Floricultural and Botanical Notices. 269 



Heliophila arahoides. — A prostrate spreading plant, with diverging shoots 

 or stems, which are elegantly studded over with nuinerous close-petalled 

 rich blue, compact salver-shaped blossoms, half an inch wide. 



Godetia bifrons. — An ornamental, erect-growing plant, of neat habit, 18 

 inches to 2 feet high, with medium-sized leaves, and terminal racemes of 

 large conspicuous rosy lilac, cup or salver-shaped flowers (2 inches wide,) 

 picturesquely marked with bright rosy crimson cloud-like spots in the cen- 

 tre of the flower lobes or petals. 



Sweet Sultan. — An upright growing plant, 18 inches to 2 feet high, pro- 

 ducing many conspicuously-ornamental, large, clear white. Thistle-like 

 flowers. 



Godetia rubicunda. — An ornamental species, 18 inches to 2 feet high, of 

 neat, erect, branching habit, with medium sized leaves, and long terminal 

 spikes of numerous, large, close-petalled, light-pink, cup-shaped or salver- 

 like blossoms, deepening into a conspicuous light crimson centre. 



Mcdope grandijlora. — A highly ornamental annual, 2 to 3 feet high, with 

 obtusely-lobed mallow-like leaves, and numerous, remarkably large, and 

 beautiful rich crimson salver-shaped flowers, 4 to 6 inches wide. 



Godetia Ldndleyana. — A late summer-flowering annual, 18 inches to 2 feet 

 high, of neat habit, upright growth, medium-sized foliage, and highly pic- 

 turesque and beautiful pale rosy-lilac, open cup-shaped blossoms, bending 

 into a crimson centre. 



Branching Larkspur. — An ornamental late summer flowering annual, 2 

 to 3 feet high, of erect branching habit, with numerous racemes of vari- 

 ously shaded brilliant blue-colored blossoms. Admirably adapted for group- 

 ing in shrubberies and plantations. 



Lupinus Cruickshankii. — An extremely beautiful late summer and au- 

 tumn-flowering species, 2 to 3 feet high, of neat erect branching growth, 

 with smooth finger-lobed leaves and terminal spikes or racemes of richly 

 blended blue, white and yellow. Pea-shaped flowers. 



Tangier Pea [Lathyrus tingitanus.) — A very elegant twining annual 

 plant, 3 to 4 feet high, with medium-sized foliage, and numerous clusters 

 of remarkably rich violet-crimson blossoms. 



Chrysanthemum centrospermum. — A late summer and autumn-flowering 

 species, 2^ to 3^ feet high, of erect, branching habit, deeply toothed or 

 lobed leaves, and numerous golden-yellow Marigold-like blossoms, well 

 adapted for effect in large borders. 



Helichysum bracteatum. — A neat, erect, branching, late flowering plant, 

 2 to 3 feet high, with dark green willow-shaped leaves, and numerous ter- 

 minal, conspicuous clusters of golden yellow " everlasting flowers." 



Helichrysum nwa-anthum. — Similar in habit to the preceding species, with 

 green willow-shaped leaves, and terminal upper clusters of clear white 

 " everlasting flowers," elegantly suffused with rose or pink. This interest- 

 ing plant, as well as the preceding, withstands the influence of autumnal 

 frosts.— ( Gard. Chron., 1852, p. 229.) 



