222 JK'otices of new and beautiful Plants. 



they should be dormant. They should always be set in the cold- 

 est end of the hot-house. The method of potting will be found 

 at p. 183. {Pax. Mag. Bot., Feb.) 

 hilidcece. 



THYSANO'TUS (from Thysanntus, fringed, in allusion to the margin of the petaI-=.) 



proliferus Lindl. Proliftrous Tliysanotus. A green-linuse perennial; growing fnm twelve 

 to KiiMecn inches high; with purple flowejs; appealing in spring. A native of Swan Kiv- 

 er; propagattd by division of tlie root. Bot. Reg., n. s. 8. 



A pretty plant, very attractive on account of its fringed petals. 

 The stem grows about two feet high, and the flowers are collect- 

 ed into two or three dense heads. The sepals are linear, acumi- 

 nate, petals oblong, of a rich purple, beautifully fringed. Dr. 

 Lindley states that "it is much to be regretted, that the many beau- 

 tiful species of this genus, to be found in New Holland, should be 

 unknown in our gardens; for neither the size, nor the brightness 

 of the petals in the species now figured, are at all to be compar- 

 ed with those of several others. They have from time to time 

 been introduced, but they have always been speedily lost, after 

 their importation. It is a green-house perennial, requiring a 

 strong, rich, loamy soil. It may be grown in pots, or planted in 

 a pit kept dry, and well protected from frost during winter, for 

 the least frost or wet destroys the roots. Repot the plants in 

 March, and place in a warm part of the green-house; they will flow- 

 er in August; after which period, they should be kept rather dry 

 until February. Sow the seeds in loam and peat, with a small 

 portion of sand." {Bot. Reg., Feb.) 



Lilium speciosum, which we noticed at p. 62, is also figured 

 in Paxton^s Magazine of Botany, where it is stated that a 

 plant in the collection of Messrs. Loddiges had five flowers open 

 at once. This additional number of flowers, which was undoubt- 

 edly owing to its being planted in a border, in the green-house, 

 will make it still more desirable, if grown in pots, it will re- 

 quire an abundance of pot room. {Pax. Mag. Bot., Feb.) 



At Mr. Cushing's, Crinum am4bile has thrown up one of its 

 monstrous flower stems, with fifteen or twenty buds, which will be 

 fully expanded by the time this is read. Ipomae^a insignis is now 

 full of flowers, and will remain so for a long time. I. Horsfall(e 

 has been added to the collection. 



Mr. Lowell has lately returned from the West Indies, where 

 he has passed the winter, and has brought home with him twenty 

 or thirty kinds of cactuses, cereuses, and others of the family. 

 We have not understood whether any of them are entirely new, 

 but presume they may be, especially to our gardens. If they 

 should prove so, we shall endeavor to inform our readers. 



