216 Floricultural and Botanical Notices. 



Art. V. Floricultural and Botanical Notices of New and 

 Beautiful Plants, figured in Foreign Periodicals ; with 

 descriptions of those introduced to, or oi^iginated in, Amer- 

 ican Collections. 



Fancy Pansies. — The French cultivators have originated 

 a new class of pansies, called the Fancies, which hold the 

 same relation to the old kinds as the fancy dahlias hold to the 

 self-colored ones. Some of these have been introduced into 

 England, and two of them are figured in the Flor. Cabinet. 

 They are handsomely striped or lined with the various colors 

 peculiar to this flower, and present a singularly showy appear- 

 ance. 



No doubt the catalogues will soon be increased by the ad- 

 dition of numerous seedlings of the same character ; and as 

 they are very attractive, they will undoubtedly become es- 

 tablished favorites. 



Centranthus macrosiphon. — This is a new and beautiful 

 hardy annual, of a dwarfish habit, bearing very large clusters 

 or panicles of deep rose-colored flowers, resembling, in gen- 

 eral habit, the red valerian, to which it is allied. It blooms 

 abundantly all summer ; and, if cultivated in pots, displays its 

 pretty corymbs of flowers, in the greenhouse, during the win- 

 ter. It is a fine addition to our list of hardy annuals. 



New Belgian Daisies. — It is quite surprising to see to what 

 an extent the Belgian^cultivators have carried the cultivation 

 of this humble but beautiful flower. No less than ] 00 varie- 

 ties are offered for sale ; many of them very distinct, and of 

 all shades of color; from white to deep crimson or scarlet. 

 Some are mottled, and spotted ; others red or blush, with 

 crimson centre, and vice versa ; some with broad, and some 

 with quilled petals ; some globular, others flat. They have 

 reached that perfection that they almost vie with the ranuncu- 

 lus in beauty. All these are as hardy as the common daisy, 

 and are destined to become great favorites. It is indeed sin- 

 gular that a flower, endeared by so many associations, should 

 have fallen into such neglect as only to become again sought 



