220 J^otices of neic and beautiful Plants 



(Widnall's) the latter of whicli is said to be better than Perfec- 

 tion. The plants will undoubtedly remain in beauty, until the 

 middle of June. 



In another page will be found an account of the first monthly 

 meeting for the present season, of the Pennsylvania Horticultural 

 Society. It will be seen that many of the above enumerated 

 geraniums were among the number displayed by the best growers 

 in Philadelphia, together with other new ones. The exhibition 

 must have been exceedingly fine, and we hope the amateurs and 

 nurserymen of Boston and vicinity, when they read the account 

 of it, will be induced to make preparations to have as fine a dis- 

 play, next season, as can be made in the Union. 



Dicotyledonous, Monopetalous, Plants. 

 AsterdcecB. 



MO'RNj? 

 iiivea Litull. 5now-wliite Mornn. An annual plant; erowinj ahout a font and a I)alf Iiigh; 

 will) white flowers; appenrini; fii.ni June t) Sriitemb r; anulive of Swan Uiver; increas- 

 ed by seeds; grown in loam, peat and Itnf nvi\ikl. Bot. Kej;., u. s. 9. 



An annual species of this pretty genus, somewhat resembling 

 in habit the M. nitida, noticed in our. III., p 223, but differing 

 in the flowers, which are white instead of yellow, and also in 

 their being quite entire. The flowers are very numerous, in a 

 capitate head and of a pure while. It will form a good addition 

 to our annuals. "What renders the beautiful species of INJorna 

 the more interesting, is the unfading brightness of their flowers, 

 which will retain their shape and color for years, if carefully pre- 

 pared, and thus form a charming addition to the interesting flow- 

 ers already known." 



The plant may be treated as follows: — 



"The first sowing [of the seeds] should take place about the 

 beginning of September — the second about the middle of Feb- 

 ruary, or beginning of March; the first crop of plants flowering 

 in May and June, the other in autumn. The seeds should be 

 sown in pots-, and placed in the green-house, in a mixture of loam, 

 sandy peat, and leaf mould; the young plants should be potted off 

 when small — for if allowed to remain long in the seed pots, they 

 get stunted — into sixty pots, putting two plants into each pot close 

 to the side, shifting them into large pots as they require it, al- 

 ways keeping them near the glass, in a dry airy part of the green- 

 house. The plants blossom in the greatest perfection, in the 

 green-house in the summer, but will grow and flower tolerably 

 well, if planted in the open border, not however earlier than the 

 end of May, for a slight frost is fatal to them; in the latter situ- 

 ation they are the most likely to produce seeds. When grown in 

 the green-house, they require particular attention, as too much or 

 too little watering will, in a few hours, destroy the healthiest 

 plant; particular care should therefore be taken to drain the pots 



