302 J^otices of neio and beautiful Plants 



beautiful plant is given in Paxton''s Magazine, to the description 

 of which is appended some remarks ujion its cuhivation, which 

 we extract, as the species is now in the collections of this coun- 

 try. " To grow it well, an atmosphere between that of a stove 

 and a green-house seems to suit excellently. The plant at Chats- 

 worth was grown in the succulent house, where the thermometer 

 ranges between 50° and 60°, except in the summer, when it of 

 course, in hot weather, rises higher. It delights in good sandy 

 loam, mixed with about one third peat and a little sand. It 

 should have plenty of pot room, and, when growing, a good sup- 

 ply of water. It is advantageous, in growing plants of this spe- 

 cies, to syringe them frequently, in order to prevent the appear- 

 ance of insects, as they are rather subject to the ravages ojf these 

 intruders, if not attentively watched." Plants are freely raised 

 from cuttings, in sandy mould, in a little bottom heat. [Pax. 

 Ma^. Bot., May.) 



We have now this plant coming into bloom; it is yet small, 

 but the beautiful crimson scarlet tubular blossoms, so profuse 

 upon almost leafless branches, have an exceedingly fine efiect. 

 It is a valuable plant for planting in pots, and then suspending 

 the latter from the ceiling of a room or a green-house. Mr. 

 Paxton gives a figure, in which the tiny branches hang slenderly 

 upon either side of the pots, producing dense clusters of ele- 

 gant blossoms. 



Collins'ia. atrophylla. — This is the name under which the flow- 

 ers of a collinsia were exhibited at a late meeting of the Massa- 

 chusetts Horticultural Society. The plants were raised from 

 seeds, received from Mr. Nuttall, who gathered them in Califor- 

 nia last year. From the specimen, which was weak, we could 

 not form a correct opinion of its beauty, but it appears to pos- 

 sess superior claims to the pretty C. bicolor; the flowers have a 

 white ground, hke the bicolor, but the lower part of the corolla 

 is exquisitely marked with spots of dark purple, which give it a 

 brilliant appearance. Its habit of growth is, we believe, similar 

 to the other. It is an annual. 



Mimulus cardindlis. — We have a plant of this species in full 

 bloom. It is upwards of five feet high, and is covered with its 

 brilliant scarlet blossoms. It is by far the most ornamental of 

 all the species, and is deserving of cultivation in every collection 

 of plants. It is raised from seed, suckers or cuttings. 



Solandcem. 

 JS'oldna atriplici folia. — We have now in bloom a very pretty 

 annual, which we received from an amateur, under this name, who 

 received the seeds from London last season. Like the N. pros- 

 trata, it is a trailing species; but in place of the small inconspi- 

 cuous blossoms of that plant, the N. atriplicifolia has large, ele- 



