figured in the. London Flor. and Bot. Magazines. 23 

 "Rosdcece. 



HORKE'LM (Xamed in honor of John Horkel, Profefsnr of Physiolop,- at Berlin.) S.-hlecht 

 fiisca Lindl. Du-ky Horkelia. A hardy perennial plant; "rowing two feet high; witli white 

 flawers; appearing in August; a native ot California. Bot. Reg., 1997. 



Of little beauty. This and four other species were discover- 

 ed in California by Mr. Douglas, and sent to the London Horti- 

 cultural Society. In their growth they resennble potentillas; but 

 they differ in having the flowers collected into corymbose pani- 

 cles. It will scarcely be considered as worthy of cultivation only 

 in botanical collections. Dr. Lindley states that the genus forms a 

 transition from Potentilla to Sibbald/a, " and thus assists in es- 

 tablishing a gradual series of structure between the most highly 

 develope4 forms of TJosaccce and such imperfections as we find 

 in Sanguisorbiaceae." [Bot. Reg., Oct.) 



Legumindcece. 



PODOLO'BIUM 



striurophyllum Don Cro?s /rai-erf Poriolobium. A sreen-house plant; growing abont four 

 feet liiL'h; with yellow flowers; appearing in ilarch: a native of Xhw Huliand; increased 

 by cuttings; cultivated in peat, loam and sand. Pax. Mag. Bot., Vol. IV, p. 171. 



An " elegant green-house shrub." It is a free flowerer, espe- 

 cially when planted out in the border of the conservatory. In a 

 pot its growth is checked, and it rarely attains to a good size. 

 The leaves are opposite, trifid and coriaceous: the flowers are 

 disposed in lateral clusters towards the extremities of the shoots, 

 and have the appearance of large terminal racemes. It flowers in 

 March, and at that time is a fine ornament for the green-house. 

 Succeeds well in peat, loam and sand. {Pax. JMag. Bot.., Sept.) 



Virgilut lutea has been exquisitely in flower at Mr. Mason's, 

 in Charlestown, where plants have been raised from seeds which 

 were sent to the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, by the 

 Baron Ludwig, in 1836. 

 Begonih-ce^. 



BEGO'NM 

 insignU Oraham 'Noh\e-floiBere'i Be%on\n. A stove plant, growing three (?) feet high; with 

 rose-colored flowers; appearing in December and January. Probably a native of Brazil. 

 Bot. Reg., 1996. 



The most charming species of this genus, blooming in the 

 month of December and January, " when it produces its lovely 

 semi-transparent rose-colored flowers." It is not so conspicu- 

 ous for its foliage as many of the more common kinds, but it far 

 surpasses all in the brilliancy of its blossoms. The flowers are 

 very numerous, and appear in pendulous corymbs. This species 

 will thrive in the green-house, but it attains its highest state of 

 perfection in the stove. The drawing was made from the col- 

 lection of Lady Antrobus. {Bot. Reg., Oct.) 



CampanuldcecE. 



CAMPA'NULA 

 portenschlagiina Alph. De Cand. Dalmatian wall Campanula. A frame or green-house 

 plant; glowing a foot (?) high; with blue flowers; appearing in summer; a native of Dal- 

 matia. Bot. Reg., 1995. 



