NEW PLANTS. 



Ilvrovis i.ATiKoMA {Brood-haird Hi/poxis.) — Intniduccd, in 1S54, by Cnptain Garden 

 t>f till' hitli Kogimcnt, from Natal. It lias a Ijiilb-sliapod tuber, about the size and colour 

 of a siiuill {greened Turnip. The leaves, about six inches long, rise from it like those of 

 a Leek, and from their axils come the flower-stalks terminating in bunches of yellow 

 flowers. It will probably prove hardy. [Ibid. -^817.) 



Ukkaria -kstuans [Ghnciii;/ Brfuria.) — This has been also called Acuua oblouf/a. It is 

 a native of the Andes Mountains in South America, where it was found by Mr. "W. Lobb 

 at about 8000 feet above the sea. It is a hardy greenhouse shrub. The name of the 

 genus is also spelt Bcjaria, under which it will be found in The Cottage Garuixeks' 

 Dictionary. [Ibid. 4818.) 



LErronACTVLOx californicum. ITookcr and Arnott in Bcechei/s Voyage, p. 309 t. 89 J 

 alias Gilia californica, Bentham in De Cand. Prodr. ix. 31G. 



When this beautiful plant was shown by Messrs. Veitch, under the name of Leptodac- 

 tylon californicum, we supposed that some change of tickets had occurred, so entirely 

 did it wear the appearance of the prickly Phloxes of Siberia and North America. Since 

 that time we have been enabled to examine its structure, and it really is what it has 

 been called. The genus Lcptodactylon was founded upon two North American plants, 

 one of which Sir "Wm. Hooker had previously called Phlox Iloodii, but which have been 

 found to differ from Phlox in the ovary containing a great many ovules instead of only 

 one or two ; to which must be be added the division of the leaves into linear digitate 

 segments, instead of being entire ; a circumstance easily overlooked in consequence of 

 the division being carried to the very base of the leaves. 



Since Lcptodactylon was founded by Messrs. Hooker and Arnott, the whole order to 

 Aviiich it belongs has been re-examined by Mr. Bentham, who reduces the genus to Gilia, 

 calling the plant bofore us Gilia californica. "We own to a gi'eat difficulty in believing 

 tliat the alteration will be permanent, and therefore retain the name first given, which is 

 now beginning to be known in gardens. Into the botanical question of what is to be 

 done with Leptodactylon we cannot enter. 



The plant before us is one of the most charming acquisitions of Mr. Lobb, who found 

 it on the mountains of St. Barnardino, in California, and who describes it as an evergreen 

 .shrub fi'om 2 to 4 feet high. We have before us some of his wild specimens, which en- 

 tirely bear out the statement. The wood is hard, the branches closely covered with bright, 

 green, stiff, finely cut leaves, and loaded with rose colored flowers as large as those of our 

 common Phlox. It may be compared not inaptly to a bush of Irish Furze loaded with 

 the blossoms of Plox maculata, only pale and delicate rose colour instead of deep purple. 

 We presume the species will be a hardy greenhouse or frame plant, requiring more air 

 and dryness than heat in winter. It has all the appearance of being well suited for 

 summer bedding out. — Gardeners' Chronicle. 



" The foundation of good breeding is the absence of selfishness. By acting always on 

 this principle — by using forbearance and moderation in argument, even when you feel 

 sure that you are right, and by showing a becoming diffidence when you are in doubt, 

 you will avoid many of the errors which men are apt to fall into. Reader, bear in mind 

 is holds good in all things, and not only in Fishing, Shooting, and Chess." — Penn 

 on Angling. 



