FloricuUural and Botanical Notices. 397 



Art. V. FloricuUural and Botanical Notices of New and 

 Beautiful Plants figured iji Foreign Periodicals ; tcith 

 Descriptions of those recently introduced to^ or originated in, 

 American Gardens. 



New Phloxes. — Some time since (p. 220,) we mentioned 

 the names of several new phloxes which have recently been 

 introduced ; since then nearly all have flowered in our col- 

 lection, and we have made descriptions of each, which we 

 shall present to our readers in a future number. Some of 

 them are exceedingly beautiful and distinct: — Annais, Ca- 

 mille, Reine de Jour, Robert de Flandre, These, Triton, Ar- 

 sinoe, &c., have blush or white flowers, with various colored 

 eyes, some crimson, some violet, and others pink or rose. 

 Rosetta is a fine large dark rose-colored flower, very showy ; 

 the beauty and variety which now exists in this hardy class 

 of plants, through the exertions of the French and Belgian 

 florists, render them the especial favorites of the garden. 



New Portulacas. — The two new varieties of Portulacca, — 

 the golden and the white, — are fine acquisitions ; grouped 

 with the scarlet and crimson, they make a brilliant contrast, 

 and, in the noon-day sun, they literally present a sheet of 

 "crimson and gold," so profusely do they bloom. With 

 such additions to our annual plants, it will not be for the 

 want of objects if our gardens are not radiant with brilliant 

 colored flowers. 



108. Ionopsi'dium acau'le Reich. Stemless Ionopsidium. 

 (^Bt^assicdcea.) Spain. 



An annual plant ; growing six inches high ; with violet flowers ; appearing in summer ; in- 

 creased by seeds and runners ; or cultivated in any good soil. Flore des Serres, 1S4S, pi. 3S9. 



A very pretty annual introduced from Lisbon, where it 

 grows abundantly on the basaltic rocks in that vicinity. It 

 is a fine plant for rock work for shady situations, " and merits 

 the attention of all amateurs for its very small stature, its 

 pretty heart-shaped foliage of an emerald green, and for its 

 innumerable delicate violet-colored blossoms." It was intro- 

 duced to England in 1845. It is a hardy annual, flourishing 

 in any good, rather moist soil, and blooms from April to 

 October. A desirable acquisition. {Flore des Serres^ Sept.) 



