62 JS'otices of new and beautiful Plants. 



are of singular beauty. Hitherto scarcely any of them have 

 found their way into our [English] gardens." 



" It may be expected that this species will grow well with the 

 heat of a green-house. 1 found it among a general collection of 

 green-house j)lants, in Mr. IMyer's garden, and it was in such 

 good health, that I can hardly doubt its preferring the cool tem- 

 perature in which Cape and New Holland plants thrive, to the 

 excessive heai and damp to which Orchidacea? are commonly 

 subjected." If this should prove to be the case, it will be a 

 valuable species, as few of the tribe will flourish in that situation; 

 and therefore amateurs and others, who do not possess a stove, 

 are deprived of the pleasure of seeing their singular and splendid 

 flowers. {Bot. Reg., Nov.) 



J\Tarantkcex. 



CA'NXA 

 Keev^sij Lindl. Mr. Rfeves's Indian Phot. A ereen-hoiise (?) plant; growing foxnC?) feet 

 high; with yellow flowers; appearing in liny; a native of C'liiiia; increased by seeds. 

 Bot. Res., 2004. 



" A most beautiful species of Canna, drawings of which were 

 long since sent to England from China; and of which seeds have 

 been at length procured by Mr. Reeves, to whom we owe so 

 many of the finest Chinese plants now in the gardens of Europe." 



This species is near C flaccida, according to Redonte's fig- 

 ure and description. The leaves are ovate, lanceolate, and 

 acute; the flowers are of a beautiful yellow. The drawing was 

 made from a specimen which flowered in the garden of the Lon- 

 don Horticultural Society, which was produced in a stove; but 

 Dr. Lindley thinks a green-house would suit this species as well. 

 The cannas are not highl}^ valued, as stove plants, by our ama- 

 teur gardeners and lovers of plants. They possess, however, 

 much beauty, particularly the handsome kinds; and their vigorous 

 growth and large foliage contribute to render them interesting at 

 all seasons. None are more elegant, as respects their flowers, 

 than the subject here spoken of, which deserves general cultiva- 

 tion, if it will thrive, as has been hinted, in the green-house. (Bot. 

 Reg.., Nov.) 



Ijilidcex. 



il'LTtlM 

 spPCKisum Morren Crimson Japan Lily. A ereen-house or frame hull); growing two f?) 

 fei't hiu'h; with crimson fiowers; appearing in August; anative of Japan. Bot. Reg. 2000, 

 Syn: /.iliiim Sli|i6rbuni Thunb. Fl. Japan. 



One of the most superb lilies ever yet introduced into Europe, 

 throwing " quite into the shade" all previously known species. 

 The stem is erect; leaves scattered upon the stem, ovate, ob- 

 long, nerved; flowers solitary; sepals reflexed. " Not only is 

 it handsome, beyond all we before knew in gardens, on account 

 of the clear deep rose color of its flow^ers, which seem all rugged 

 with rubies and garnets, and sparkling with crystal points, but it 

 has the sweet fragrance of a petunia. Well might Kajmpfer 



