figured in the London Flor. and Bot. Magazines. 341 

 Onagrdcece. 



EUCHARI'DIUM {iton\ eukaris, in the sense of agreeable; in allusion to the appearance of 

 this plant F.scher it. Meyer) 

 concinnum Fiscker S^ Meyer Neat Eucharielium. An annual plant; growing a foot high; 

 with lilac colored flowers ; appearing in summer ; a native of California ; introduced in 

 1836. Bot. Reg., iy62. 



" Although not to be compared with Clarkia pulchella in 

 point of beauty, it is a neat and by no means weedy plant, and 

 perfectly hardy." In habit very similar to the Clarkia, to which 

 it is allied, but rather more erect in its growth. It flowers about 

 six weeks from the time of sowing the seed. Found near the 

 Russian colony of Ross, in New California, and sent to the Lon- 

 don Horticultural Society's garden from that of the Imperial at 

 St. Petersburgh. Worthy of introduction to our gardens. (Bot. 

 Reg., June.) 



Fabdcem or Lcguminoscz. 



DrLLWY'N/./3 



glycinifolia GXycme-lenve.d nilhvynia. A green-house plant; growing three or four feet 

 liiph ; with yellow ami purple flowers ; appearinsr in February and iMarch ; propagated by 

 cuttings; grown in peat, loam and sand. i'as. iMag. Bot., Vol. IV, p. 99. 



One of the most interesting and beautiful of Australian plants. 

 The flowers are purple, and are disposed in terminal racemes. 

 The habit of the plant is slender, with rather procumbent stems 

 and linear ovate brownish leaves. It was introduced to English 

 collections five or six years since, and flowered first in the nur- 

 sery of Mr. Knight of Chelsea. Like all the Australian plants, 

 very few of which are yet found in the gardens of this country, 

 it is rather difficult of cultivation, though in a much less degree 

 than many others, and the following valuable information on their 

 growth, supplied by Mr. Paxton, will not be out of place here. 

 After stating that the subject of these remarks thrives well in 

 sandy heath mould, with a very little loam, placed in an airy sit- 

 uation in a cool green-house, or pit where the frost is merely ex- 

 cluded, he continues, "in watering, it is well to observe that 

 caution so necessary to the growth of all Australian plants; for 

 it is clear to us, that the many instances of indifferent success in 

 cultivating plants from that part of the world are almost exclu- 

 sively owing to injudicious watering. Many of our most valua- 

 ble green-house plants, if once suffered to flag or droop, will 

 rarely recover without the loss of some of the leaves, or a por- 

 tion of the shoots, and, sad to say, in many instances the plants 

 die : oftentimes bad soil and careless potting are the causes of languor 

 and ill health in some; still, plants in this state, if carefully shifted 

 into suitable compost, are very often found to recover; but when 

 once an indication of sickness arising from immoderate watering 

 is seen, death is almost a certain consequence. The compost 

 which is in general used for Australian plants, comprises peat, 

 loam, and sand, in different proportions. In our judgment, one 

 part of peat should never be employed to less than two parts of 



