224 Floriciiltural and Botanical Notices. 



ularly and alternately branched, and the leaves, which are 

 small and obovate, are produced in tufts of three, from the 

 axils of which spring its numerous orange-colored corols. It 

 should have the same treatment as other Gesnerese, and is 

 well worthy a place in every good collection. {Flore dcs Ser- 

 re5, Dec.) 



60. Convo'lvulus tri'color var. vitta^tus. New Striped 

 Dwarf Convolvulus. {ConvolviddcecB.) Garden Hybrid. 



The well-known Convolvulus tricolor is one of the prettiest 

 of our annuals, and, for grouping in masses with the petunia, 

 is esteemed by all lovers of flowers. The present subject is a 

 variety produced by M. Defougeres, florist of Moulin, and the 

 seeds first disseminated by Vilmorin, of Paris. It diflers from 

 its parent in having the limb of the corols magnificently band- 

 ed with deep blue, some of the stripes extending quite to 

 the centre : in other respects, it is like the C. tricolor : it is a 

 fine acquisition to our annual plants. {Flore des Serres^ Dec.) 



61. A'llium ciKRuYEUM Pttllas Blue-flowered Allium. 



{Lilidccfz.) Russia. 



A hardy bnlb ; growing two feet liiiili ; witli deep blue flowers ; appearing in spring ; increased by 

 seeds and offsets ; cultivated in any good soil. Flore des Serres, 1847, pi. 300. 



A showy and desirable species of the allium, which will 

 prove a fine acquisition to our hardy perennials, coming, as it 

 does, from Asiatic Russia, where it was discovered by Pallas. 

 It throws up a stem one or two feet high, terminated with a 

 globular head of azure blue flowers. It is easily grown from 

 seeds, or oflsets from the old bulbs. A rather dry situation, 

 well exposed to the sun, suits it best. {Flore des Serres^ Dec.) 



62. TROPiE^OLUM UMBELLA^TUM Jamesou Umbel-flowered 



Tropseolum. ( Tropoibkoe.') Quito. 



A greenhouse climber, growing six feet hi-;h : with yellow and orange flowers; appealing in 

 summer ; increased by iJie roots: cultivated in heath soil and loam. Flore des Serres, lb47.pl. 

 302. 



The tropsBolums are among the prettiest of plants, but yet 

 it is rare to see a specimen in our collections. We hope they 

 will soon be better known; trained over a balloon trellis, or 

 even scrambling up some dry branch, the profusion of bloom 

 will ilways repay all the attention bestowed upon the plants. 

 T. umbellatum is particularly fine ; the flowers being cylin- 

 drical, of a deep orange and yellow. {Flore des Serres, Dec.) 



