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8. Griffithii (Veitch & Son). Of dwarf and elegant habit, and dissimilar from 
others in cultivation. 
S. Wallichii (Veitch & Son). A remarkably handsome new Lycopod, a native 
of India, and one of the most distinct and beautiful in the whole family. . 
S. conferta (Moore). A native of Borneo, distinct from the foregoing, and of 
very ornamental character. 
BEGONIAS. 
Begonia Lowii (Low & Co.). The novel character and intrinsic beauty of this 
variety consist in the purity of the silvered surface, relieved by an amount 
of green at the border and near the centre, just sufficient to produce a 
-_ pleasing contrast; its small size and dwarfness are also recommendations. 
B. Gem (Low & Co.). A charming dwarf variety, and very desirable new form 
of this family. 
B. zebra (Low & Co.). Of the same dwarf habit as B. Gem, and of the same 
parentage. Commended for its distinctness. 
B. blanda (Parker & Williams). Stated to have been bred between B. splendida 
and B. Thwaitesii. The colours of the leaves are well disposed and rich- 
looking, and it is one of the finer and more distinct of the varieties of the 
season. 
EFFECT OF A HOT CLIMATE ON EUROPEAN FRUITS. 
‘Ir is at these elevations that the sameness of the scenery is diversified 
by the grassy patches above alluded to, which in their aspect, though 
not their extent, may be called the Savannahs of Ceylon. Here Peaches, 
Cherries, and other European fruit trees grow freely; but as they 
become evergreens in this summer climate, as if exhausted by perennial 
excitement, and deprived of their winter repose, they refuse to ripen 
their fruit. A similar failure was discovered in some European Vines 
which were cultivated at Jaffra; but Mr. Dyke, the government agent, 
in whose garden they grew, conceiving that the activity of the plants 
might be equally checked by exposing them to an excess of heat, as by 
subjecting them to cold, tried, with perfect success, the experiment of 
laying bare the roots in the strongest heat of the sun. The result veri- 
fied his conclusion; the Vines obtained the needful repose, and the 
Grapes, which before had fallen almost unformed from the tree, are now 
brought to thorough maturity, though inferior in flavour to those pro- 
duced at home.” . . . ‘the Apple-tree in the Paradenia garden 
seems not only to have beceme an evergreen, but to have changed its 
character in another particular, for it is found to send out numerous 
racemes underground, which continually rise into small stems, and form 
a growth of shrub-like plants around the parent tree.’—Ceylon, by 
Sir James E. TENNENT, vol. i., p. 89 and note. 
CALENDAR FOR THE MONTH. 
Azaleas and Camellias.—Specimens of the former, which may be 
wanted to bloom late, should be carefully guarded from excitement at 
_ present, giving air freely on every favourable opportunity, and using fire 
heat only when there is a danger of the temperature sinking below 35°. 
These should be placed in a north house, however, after this season ; 
but if this cannot be done, place them as much out of the way of being 
