220 Floriciiltural a?id Botanical Notices. 



an account, is quite hardy, and may now be cultivated among 

 our hardy perennial plants. The past severe winter several 

 roots were left in the border without the least protection, and 

 they are all alive, and now beginning to grow. 



Ma7irandya Barclay^^na, alba. — This beautiful variety of 

 the Maurandza is one of the most delicate climbing plants; 

 producing a profusion of its pure white, bell shaped blossoms, 

 which contrast prettily with the delicate foliage and slender 

 habit of the plant. Turned out into the border, or cultivated 

 in a pot, and trained over a balloon trellis, it is one of the 

 most desirable plants for a small collection. 



New Phloxes. — Every year brings an accession to the list of 

 beautiful varieties of the phlox ; the French and Belgian cul- 

 tivators seem to be the most successful growers. The following 

 new ones we have recently added to onr collection : — Arsinoe, 

 Beppo. Invincible, Triton, These, Decamp, Duchesse de Ne- 

 mours, Rosetta, Reine de Jour, Robert de Flandres, Camilie, 

 <5i6c. Among these the most remarkable one is the 



P. triumphdtor. — It was among a lot of thirty thousand seed- 

 lings raised by M. Rodigas, of St. Trond, Belgium ; and the 

 amateur may, from this, form some idea of the uncertainty 

 of producing new and distinct seedling varieties. The flowers 

 are produced in a spike in the style of Van Iloutteii : but they 

 are larger, and of a pure white, striped, and feathered with 

 deep amaranth. It grows from three to four feet high, and is 

 in bloom during July and August. M, Rodigas is one of 

 the greatest cultivators of the phlox in Europe, and several of 

 the above are his seedlings. 



Seedling- Ixias. — Our correspondent, R. C. Woods, Esq., of 

 Wheeling, Virginia, a zealous amateur and cultivator of flow- 

 ers, informs us he has raised "some fine seedling Ixias, .some 

 of which bloomed last spring, and several will be in bloom in 

 a few days. Of the former, three are distinct and superb 

 varieties; one a fine rose, considerably larger than the blooms 

 of that class, and of fine form; plant and foliage resembles I. 

 squ41ida, but throws up a strong flower stem, crowned with 

 a large mass of beautiful rose-colored flowers. This is cer- 

 tainly the best Ixia I have ever seen ; it is a seedling of I. 

 squalida, impregnated with I. tricolor (or may be Sparaxis 

 tricolor.) The others, that have flowered, are from seed of the 



