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Achi'menes longiflo^ra a'lba. — This elegant variety, 

 which we have ah-eady noticed, (Vol. XVII, p. 324,) is now 

 in bloom in our collection. It is a great addition to this 

 tribe. This and A. gloxinasflora are two of the finest which 

 have yet been introduced. No collection can be complete 

 without them. 



Alstrom^rias, Sparaxis, IxiAS, AND Gladioli, as frame 

 PLANTS. — In England it is the usual plan to cultivate these 

 showy and beautiful bulbs in the open ground, merely giving 

 them the protection of a frame. Last season, Mr. Everts, 

 foreman at Mr. Cushing's, Watertown, tried a collection of 

 them in the same manner, viz. : planting in a rich, well 

 drained border, and protecting them with a frame and a thick 

 covering of leaves : they have succeeded admirably, and 

 are now in full bloom. The Alstromasrias are some of Van 

 Houtte's seedlings, and present a splendid array of bloom. 

 Few bulbs afford more satisfaction than the Sparaxis and 

 Ixias, and if they can be grown in this way, every garden of 

 moderate extent should have a small but pretty collection. 



New Gladioluses. — The French cultivators have produced 

 some new seedlings from G. gandavensis, partaking of the 

 habit and hardiness of that fine kind. Their names are 

 Apollo, Eugenia, and Ulysse. We shall soon have them in 

 flower, and will give a description of them. 



182. Be'rberis Wallichia^na De Cand. Dr. Wallich's 

 Berberry. (Berheridece.) Nepaul. 



A half hardy shrub ; growing six to ten feet high ; with yellow flowers ; appearing in spring ; 

 increased by layers ; cultivated in good rich soil. Bot. Mag., 1852, pi. 4656. 



A new and pretty species of the Berberry, which it is ex- 

 pected will prove hardy in Great Britain, and perhaps in our 

 own climate, as it is from the summit of the mountain 

 Sheopur, in Nepaul. "It is a most ready flowerer, producing 

 blossoms in April, when not more than eight or ten inches 

 high in small pots." The leaves appear in alternate fascicles, 

 two or three inches long, nearly sessile, and are evergreen. 

 The flowers spring from the centre of these fascicles in 

 dense peduncles, drooping, six to eight or more in a cluster. 



