GLEANINGS AND ORIGINAL MEMORANDA. 
Linariads. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. (Fig. 233. 
It forms a neat, 
B w 7 
tubular white 
e-yellow at the mouth, 
in the mn, or early 
rding to the treatment it 
A mixture of peat, loam, 
ge Calodracon Sie- 
and purple in its foliage. It is said to be more pete ace the last species, and far more attractive. * Entre 
464. CHÆNOSTOMA LINIFOLIUM. Bentham. (aliàs Manulea linifolia Thunberg; alias Chienostoma 
fasciculatum of Gardens.) A beautiful little shrub, with long white flowers having a yellow orifice. 
Belongs to 
We think there can be no doubt that 
the Ch. fasciculatum of Gardens is identi- 
eal with Ch, linifoliwm, notwithstanding a, 
that its flowers are much longer and more A A 
which are sometimes bluntly toothed, and 
long loose racemes of 
flowers, oran 
beyond which dia yellow anthers project. 
It blossoms late 
flower, it should be allowed to complete 
wth, and then be rested for 
or four months. It must have abundance 
its 
blin 
such plants as Mignonette, which are 
altho 
really undershrubs, ugh flowering 
the first y. 
465. RACON NOBILIS. 
Planchon. 
boldii Planchon ; alias Dracæna no- 
bilis Van Houtte.) A hothouse 
plant with a dinem but noble habit, and rich purple and crimson leaves. Native of Japan. 
Belongs to Lilyworts 
This plant, din: known in gardens under the name of Dracena nobilis, resembles the Calodracon — of 
Planchon (Drac. ferrea and terminalis of books), and is remarkable for the singularly vivid mixture of streaks of rich 
mille plantes d'une serre, c'est sur elle que se portent d'abord les regards ; dans un salon, c'est l'ornement le plus 
exquis que la nature puisse préter au ibus de luxe ;* e is the flowery language in which M. Planchon speaks 
