06 

 PART II. 



NEW OR RARE PLANTS 



WHICH WE HAVE NOTICED SINCE OUR LAST. 



Begonia geraniifolia, Geranium -leaved Begonia. This very distinct and 

 oretty hothouse species of Begonia was introduced into the Glasgow Botanic 

 Garden, from Lima, in 1833. It grows from one to two feet high, and 

 flowers abundantly. The blossoms are red outside, and white inside. Class, 

 Monoecia ; order, Polvandria ; natural order, Begoniacea?. — Hooker, in Bot. 

 Mag., I. 3387. Begonia, in honour of Michael Begon, a French pro- 

 moter of Botany. 



Campanula fragilis ; rax. hirsute. Hairy-leaved Brittle Bell Flower. Sy- 

 nonym, C. diffusa, C. cochlearifolia, C. crassifolia. This very pretty per- 

 rennial dwarf campanula is a native of the mountains of Italy, where the 

 bright blue patches of its lovely flowers are quite enchanting. The plant 

 grows about six inches high ; the flowers are about an inch in diameter, pro- 

 duced in profusion, of a fine blue, with a whitish centre. It blooms from 

 May to September. It was introduced into this country in 1826, and is cul- 

 tivated in the garden of Mrs. Marryatt, Wimbledon, and other places. It is 

 probable that, in the colder parts of this country, the plant will require winter 

 protection. If no such convenience be afforded it, the plant must be grown 

 upon a rock work, (for which it appears admirably suited,) or some other 

 dry situation. Pentandria Monogynia, Campanulacere. Campanula, simply 

 Bell Flower, or the Latin reference to the shape of the flower. 



Chelone centranthifolia, Valerian-leaved Chelone. This very handsome 

 flowering Chelone, very much resembles the old C. barbatum in the appear- 

 ance of its blossoms, but of a brighter scarlet. The corolla is destitute of the 

 bearded mouth which the blossoms of C. barbata have. It is a hardy herba- 

 ceous plant, of great beauty, and deserving a place in every flower garden. 

 The flower stems will grow from three to five feet high, blooming from June 

 to November. Like the above mentioned old species, the present is readily 

 increased from seeds, or offsets. The plant may be obtained in the principal 

 nursery establishments. Didynamia, Gyiuuosperruia. Scrophularinea?. 

 Chelone, a tortoise; from the fancied resemblance of parts of the flower to 

 that animal. 



Dabcecia polifolia, var. alba, White-flowered Irish Heath. Syn. Erica 

 Dabcecia, Erica Hibernica, Menziezia polifolia, alba. This very pretty 

 white-flowering variety, of what is usually termed Irish Heath, grows wild 

 in the county of Mayo, in Ireland, as well as has been found on the Pyrenean 

 Mountains. The plant grows near two feet high, and blooms profusely. 

 Occasionally the blossoms vary to a lilac colour. Like Heaths in general, 

 the Dacecia thrives best in a sandy peat soil. Octandria, Monogynia. Eri- 

 cacea?, snb tribe Andromedeoc. Dabcecia, St. Dabeoc's Heath. 



Diplopappus incanus. Hoary. This pretty flowering plant is belonging 

 to a genus closely allied to the Aster. It is a perennial, herbaceous plant, 

 producing stems much branched, each terminated by a flower, near two 

 inches across, of a bright purple colour, with a showy yellow centre. The 

 plant blooms till the end of the summer season. It is cultivated by Mr. 

 Bon, at Knypersley Gardens. Syngenesia, Superllua. Composdtffi. 



Funkia lanci/olia, Lance-leaved. Syn. Hemerocallis lancifolia. The ap- 

 pearance of the flowers of this plant is very like the old inmate of our gar- 



