182 JVotices of new and beautiful Plants 



ed with a temperature of from 65'^ to 70°, with a plentiful supply of 

 water: it has grown amazingly, and is now a fine plant, four feet high, 

 covered with beautiful luxuriant foliage, and each shoot terminated with 

 large spreading panicles of rich scarlet flowers, each flower two inches 

 long; and the whole plant having open, all at once, several hundred 

 blossoms. It has now been in this splendid state for more than six 

 weeks, and promises to continue quite as long again. It thrives in 

 equal parts of heath mould, loam and vegetable soil, and delights in being 

 frequently washed with the syringe," Cuttings of the young wood 

 root freely in sand under a bell-glass. To the above description we 

 need only add, that from the appearance of the plate it must be a splen- 

 did acquisition to our gardens. (Pax. Mag. Bot. Nov.) 



Some remarks on the beauty of the Ferbena chamsedrifolia will be 

 found in p. 165. We have, since writing them, seen this little gem grow- 

 ing in a tub in the stove at Belmont Place: its shoots had extended many 

 feet over the sides, and were just beginning to open their dazzling blos- 

 soms. Ferbena venosa is a beautiful annual, and a bed of it forms a 

 pleasing contrast with one of the V. chamsedrifolia. 



Labiaceae.. 

 Gardoquia Hookeri Bentham (See our i. p. 228.) From another 

 figure in Paxton's Magazine of Botany for December, and some re- 

 marks upon the plant, we learn " that to ensure a good growth and a 

 free state of flowering, it is necessary to keep the plant almost constant- 

 ly excited, and to do this no place is better adapted than a green-house 

 kept rather close. A plant at Chatsworth kept in the stove assumes a 

 delicate and drawn appearance, while others, in a small house, interme- 

 diate between that and the green-house, look healthy, form handsome 

 plants, flowering abundantly and richly from the latter part of May un- 

 til late in October." The best soil is a mixture of loam and peat: the 

 watering should be cajefuUy done, or the plants will suflTer : the draining 

 of the pots should be also attended to. Cuttings root in sand, under a 

 bell-glass, in a gentle heat. Mr. Buist, of Philadelphia, possesses this 

 species. It is a native of the mountains of South Carolina, where the 

 seeds were gathered by Alexander Gordon, and transmitted to London, 

 from whence plants have been imported by Mr. Buist. The foliage is 

 extremely delicate, while the flowers are nearly as large, and as bril- 

 liant, as the Salvia splendens. 



HydrophylldcecB. 



PHACE'LIA 



vinifdtia Parton Vine-leaved Phacelia. A hardy annual ; growing about eighteen inches 

 hiyh ; flowers bright blue ; appearing in the autumn ; increased by seeds ; a native of 

 Texas. Pax. Mag. Bot. 



A neat little annual, discovered by Mr. Drummond, in Texas: the 

 flowers are small but produced in considerable abundance, though not 

 crowded, and are of a very bright blue: the habit of the plant is neat, 

 and its foliage handsome. It will grow in any rich soil. {Pax. Mag. 

 Bot.,in\y.) 



Phacelia tanacetifolia is now in flower at Mr. Cushing's, Belmont 

 Place: the plants were raised from seeds received from Mrs. Marryatt: 

 it is a much prettier species than the above. The flowers are at first 

 disposed in clusters, which extend in length as they open, until they be- 

 come one-sided in-curved racemes: they are not handsome for pot cul- 

 ture, but only suitable for border cultivation. 



NEMO'PHIliA JVu«o;/ (from JVemos, a prove,pAaeo, to love ; in allusion to the partiality of 

 this species to grow in a shady place.) 

 insignia Benth. Showy Nemophila. A half hardy annual ; crowing about a font high ; 

 with deep blue dowers ; appearing all summer ; increased by seeds ; cultivated in light 

 rich soil ; a native of California. Pax. Mag. Rot. 



