49S Floricultural and Botanical Notices. 



Pince & Co., of Exeter. The cultivation is simple, only re- 

 quiring a good soil, composed of loam, leaf mould, and heath 

 soil. The flowers begin to open in December, and bloom till 

 spring. {Flore des Serves, July.) 



34. Campa'nula no'bilis Lindl. Noble-flowered Campanula. 

 (Campanulaceae.) 



A half-hardy (or hardy) herbaceous plant ; growing three feet high ; with blue flowers : appear- 

 ing in autumn; a native of China; increased by division of the root ; grown in any good soil. 

 Flore des Serres, pi 247. 1S47. 



In habit, grandeur, and the form of its flowers, this fine 

 species resembles the Blue Bell ; it is, however, perennial, and 

 the flowers are larger than the Blue Bell, measuring three 

 inches long, and one and a half in diameter. The leaves are 

 deeply heart-shaped, of a bright pale green, and placed on 

 footstalks from six to nine inches long. From among them 

 rises the flower stem, which branches at the bottom, and 

 bears upon its divisions several fine nodding flowers, which 

 seem to be the largest yet found among campanulas. The 

 corolla is pale purple on the outside, paler within, and sprin- 

 kled with bright purple dots, exceedingly beautiful. 



This is one of Mr. Fortune's acquisitions in China, where 

 he found it ornamenting the gardens of Chusan and Shanghse. 

 It has hitherto been treated as a greenhouse plant ; but there 

 is little doubt it will be as hardy as the other species. Our 

 plants, which were imported last spring, were not quite strong 

 enough to bloom, but will do so next year. \\ hen our stock 

 is more abundant, we shall try its hardiness in the open 

 ground. It prefers a soil principally composed of rough sandy 

 peat, {Floi^e des Serres, <^'c., July.) 



35. Achi'menes igne'scens Nob. Brilliant-colored Achimenes. 

 {Gesnerkcedd.) 



A greenhouse plant ; growing two feet high ; with sciirlet flowers; appearing in summer; a 

 native of Guatemala ; increased by offsets ; grown in peaii leaf mould, and sand. Flore des Serres, 

 pi. 248. 1847. 



New species are yearly being added to this fine tribe, and 

 the present is one recently received in the collection of Van 

 Houtte from Guatemala. In general habit, it resembles hir- 

 suta, but the flowers are clear scarlet, except the throat, which 

 is yellow. With all the brilliancy of the old coccinea, its 

 habit is stronger, and flowers much larger ; cultivated like the 

 other species. {Flore des Serres, ^'c, July.) 



