THIS very beautiful flowering plant is a native of Chili, from whence it was received in 1847 at the Royal Gardens of Kew. It is of the natural order Smilacea, a half shrubby, climbing plant, which, being a native of Chili, may be expected to prove tolerably hardy; but it has hitherto been kept in the greenhouse. It highly merits a place in every one, and should it prove hardy, ought to be in every flower garden. It would be a charming ornament to train against a wall, &c. It grows very freely, and proves to be of easy cultivation. The genus was named in compliment to Josephine Lapagerie, wife of Napoleon Bonaparte, who was a great encourager of Botany, and the cultivator of flowers in the beautiful gardens of Malmaison.

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ACHIMENES ESCHERIANA.-It has the habit of A. rosea, but stronger. The limb is a rich crimson, spotted with blue violet when. going off. The centre orifice is yellow.

AMARYLLIS RETICULATA.-The flowers are of a light pink, beautifully veined with red. It is in the collection at Messrs. Hendersons. BORONIA TRIPHYLLA.-The flowers are large size, and of a bright rosy-pink colour. Very neat and pretty.

BORONIA TETRANDRA. A smooth shrub, with very neat pinnate foliage. Its appearance is much like a dwarf B. pinnata. The flowers are produced at the axils of the leaves, each about half an inch across, of a pale pink colour. It is very common in Van Diemen's Land. It has bloomed in the garden of the Horticultural Society at Chiswick. The plant has a very neat and pretty appearance. (Figured in Paxton's Flower Garden, plate 8.)

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Celogyne WalLICHII-Dr. Wallich's Cælogyne. Found in great abundance by Dr. Hooker on his approaching Darjeerling, in Sikkim, Himalaya. It has bloomed beautifully in the collection at Chatsworth during last summer and autumn. Sir W. J. Hooker states that on his last visit to Chatsworth, next to the flowering VICTORIA, this Cælogyne was the most interesting of the many botanical rarities collected in that place. The pseudo-bulbs are very singular, flagon-shaped, dark green, warted, and frequently covered with a strong coating of loose net-work, formed by the old sheath. Only one flower arises at a time from each bulb, and this springs forth when the leaf has decayed. The flower stem rises about an inch and a half high. Each blossom is about four inches across; sepals lance-shaped, pink; petals of similar form and colour. The lip is very large, standing forward; the colour is pink, white, and yellow, dashed with red spots. It is a very interesting and beautiful flowering species. It flourishes in the cooler division of the orchid house, placed near the glass, and grown in turfy-peat, mixed with sphagnum moss. (Figured in Bot. Mag., 4496.)

CEANOTHUS PAPILLOSUS.-The Horticultural Society introduced this pretty species from California, and it proves to be quite hardy. Trained against a wall, it flourishes and blooms very freely. The leaves are two inches long, narrow, and the flowers are borne in capitate (headed) racemes, blue, with yellow anthers. (Figured in Bot. Mag.)

CEANOTHUS DENTATUS. This pretty species was also introduced by the Horticultural Society from California, and with a similar treatment to the previous described species; it thrives in the open air against a wall. Both of them do well in the greenhouse or conservatory, being very ornamental, and force well for winter and spring bloom. The flowers are of a pale blue colour, borne in round heads, half-an-inch in diameter, one cluster proceeding from the axil of each leaf.

The Ceanothus answers admirably for training against a wall, but grown in the shrub border, or in a pot, the plant grows long and straggling, but if the leads be stopped, or pruned back to a proper length, side shoots are freely produced, and the plant forms a pretty bush. (Figured in Bot. Mag.)

CHOROZEMA FLAVA.- -Yellow-flowered. This handsome species was, we believe, introduced into this country by Baron Hugel, who sent it to the Royal Gardens of Kew. It is of medium growth, bushy, and blooms profusely. The flowers are borne in terminal, and axillary, open, leafy racemes, of a deep yellow colour, with a few green veins at the base, and the keel sulphur-coloured. Its delicate habit, shining green leaves, and numerous pretty yellow blossoms, render it a very desirable plant for the greenhouse. (Figured in Bot. Mag.)

CLEMATIS GRAVEOLENS-Heavy-scented Traveller's Joy. It is a native of Chinese Tartary and the snowy passes of western Himalaya, at an elevation of 12,000 feet above the level of the sea. It was discovered by Captain Munro, who sent seeds of it to England. It is in the Royal Gardens of Kew, and blooms throughout the summer

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The flowers are yellow, tinged with green. It is an evergreen woody creeper, forming a bushy cover, like others of the genus and is quite hardy. It is very suitable for the covering of a trellis, or to be trained against a wall. (Figured in Bot. Mag., 4495.)

CLIANTHUS FORMOSUS.-Messrs. Veitch, of Exeter, possess this beautiful species. It is similar in habit to the old C. puniceus. The flowers are borne in axillary umbellate heads, on long footstalks. They are of rich crimson colour, with a large dark shining boss at the base of each blossom.

