16 REVIEWS. 



I. Soi/tnum runcinhtum, runcinate leavad nightshade, Pentaudria, Monogy- 

 nia, Solanea;; from Chile, in 1832; thrivus well in open borders during sum- 

 mer, but requires a greenhouse in winter. Flowers, violet coloured ; leaves 

 alternate, deeply pinuatifid. The plant is easily increased by cuttings or 

 suckers. It is a very pretty plant Solanum, fromsolari, to relieve, its medi- 

 cinal properties. 



2. Homhria coWmrt, copper coloured, Triandria, Monogynia, Iridea;, from South 

 Africa, A verj- elegant flowering plant, easy of culture, in vegetable mould 

 and river sand, in the open border ; flowers, reddish copper coloured with a 

 yellow centre. Homeria, from Omereo, to connect, referring to the filaments. 



3. Hermione lereticaulis, snow flake leaved, Hexandria, Monogj-nia Amaryl- 

 lidea;; a native of France, hardy, flowering freely in a rich deep soil. It is an 

 annually imported bulb from Holland, by the name Surpassant. Segments 

 of a cream colour, becoming white; crown, pale yellow, iu a fine truss or head 

 of flowers. 



8. Lobelia colorala, red leaved, from North America, an hybrid, probably 

 derived from the intermixture of Lobelia coerulea, and cardinalis ; it is a highly 

 ornamental plant, rising to six feet high with a fine spike of blue flowers, a 

 candy loam and peat soil suits it best, increased by ofl°sets. 



The Botanic Garden. 

 This very neat well conducted work, is under the direction of Mr. B. Macsd, 



each number has one plate representing four plauts. The work merits all the 

 encouragement which its extensive circulation receives; and to the admirers of 

 the flower garden, is a very valuable acquisition. The number for February 

 contains: — 



1. Coreo/)S/jj Jiiinsonwna, Atkinson's Coreopsis, Syngenesia,Frustranea,Com- 

 positae. From North America, hardy perennial, grows three feet high, flowers 

 July, August. Flowers, golden with a rich dark eye, very handsome. Coreop- 

 sis, from coris, a bag, and opsis, appearance, shape of the seeds, 



2. Ytrhena alaia, winged stemmed vervain, Didynamia.Angiospermia, Verbe- 

 nacae, native of Mout Video; grows six feet high, perennial, introduced 1828, 

 flowers, rosy purple, small. Verbena, from Ferfaen, its Celtic name. 



3. Collinsia grandiflCra, large flowered Collinsia, Didynamia, Angiospermia, 

 Scrophularinae. A very beautiful perennial from North America, in 1828; 

 grows one foot high ; flowers, red and blue, iu whorls. If seeds are sown in 

 August it flowers from May to Aug^ist, sown in spring it flowers from July to 

 October. Collinsia, from "z. Collins, of Philadelphia. 



CoUomia Grandiftora, large flowered Collomii, Pentandria, Monogynia, 

 Polemoniacae. From North America, 1831 ; grows 2§ feet high; perennial; 

 flowers in July and August — bvif coloured; easily raised from seeds either 

 sown in autumn or spring. Flowers best in poor soil. Collomia from kolla, 

 signifying glue. 



The Gardener's Magazine. 



This valuable Publication is very ably conducted by Mr. J. C. Loudon, 



and its merits, in many respects, are beyond our praise. 



" Clltcre or THE Kancnculcs. — Some time early in October, 1831, a 

 head of seed from a tolerably thickly petaled light semi-double ranunculus 

 was sown in a square pan ot twelve inch sides, by four deep ; at each comer 

 was a pipe luted to the sides, open at top and bottom, for the purpose of wa- 

 tering the earth without disturbing the seeds, or allowing a crust to form on 

 the surface. In the middle of the pan was a hole for allowing the superfluous 

 water to drain away. The pan was placed in a cucumber frame with moist 

 heat, and in a fortnight after sowing, the seeds came up. By the end of No- 

 vember they were an inch high, and then removed into a room facing the 



