358 FloricuUural and Botanical Notices. 



73. Sta'tice' imbrica^ta Wehb Imbricated Statice. {Vlum- 



bagindcecB.) Canaries. 



A greenhouse plant ; growing two feet high ; with blue (lowers ; appearing in summer ; in- 

 creased by division of the root and by seeds ; cultivated in loam and peat. Flore des Serres, 

 1848, pi. 320. 



This is one of the finest statices which has been intro- 

 duced, and must be regarded "as one of the most interest- 

 ing for the size of its corymbs, and the special form of its 

 foliage." The stem rises to the height of two or three feet 

 very much branched, and covered with numerous small 

 flowers, with a bluish violet calyx, and a white corolla, pre- 

 senting a pretty contrast. It was raised in the establishment 

 of Messrs. Thibaut and Keteler, of Paris, in 1S46, from 

 seeds received from the Canary Isles, where it was first dis- 

 covered by Mr. P. B. Webb. It should be cultivated in a 

 rich light loam. {Flore des Serres, Feb.) 



74. Sta'tice frute'scens Webb Frutescent Statice. {Vlum- 



bagi7idcecB.) Canaries? 



A greenhouse plant ; growing one foot high ; with white flowers ; appearing in »ummer ; in- 

 creased by seeds and division of the roots ; cultivated in good rich soil. Flore des Serres, 

 1848, pi. 323. 



Another fine species, and from the same source, first intro- 

 duced to notice by M. M. Keteler. Differing mostly from the 

 imbricata in its mode of growth, its more compact corymbs 

 and its violet calyx. {Flore des Serres, March.) 



75. Brunsvi'gia JosEPHrN^ Ker Empress Josephine's Bruns- 



vigia. {Amaryllidkce^.) Cape of Good Hope. 



A greenhouse bulb ; growing three feet high ; with orange and scarlet flowers ; appearing in 

 summer ; incrcasid by offsets ; cultivated iu rich loam, leaf mould, and land. Flore des Serres, 

 1848, pi. 322. 



The Brunsvigia is considered to be one of the most mag- 

 nificent plants ever introduced. It came from the Cape, and 

 first flowered in the garden of the Empress Josephine, at 

 Malmaison. It is now comparatively an old plant, but it is 

 rarely seen in collections to which its brilliancy should en- 

 title it to a place. It throws up a stem crowned with fifty or 

 sixty flowers, of a deep orange yellow, shaded with purple on 

 the inside. Its cultivation is simple, requiring to be kept cool 

 and dormant in winter, and plenty of light and moisture in 

 summer. {Flore des Serres, March.) 



