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Crocus suaveolens. — Sweet-scented. (Bot. Mag. 3864.) Iiidacese. Tri- 

 andria Monogynia. Sent from Naples to Spofforth, where it has bloomed. 

 Sepals cream-coloured striped with dark. Petals violet-purple. 



Crocus speciosus. — Showy Crocus. (Bot. Mag. 3861.) Iridacex. Triandria 

 Monogynia. The flowers are large. Sepals of a bluish-purple, each having 

 three dark lines lengthwise. Petals of a paler colour with numerous darker lines 

 and veins, giving the whole an interesting appearance, recommending it to every 

 early flower border. 



Callithauma viridiflorum et angustipoliuji. — Narrow-leaved green- flow- 

 ered. (Bot. Mag. 3866.) Amaryllidaceae. Hexandria Monogynia. The 

 flowers are of an emerald-green colour, near four inches long. The stem is 

 said, in its native country (Peru), to grow several feet high, and to be an object 

 of much curiosity. It has been introduced to the collection in the Spofforth 

 garden. 



Herbertia pulchella et c.brulea. — Pretty and blue-flowered. (Bot. Mag. 

 3862.) Iridaceae. Hexandria Monogynia. A native of Buenos Ayres. Two 

 varieties are figured ; one with lilac-coloured flowers, and the other pale violet- 

 blue. Each are slightly spotted at the claws of the petals. The dwarf growth 

 of the plant and pretty interesting flowers recommend it as deserving culture. 



Ijipatiens Candida. — White Balsam. (Bot. Reg. 20.) Balsaminaceae. 

 Pentandria Monogynia. It is a noble growing species, from the Himalayan 

 mountains. It has bloomed in the collection of the London Horticultural So- 

 ciety. The stems grow about six feet high. The flowers are white, speckled with 

 crimson, each about two inches across. They are produced in constant succes- 

 sion during autumn. 



Triptilion spinosum. — Spiny. (Bot. Reg. 22.) Asteracea?. Syngenesia 

 Polygamia j5?qualis. A most beautiful herbaceous plant from Chili, where it is 

 called Semperviva, on account of the permanence of its deep azure flowers. It 

 has bloomed in the collection of the Countess of Grenville at Dropmore. Mr. 

 Frost, the gardener, says he has bloomed it for the last three years, but has only 

 been able to get two young plants from seed, as it seeds very sparingly. The 

 plant is herbaceous, with a fleshy root like a small Dahlia. The stems rise 

 about ^two feet high, and produce their flowers in corymbs very numerously, 

 making a most splendid show. The plant has hitherto been kept in the green- 

 house, but it is probable a cold pit will be quite sufficient for its winter protection. 

 It is a most desirable plant, and deserves to be grown in every flower garden. 



PART III. 

 MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE. 



QUERIES. 



On Fuchsia Fulgens. — W. W. would thank any of our correspondents, 

 through the medium of the Cabinet, to inform him the best mode of treatment 

 for Fuchsia fulgeus; whether it is the mode to cut it down close to the pot, or 

 not ; and likewise the due time to put it to work. 



On Martynia Fragrans. — " A subscriber" to the Floricultural Cabinet, 

 wishing to see a representation of the " Martynia fragrans," will feel obliged to 

 Mr. Harrison if he will in next Number inform him in which Number of the 

 Botanical Register it is figured, as he does not understand the figure 6 placed 

 after it at page 67 of the Floricultural for March, 1841. 



Chelsea, March 20, 1841. 



[In the Botanical Register the plates are numbered from January in each 

 year ; so that the Martynia is the sixth plate of the present volume, and is in 

 the last January Number. — Conductor.] 





