184 J^otices of neiD and beautiful Plants 



Iriddcece. 

 rRis 



aldta Dictr. syn : /. scnrpiohles Desf. I. niicruptera Vahl. I. transtasAna Brut. Sma\]-winged 

 Iri?. A greenhouse plant ; growing ihoiit a foot high ; with various colored flowers; 

 appearing in Marcli ; increased liy division olthe roots ; cultivated like the other species; 

 a native of Algiers. Bot. Reg., I87li. 



A very pretty species, a native of Algiers: it is also said to be a na- 

 tive of sterile meadows and rocks in Sicily, and common in Portugal 

 and Spain, at the foot of hills. In England it produced its blossoms, 

 which are blue, and beautifully marked, in a border, with no other pro- 

 tection than a common mat. The flowers have a pleasant smell, be- 

 tween that of the hyacinth and the elder. (Bot. Reg-., July.) 



LA PEVROtJ'S/^ Pour, (in compliment to iMons. Picot de la Peyrouse, author of figures on 

 Pyreni^an Plants, and a short history of the Pyrenean Fiord.) 

 inceps ICci-r Two-edaed La Peyroiisia. A green-house plant ; growing about six inches 

 liigh ; with white tlowers ; appearing in June and July ; increased by offsetts and seeds; 

 a native of the Cape of Good Ilojie. Bot. Reg., 1903. 



A pretty little plant, long known, " having nothing to boast of in point 

 of rich coloring or fantastical structure, l)ut with a pretty modest aspect, 

 and a delicate, delightful perfume." The plants throw up short dense 

 spikes of white flowers, which perfect seeds in October. It has gene- 

 rally been kept under green-house culturojbut will thrive in a cold frame. 

 (Bot. Reg., Oct.) 



SISYRPNCIirUM 



graminif61iuni var. pdmijiim Lindl. A green-house plant ; growing six or eight inches 

 high ; with yellow flowers ; appearing in May ; increased by division of the roots and by 

 seeds ; a native of Valparaiso. But. Reg., 1915. 



Stated to be " a beautiful little perennial, found on the mountains 

 near Valparaiso and Conception." The flowers are small, of a deep 

 yellow, with a purple spot at the base of each division, and appearing 

 tolerably numerous. It should be treated as a frame plant, where it 

 would succeed better than in the green-house. The plant first flowered 

 in May last, in the garden of Robert Mangles, Esq. 



Dr. Lindley remarks, that it "is not a little remarkable that none of 

 the many wealthy cultivators of flowers should not have thought of 

 constructing moveable glass-houses, that should be only erected during 

 winter, and totally removed after the end of the frosts in spring," for 

 the purpose of growing those species and varieties of plants which suc- 

 ceed better in a situation protected from frost and damp in winter, but 

 without artificial heat. " A thousand pounds so expended would pro- 

 duce a far greater i-esult than three thousand applied in the common 

 manner; and the annual cost of keeping such houses in order would be 

 nothing compared Avith the expense of green-houses and stov'es." These 

 same remarks will very well api)]y to our own cultivators. When it is 

 recollected how many very fine ])lants require onl}^ mere protection 

 from severe frosts to produce their blossoms, it is somewhat to be won- 

 dered that there have not been such erected. The magnificent hybrid 

 rhododendrons, the magnolias, azaleas, pa^onies, ericas, and, indeed, nu- 

 merous other plants which we could mention, might be as well or 

 healthier cultivated in such a situation than in Ordinary green-houses. 

 We hope the subject will attract the attention of our amateurs. In 

 this country, where all kinds of labor and fuel are so enormously high, 

 it becomes an object of some considerable importance to devise the 

 cheapest means of procuring the greatest enjoyment from a collection 

 of plants ; and in no way can this be done more economically than by 

 the erection of glass cases without flues, but built in such a manner as 

 to exclude the cold as much as possible, so that, by the aid of a few mats, 

 or straw, in the severest weather, the temperature maj^ not fall much 

 below the freezing point. In such a house a far finer display of flowers, 

 of those splendid triljes of plants we have just named, will be produced, 

 than in the green-house. (Bot. Reg., Dec.) 



