JANUARY. 13 



flowers, having the upper lip faintly tipped with light purple and the lower half 

 or apex of the lower lip bright rose colour. Mexico. M. A. Verschaffelt. 



Saxifraga purpurascens. (Bot. Mag. t. 5066.) A beautiful hardy per- 

 ennial, with large broad, rounded obovate leaves, and scapes six or eight inches 

 high, supporting a dense branched subcorymbose panicle of drooping flowers of 

 a deep red purple. Sikkim Himalaya. Kew Botanic Garden. 



Senecio Mikani^e. A fast-growing greenhouse climber, with light green 

 smooth fleshy ivy-like leaves, and axillary corymbs of yellow sweet-scented 

 flowers, seldom produced. It is a very useful summer plant for various purposes 

 in the flower garden. Also known as Delairea odorata. 



Solandm capsicastrum. (Flore des Serres, t. 1242.) A pretty greenhouse 

 dwarf sub-shrub with small oblong lanceolate leaves and small flowers, succeeded 

 by globular vermilion coloured berries, which are extremely ornamental. Brazil. 



Statice Bondwellii. A neat half hardy biennial, with spreading sinuated 

 leaves and branching flower stems bearing yellow flowers. Algiers. Mr. W. 

 Thompson. 



Thunbergia natalensis. (Bot. Mag. t. 5082.) A fine greenhouse ever- 

 green subshrub, with opposite ovate acute sessile largish leaves, and stalked 

 axillary horizontally-placed flowers, which are large and showy, with the curved 

 tube yellow and the spreading limb of a pale blue. Natal. Messrs. Veitch 

 and Son. 



Torreta grakdis. (Gard. Chron. 1858, 588.) A noble evergreen tree, 

 perfectly hardy. It has some resemblance to Cephalotaxus. Mountains of 

 Northern China. Mr. Glendinning. 



Tritoma uvaria. (Illust. Bi.uq. t. 22.) A fine plate of this well-known 

 stately and brilliant herbaceous plant. 



TropjEOLUM majus, var. nanum. (Tom Thumb.) A remarkably dwarf and 

 compact variety, not running, and bearing a profusion of bright scarlet flowers. 

 It will form a very handsome summer plant for beds or pots or vases. A garden 

 variety. Messrs. Carter and Co. 



Veronica decussata, var. azurea. A hybrid raised between decussataand 

 speciosa, much resembling the former, but the colour of the flowers different. 

 A garden variety. J. Luscombe, Esq. 



Orchids and Stove Plants will be given in our next. 



LACHENALIA QUADRICOLOR, &c. 

 This beautiful genus of plants, or in other words bulbs, when properly- 

 cultivated, deserves the attention of every true florist, for so various are 

 their colours, that they may be said to vie with the hues of the rain- 

 bow. Some of the species are almost hardy, requiring but little pro- 

 tection during the winter. In spring and summer, their purple and 

 yellow flowers greatly enhance the beauty of the flower border or 

 parterre. As has been asserted by some writers, if we examine the 

 bulbs of L. glauca, we shall find, upon close inspection, that an extra 

 coating of thick scales envelops them, showing a timely provision of 

 Nature, to protect the lovely gems that stud our mother earth. Having 

 headed this article with my old favourite, L. quadricolor, perhaps a 

 few remarks on its culture may not be unacceptable to the readers of 

 the Florist. 



It is the ambition of most gardeners, when their employers require 

 flowering plants in the winter for decorating the drawing room and 

 conservatory, to have a good succession of bulbs at this season. The 

 Lachenalia is admirably adapted for that purpose, as this bulb may 

 be had to flower at any time. Its scarlet and yellow tints blend 



