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said to be a native of Pulo Penang, and is found in China, 
though probably cultivated there.— Bot. Mag. 
Pentandria Monogynia— Solanece. 
Oestrum Vividifiorum . Seeds of this plant were transmitted 
by Mr. Tvveedie from the woods of St. Janvier, and the eastern 
side of the Cordillera in Tucuman, in 1836, to Mr. Moore of the 
Glasgow Botanic. Gardens, when flowering plants were produced 
last year. Mr. Moore observes that, “ though the flowers (being 
a pale green,) are not very showy, they are produced very abun¬ 
dantly, and the plant appears to be of easy culture in cool stove, 
flowering when about eighteen inches or two feet in height. I 
should therefore say. seeing how deliciously fragrant its flowers 
are at night, (less however in the day,) that it possesses sufficient 
merit to render it rather a general favorite in collections.” It 
flowers in the autumn and early winter.— Bot. Mag. 
Tetandria Monogynia.— Proteacece. 
Lomatia Illicifolia. Apparently a very variable species, and 
of extensive locality in Australia. It is an ornamental plant 
both in its copious evergreen foliage, and in its long compound 
spikes of yellowish-white flowers, which are plentifully produced 
in August; with us it thrives well in a peaty or heath soil, 
simply protected with a frame.— Bot. Mag. 
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Rus.—-Procure Gesneria fancyalis, G. Suttonii, G. splendens, 
and G. zebrina these four are truly splendid, and will suit you 
well. 
R. T.—The Pelargoniums sent are only middling ; the lower 
petal of most of them is too narrow. Nos. 4 and 7 are the best, 
though the blotch in 4 is confused, running through to the edge ; 
the colour of 7 is pleasing and somewhat novel, yet the form of 
the flower is imperfect. 
A Constant Reader.—W e shall be happy to meet your wishes 
as early as possible, but are fearful it will not be for some months; 
in the mean time, if we can render you any verbal assistance in 
your choice, it shall be done cheerfully. 
Epiphyte. —You cannot do better than carefully peiuse oiu 
respected correspondent Mr. John Henshall s descriptive list of 
Grchideee, or the previous papers on the same subject, by Mi. 
Don ; each notice only the best, and they are so accurately de¬ 
scribed, that you cannot err. 
