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heath soil and ono of loam. Temperature in winter not 
under 38°. 
Podalyria sericea. —A neat little shrub with small silky-like 
leaves, and small purple Pea-blossomed flowers, produced freely 
along the shoots. Grow in peat and loam ; and if you have several 
plants, turn out the half of them against a w T all or fence in the 
second summer. 
Psoralea spicata. — Produces bluish Pea-blossomed small 
flowers. Treat as the last, should not be below 45° in winter. 
Psoralea pirfnata. —Prettier. Treatment the same. Colour of 
flowers much the same. 
Protea speciosa rubra. —Produces"purplish-like blooms; but, 
like Leucodendron, is chiefly grown for the foliage. Cultivate in 
loam, peat, and charcoal, with a good portion of silver sand. 
Phlomis Leonurus. —This is a synonyme for Leonotis Leonurus, 
and produces fine masses of scarlet Salvia-like flowers. It grows 
well enough out of doors in summer, and blooms like many 
Salvias in the greenhouse in winter. Give light, rich sandy loam 
at first, and rich, heavy loam at last. I rather w r ant to get hold 
of this plant, or seeds of it, myself. It is a fine autumn plant 
though a little rough in its appearance. 
Sutherlandiafrutescens. —Sometimes called Coluteafrutescens, 
is a somewhat hoary little shrub, with elegant foliage and very 
showy, largish, scarlet, Pea or Coronilla-like flowers. Will grow 
freely in loam and peat. Temperature in winter not under 35° 
in greenhouse. Some of the seedlings should be turned out in 
sheltered places after the second summer. 
To raise these seeds, a little hotbed should be prepared by 
the middle of March ; and if there is room enough, every kind 
should have a four-inch pot to itself. Fill the pot nearly half 
full of drainage; then with rough peat and loam, in pieces as large 
as Beans for an inch; then the same material a little finer ; and 
then a layer finer still, the upper layer being nearly an inch below 
the rim of the pots. Then sow and cover in proportion to the 
size of the seeds, doing no more than cover them. Then plunge 
the pots in the bed, having a bottom heat of from 70° to 80°; 
and cover each pot with a small square of glass, and shade with a 
piece of paper over all. In eight or ten days, but not before, 
apply water as warm as the bed. As the seedlings appear, raise 
the square of glass just on ono side, and by-and-by take it off 
altogether. Then raise the pot out of the bed, and inure the 
young things gradually to more air and a cooler atmosphere until 
you need to pot them off. Keep the plants closer, and shaded a 
little from bright sunshine when first potted off, and inure them 
by degrees to stand exposed to the full sun in autumn before 
housing for the winter. R. Fish. 
NEW OE EAEE GBEENHOUSE PLANTS. 
I HAVE selected the following plants as being worthy of culture, 
either for their beautiful flowers or for fine foliage. Many of them 
aro of recent introduction, and others are as yet rare in collections. 
They are all hardy enough for the greenhouse or conservatory. 
Agapetes buxieolia (Box-leaved Agapetes).—This plant is 
of a neat, dwarf, branching habit, with Box-like leaves, and 
numerous flame-red flowers of a tubular shape, an inch long, 
with spreading pointed lobes of a rosy red colour. 
Acacia eriocarpa (woolly-seeded Acacia).—Native of Aus¬ 
tralia, with deep golden flowers in May. It is of a good habit, 
and free to flower. A finer species than A. grandis. 
Barclaya syringrelora (Lilac-flowered Barclaya).—A 
beautiful shrub from Moreton Bay in Australia, with flowers in 
the same form as a Lilac, and of an orange-yellow colour. The 
plant is of a neat bushy habit. 
Bejaria (pronounced Beharia) asstuanS (southern Bejaria). 
A lovely shrub from the mountains of Mexico, with heads of 
tubular flowers of a glowing rose colour. 
Bejaria coarctata (crowded Bejaria).— A compact Box¬ 
leaved shrub, with close heads of bright purple flowers. 
Callicarpa purpurea (purple Callicarpa).—A Chinese plant, 
sent over by Mr. Fortune. Its beauty consists in its producing 
very numerous bright shining berries, of a rich violet-purple hue, 
lasting through the autumn till past Christmas. It is also of a 
compact dwarf habit. 
Calyptraria h.emantha (bloody-flowered Calyptraria).— A 
plant allied to Melastoma. It has rich, dark green foliage, with 
three distinct veins running its whole length. The flowers arc 
large, and of a deep crimson colour. Its noble foliage and bushy 
habit render it an ornamental plant all the year round. 
Cordyiine INDIVISA (not-divided Cordylino).—This is a 
greenhouse beautiful-foliaged plant from New Zealand. The 
leaves are long and of a rich golden bronze colour, with the 
midrib broad and conspicuous, and towards the base of a crimson 
hue. The flowers are produced in a dense long panicle; they 
arc white and bell-shaped. Altogether it is a very desirable plant. 
Datura chlorantha (yellow-flowered Datura).—A strong¬ 
growing shrub, with ovate leaves and double yellow flowers, 
powerfully fragrant. Blooms all through the summer as freely 
as I). arborea. 
Daviesia umbellata (umbellcd Daviesia).—Another addition 
to a pleasing genus from Australia, with small lance-shaped 
leaves, and yellow Pea-shaped flowers produced on the ends of 
each shoot in compact heads. 
Fuchsia simplicicaulis (simple-stemmed Fuchsia).—This 
appears to be a distinct species, with smooth, oval, lance-shaped 
leaves. The flowers are produced on pendulous branches. They 
arc numerous, and of a rosy scarlet colour; the tube long and 
the limb spreading, with a corolla of the same pleasing colour. 
It is a native of Peru, and will be good to plant out in a conserva¬ 
tory to train up a pillar. T. Appleby. 
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THE EEUITS AND EEUIT TEEES OF GEEAT 
BBITAIN. 
No. XXYI.—Winter Nelis Pear. 
Synonymes. —Beurre de Jlfalines; Bonne Malinaise ; Bonne de 
Malines; Colmar Nelis ; Ftonneau; Fondante de Malines ; 
Malinaise Cuvelier; Nelis d’Hirer. 
It rarely happens that a worthless variety of fruit ever obtains 
a very varied nomenclature; and hence the number of names 
which this pear has acquired during a comparatively short period 
testify to the extent of its cultivation and the high estimation in 
which it is held. 
The fruit is below medium size; but when grown against a 
wall is sometimes three inches or more long, and two inches and 
three-quarters wide. It is of a roundish obovate shape, rounding 
from the middle towards the eye, and tapering abruptly towards 
the stalk. 
Skin green at first, covered with numerous russet dots and 
patches of brownish-grey russet; but as it ripens it changes to 
greenish-yellow, and when grown against a wall it is of a clear 
pale yellow, with very few traces of russet. 
Bye open, with erect rigid segments, and set in a shallow 
depression. 
Stalk an inch or more in length, pretty stout, curved, and 
inserted in a round narrow cavity. 
