Floricultural and Botanical Notices. 77 



Art. VII. Floricultural and Botanical Notices of New and 

 beautiful Plants^ figured in foreign periodicals ; with Des- 

 criptions of those recently introduced to, or originated in, 

 American gardens. 



In our notices of new plants in our past volumes, we have 

 endeavoured to make our pages a record of nearly every- 

 thing which has been introduced into foreign collections ; fully 

 describing those worthy of general cultivation, and briefly' 

 those of mere botanical interest. To enable us to do this, we 

 have incurred much expense in procuring the various periodi- 

 cal works devoted to the subject, and! it has been our object 

 to make this article interesting to all : such, we believe, it has 

 been. But the researches of collectors have been carried so 

 far, that of the many plants which have been recently intro- 

 duced, only a few of those figured, in comparison with the 

 whole, possess that beauty which commends them to the atten- 

 tion of the amateur, and as our room is somewhat restricted 

 by an increasing number of contributors, we shall hereafter, 

 in order to enable us to keep up with their publication, only 

 describe those plants which appear really worthy of introduc- 

 tion into gardens. 



I. Fu'cHSTA macra'ntha Hooker Large flowered Fuchsia, 

 (Onagracese.) 



A green-house plant: gtowin^ four feet high \ with rosy crimson flowers ; appearing all summer 

 a native of Peru ; increased by cuttings ; grown in loam and leaf mould; Pax Mag. Bot. xiii. 

 p. 97. 



This is one of the most splendid fuchsias that has yet been 

 introduced. Though quite distinct from others, " it most re- 

 sembles F. fulgens, being dwarf, and similar in habit j but it 

 differs from that species in its very dark green foliage, and the 

 gay color, and uneven length of its flower tubes. In this 

 latter respect, it comes near to F. corymbiflora, but the form 

 of inflorescence in the two species is quite different, and com- 

 pletely so the color of the flowers ;" F. macrintha being of a 

 rich glowmg rosy crimson. The flowers when well grown 

 are full six inches long, and the whole contour of the plant is 

 one of great beauty. It will probably prove a valuable species 

 for hybridization. It is as easily cultivated as the common 

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