APRIL, 1849. 
ILLUSTRATIONS, 
VAN GEERT’S GQSILLET DE BOHEMIA DAHLIA. 
ip xis very beautiful Dahlia is another valuable acquisition to what 
is termed the Fancy Class. We recently received a root of it, 
along witha drawing of the flower, from Mr. C. Van Geert, of Antwerp. 
Its great beauty, and excellency in other respects, entitles it to a place 
in every collection of these noble flowers; and in any flower-garden it 
would be one of its loveliest ornaments. 
NOTES ON NEW OR RARE PLANTS. 
ABRONIA UMBELLATA.—UMBEL-FLOWERING. 
Nyctayinacee. Pentandria Monogynia. 
Mr. Harrwec discovered it in California, and sent it to the Horti- 
cultural Society, in whose garden it has recently bloomed. It grows 
naturally creeping upon the ground, but does remarkably well when 
trained asa climber. ‘The flowers are produced in great abundance 
from June to November, in heads very similar to the Verbena; they 
are of a pretty rosy-purple, with a lighter centre. They emit a very 
delicious fragrance, especially in the evening. It is a very good 
bedding plant for the flower-garden in summer, as well as for pot- 
training. (Figured in Pax. Mag. Bot.) 
AZALEA QUEEN PERPETUAL. 
This new variety we recently saw in bloom at Messrs. Knight and 
Perry’s nursery, King’s-road, Chelsea. The flowers are of medium 
size, a bright rosy-pink, with upper petals slightly spotted on a crimson 
ground blotch. It is a neat-formed flower. 
Vou. xvir. No, 28.—U.S. II 
