunches blooming in 
winter.... 
Napoleona imperialis. Flower resembling a passion 
flower, of a nankeen colour changing to blue; an 
evergreen attaining the size of a little tree. 
Nematanthus Morrelliana. The handsomest of the 
tribe, and a profuse bloomer ; colour rich crimson 
with spotted throat. 
Pavetta Borbonica. Leaves dark green, beautifully 
mottled with white: a very handsome plant. 
Pharbitis ostrina. An elegant twining plant with 
purple flowers, suitable for pot culture. 
Physiantlius auricomus. A climber with racemes of 
creamy white flowers, profusely produced and 
powerfully perfumed. 
Portlandia grandiflora. A fine evergreen shrub, with 
large pure white Brugmansia-like flowers, which 
contrast well with the stout large rich green leaves. 
It is a very free bloomer and deliciously fragrant.. 
Puya Altensteinii. Flowers ivory-white, which issue 
out of beautiful crimson sheath-like bracts. 
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Quassia amara. Graceful foliage, with a branching 
spike of red flowers . 10 
Rondeletia speciosa (var. major). A great improve¬ 
ment on the species, having larger flowers of richer 
hue . 5 
Roupellia grata (syn. Strophanthus Stanley ana). 
Cream-coloured fruit, fine foliage, with very beauti¬ 
ful flowers . 10 
Salpixantha coccinea. This plant has a beautiful 
habit, fine glossy bright green leaves; the flowers 
resemble an Epacris, being of a deep bright crim¬ 
son . 7 
Sipliocampylos manettifolia. Compact close growing 
plant, with scarlet tube-shaped flowers, tipped with 
orange. 3 
Sipliocampylos microstoma rubra. Crimson flowers 
and handsome foliage . 3 
Sipliocampylos glandulosus. Fine foliage, with flowers 
of a peculiar light purple beautiful colour. 3 
Solandra leevis. Very large trumpet-shaped flowers, 
of a creamy white; a noble plant . 7 
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Staehytarpheta aristata. Long spikes of rich blackish s. d. ; 
purple flowers, exceedingly beautiful. 5 0 
Stiftia chrysantha. A beautiful shrub; the flowers 
are of a rich feathery orange; very showy. 10 0 
Thyrsacantbus strictum. Rich foliage, with spikes 
of scarlet flowers. 5 0 
Tillandsia Zebrina (syn. Vriezia splendens). The 
leaves are elegantly marked in hands of chocolate 
colour; the flowers white, springing out of scarlet 
bracts . 
Tillandsia Morrelliana. Handsome graceful foliage, 
the underneath side striped with powdery white, 
with a spike of flowers out of scarlet bracts of a 
deep azure blue. Decidedly the handsomest of the 
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WILD FLOWERS OF JUNE. 
( Continued from page 105.j 
By the month of June the northern mountains of our land 
are one universal glow of purple, with the bright blossoms of 
the common Heather (Calluna vulgaris), which although 
better known for its celebrity in the realms of poesy, than for 
its use in supplying the more essential bodily wants of man¬ 
kind, is by no means useless in this respect: it forms the 
thatch of many a mountain cottage, and the woody roots are 
extensively used for fuel in mountanous districts. The 
botanist who has explored our native alpine Flora well knows 
that, 
“ Of this old Scotia’s hardy mountaineers 
Their rustic couches form, and there enjoy 
Sleep, which beneath his velvet canopy 
Luxurious idleness implores in vain.” 
And there is another use still to which this noble plant of 
the mountain is put to in Scotland, and a use, too, which does 
not show in a very favourable light the regard with which the 
natives view the pride of their land, and its glorious scenery ; 
we refer to the use to which the heather is applied in the 
making of rough brooms for cleaning back courts and the 
clay floors of lowly homes; and, indeed, many a time have we 
admired the beauty of heather-besoms in full bloom hawked 
from door to door through the streets of Edinburgh, and 
other Scotch towns, at a penny a piece. 
On the lower hills, and in situations less lofty in elevation 
than those which the heather prefers for its home, there is a 
shrubby plant higher in stature, and scarcely less lovely in 
appearance when clothed with its gorgeous array of golden 
flowers—we refer to the common Broom, the Cytisus scoparius 
of De Candolle, “the lang yellow broom ” of the Scottish 
bard, which is likewise applied to such practical purposes of 
housewifery, as the sweeping of the kitchen floor, and the 
court yard. Nor is this its only use in rural districts; the 
very powerfully purgative qualities of the young shoots re¬ 
commend them to attention in rustic practice as a remedy in 
cases of dropsy, and the medical profession recognise the 
plant for its properties. 
The cultivated fields will now be adorned with many of 
those annual plants denominated by the fanner the vile pests 
of the farm, but looked upon with a more tender eye by the 
admiring naturalist, whose enthusiastic admiration is not 
checked by one thought of light crops, low markets, nor the 
baneful influences of “ free trade.” Among these field- 
flowers, first of all in our list comes the Camelina saliva, or 
Common Gold of Pleasure, auent which we may make no 
farther remark, as “The ridiculously pompous English 
name seems a satire on the articles of which it is composed, 
