figured in the Lond. Flor. and Bot. Magazines. 177 



At Belmont Place, E. versita cocninea, ventricosa superba, and a 

 seedlini^ raised by Mr. Carter, of the Botanic Garden, Cambridge, are 

 displaying their blossoms. E. ardens has been most splendid, but is now 

 past its prime. 



At Mr. Towne's, E. rubida, one of the handsomest, is about throwing 

 out a second crop of flowers; this species is exceedingly desirable on 

 account of its early blooming: a cutting a year old will show flowers. 

 E. pubescens minor is also full of its exquisite little pink corols. E. 

 tubiflora and ventricosa, the former elegant, were also, at a late day, 

 still expanding fresh flowers. 



AYe have ourselves .E. rubida, baccans and caffra (?) in l)loom; we 

 greatly admire the baccans; rul)ida is just beginning to expand, and 

 will be charming in a few days. Much attention has lately been given 

 to ericas; and we hope another season will find the amateurs around 

 Boston and New York progressing rapidly towards growing good col- 

 lections. 



Zo6c/iaceae. 



CLINTO'XM 



IJulcliella i.iH(7i. Pretty Cliiitoiiia. An annual plant ; growing fnnr or fivo inrlips I)i2li ; 

 with piirpJe and white flowers ; increased by seed ; a native of California. I3(jt. Reij., 

 1909. 



Another of the many beautiful annuals discovered by Douglas on the 

 coast of California, the seeds of which he sent to the London Horticul- 

 tural Society. It somewhat resembles C. elegans, and, like that, i.s so 

 slender in its habit, and so sliy of ripening seeds, that it will only be 

 kept in collections with considerable care. C. elegans, planted in 

 patches of light rich soil, presents a lovely appearance, with its azure 

 blue and white flowers. Jn its wild state, C. pulcheila is much sinaller 

 than C. elegans. {Bot. Reg., Nov.) 



Asterdcece. 



CRASPE'DIA (said to be so called from /n'nn-e, in allusion to the feathery pappus. — Fo«^) 

 glaiica Sprencr. (Jlaucoiis Craspedia. An herbaceims /i-uwf plant: growing a foot or more in 

 lieiglit, with yellow (lowers: appearing in spring. A native of Van Dieman's Land. 

 Bot. Reg., 193S. 



A singular plant, with dense heads of yellow flowers, possessing con- 

 siderable beauty. It is quite dift"erent from other compound flowers, and 

 is deserving of a place in any garden. {Bot. Reg., Nov.) 



iZODA'XTHE Lindl. 

 Mansl^si Lindl. C'apt. IMangle's Uodanthe. An annual plant : crowing a foot high : with 

 rose colored flowers: propagated by seeds: cultivated in loam: a native of New Hol- 

 land. Pax. Mag. Bot. 



A very splendid annual, with rose colored flowers, delicate foliage, 

 and exquisite habit. "No plant," Mr. Paxton says, "can be more desira- 

 ble, or worthy of a place in the flower garden, than the present; for 

 beauty and loveliness of flowers, it gives Avay to none; for freedom of 

 disposition to produce them, it stands unexcelled." It is piobably one 

 of the latest and finest actjuisitions to our gardens. The seeds may be 

 sown ai various seasons, and by successive plantings, and, Avith the aid 

 of a green-house, they may be made to flower nearly the whole year. 

 It is a most desirable plant for the green-house, where its delicate blos- 

 soms will expand in greater ])erfection than in the open air. Seeds are 

 ripened in abundance. Seeds of it have been planted in our garden 

 this spring, and a copious supply of flowers maybe anticipated in the 

 summer. {Fax. Mag. Bot.) 



Ctnc/ioniacecE. 



KONDET.E'T/.^ Plum, (so named by Plumier afterGuillaume Rondelct,a physician and natu- 

 ralist, born in l.'iOT, died in \rA)6.—nr Tliei.s.) 

 odordta 7J»™. syn : R. sfie.cAd^a. Hort. Sweet-scented Rondeletia. A stove shrub ; prowing 

 from four to six feet hish ; with vermilion colored flowers; appearing in December ; a 

 native of Havana. Hot. Re2.,19I5. 



A pretty species of this small genus, with fragrant vermilion blos- 

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