COLQUHOUNIA COCCINEA.-Scarlet flowered. Labeatæ, Didynamia Gymnospermia. A native of Nepal. It is a tall-growing subscandent shrub. It flourishes in the open air in this country, when trained against a warm aspected wall. The flowers are produced in whorls around the stem at the joints where the leaves proceed from. They are small, each about half-an-inch long, of an orange-scarlet colour. It bloomed profusely against a wall the latter part of summer. (Figured in Bot. Mag., 4514.)

CONOCLINIUM IANTHINUM.-A native of Brazil; half shrubby. The flowers are produced in terminal crowded corymbous heads; the corolla is rose-coloured. The stigmas are very long, of a delicate violet colour. It belongs to the natural order Eupatorieæ. It flourishes in the greenhouse during summer, and it is very probable that in a warm situation it would flourish out in the open border through the summer. It has bloomed at the nursery of Messrs. Rollisson, of Tooting, in Surrey. (Figured in Bot. Mag.)

CYPRIPEDIUM LowII.-This is a very handsome species, a stove perennial. The flowers are borne in racemes, or sometimes singly. Sepals green tinged with purple at the base; petals long, of a greenish yellow with purple blotches, and a violet purple tip at the end. It was introduced by Mr. Low, of Clapton Nursery, from Borneo. It blooms at the end of summer.

CYPRIPEDIUM CAUDATUM.-The long-tailed Lady's Slipper. A greenhouse herbaceous plant from Peru; found growing in marshy places near Numegal, in Quito. It has recently bloomed in the fine collection of Mrs. Lawrence at Ealing Park.

In most species the petals are very short, but in the present species they grow to the length of eighteen inches, forming narrow tails, which hanging down, wave in the wind. The sepals are nearly six inches long, of a greenish-yellow. The lip (slipper-shaped) is two inches and a half long, of a pale yellow, tinged and spotted with rose colour. The flower stem rises two feet high, and bears several flowers. The growth of the long petals is surprising, extending about eighteen inches in four days. (Figured in Paxton's Flower Garden, plate 9.)

DIPTERACANTHUS SPECTABILIS.-Handsome flowered. This very handsome flowering species was discovered by Mr. Lobb on the Andes of Peru, and seeds were sent to Messrs. Veitch, and the plant has bloomed in the stove at their nursery. It is a soft-wooded plant, growing two feet high, and succeeds in a warm greenhouse. It blooms

freely. The blossoms have much the form of those of the Petunia, and about two inches and a half across, of a rich blue purple colour. It propagates freely by cuttings. It is very showy and ornamental, and well merits a place in either stove or greenhouse. (Figured in Bot. Mag., 4494.)

DOUBLE WHITE-FLOWERED PEACH.-This very pretty plant was introduced by the Horticultural Society from China, and has recently been in bloom. It blooms early, and is thus exposed to the casualties of frost, and the flowers being damaged; but escaping such injury, it is a lovely plant for the shrubbery. It does well grown in a pit-frame, greenhouse, or conservatory, and proves to be a good plant for forcing.

EPACRIS HYACINTHIFLORA CANDIDISSIMA. The plant has the habit of the E. impressa, with flowers twice the size. It is the finest white in this country. At Messrs. Hendersons.

FUCHSIA NIGRICANS.-A native of Central America, figured in Mr. Van Houtte's Flora. The flowers are small, each about three-quarters of an inch long. Calyx rose coloured, and petals of a deep violet. The leaves grow in whorls of three or four around the stem. It is an interesting species, and well deserves a place in the greenhouse.

GASTROLOBIUM HUGELII.-A native of the Swan River colony. It is a pretty greenhouse shrub, bearing a profusion of its pea-formed yellow flowers; every main shoot, as well as the branchlets, are clothed with them, forming charming spikes of blossoms. A single flower is half-an-inch across. Messrs. Knight and Perry possess the species. (Figured in Bot. Mag.)

GRAMMANTHES GENTIANOIDES.- -A dwarf half-hardy annual. The flowers are of a salmon colour, with a deeper-coloured stain at the centre. They are borne in hemispherical heads, about an inch across. It is of the natural order Crussulacea, and very pretty. In the Belgium gardens.

GRIFFINIA LIBONIANA.-A beautiful Amaryllidæa, introduced from Brazil, and has bloomed in the stove at the gardens of the Horticultural Society. The flowers are produced on a scape six inches high, of a rich ultramarine blue. It is a pretty spring ornament.

ILEX MICROCARPA.-Small-fruited Holly. It has been introduced by Messrs. Standish and Co., and proves to be a hardy evergreen tree. It much resembles an evergreen Oak, having the leaves smooth on each side.

ILEX CORNUTA.-Introduced by Messrs. Standish and Co. from North China. It is quite hardy, and a remarkably fine species. The leaves generally have three spines at the end. These fine Hollies are valuable introductions.

IXORA BARBATA.-The Bearded. Dr. Wallich sent this species from the Calcutta Botanic Garden to the Royal Gardens of Kew,