THE 



FLORICULTURAL CABINET, 



MARCH 1st, 1844. 



PART I. 



EMBELLISHMENTS. 



ARTICLE I. 



TRIPTILION SPINOSUM. SPINY TRIPTILION. 



Composite. Svnqenesia j^qualis. 

 In our volume for 1841, at page 114, we remarked upon this very 

 neat and pretty flowering plant, a figure of it was then given in the 

 Botanical Register ; in the accompanying observations, Dr. Lindley 

 states, " It is a most beautiful flowering herbaceous plant, a native 

 of Chili, where it is called Semperviva, on account of the permanence 

 of its deep azure blossoms." The plant is an herbaceous perennial, 

 increased by division of the roots or by seeds ; the latter are 

 sparingly produced and should be sown as soon as gathered, and 

 be placed in a forcing house till the plants are up, and then be potted 

 singly in small pots, in a compost of peat, leaf-mould, and turfy loam, 

 in equal parts, having the pots with a free drainage, as it is very 

 susceptible of injury from wet, and in consequence requires particular 

 attention in winter. Plants can now be obtained at the principal 

 Nurseries, and it certainly deserves to be grown in every greenhouse 

 or in every flower -garden during summer. It can he induced to 

 grow nearly prostrate, or tied up to rise near two feet high. We saw 

 it in profuse bloom, and it was certainly strikingly beautiful. 



STEPHANOTUS FLORIBUNDUS. Copious Flowered. 



ASCI.KPIADE^E. PeNTANDHIA DlGYNIA. 



This very beautiful and noble-looking plant, we have several times 

 remarked upon in former volumes, as one of the most graceful and 

 Vol. XII. No. 133. e 



