14 FloricuUural and Botanical JSTolices. 



dwarf stems, rather dull hairy leaves, and very handsome 

 bright yellow flowers, which approach very near to our native 

 (E. frticticosa; but is, however, distinct. "Its leaves are 

 less shining; the corymbs of the flowers are never elevated 

 above the leaves, on a long stalk; and the herbage forms a 

 compact little bush, about a foot and a half high." This 

 cbaracter appears to have been acquired by long cultivation in 

 India. 



The plants are hardy, and grow and flower freely in any 

 good garden soil, and are easily increased by the division of 

 the roots. {Bot. Reg.., Feb.) 



HosdcecB. 



SPIR.^'A 

 Kamtchatici var. hima'ensis Lindl. Himalayan Meadow-sweet. A hardy perenninl; 

 growing tliree feet hieli; with white flowers; appearing in June and July; a native of 

 the llinirtlavan Mountains; increased by d. vision of ihe routs, lutioduced in JfiL'S. 

 Bot. Reg., 1S4], t. 4. 



"Apparently identical with a Kamtchatica species, from 

 which it scarcely seems to difter, except in having the leaves 

 white with down underneath: a circumstance of no conse- 

 quence, because S. ulmaria itself varies with leaves downy 

 and smooth underneath." Very similar to the common mea- 

 dow-sweet of our gardens, /S. ulmaria, growing freely in any 

 good soil, and flowering best when planted in rather a damp 

 situation. [Bot. Reg.., Jan.) 



Crassulacea.. 



ECHEVERIA 

 viriila Lindl. Lurid echeveria. A hardy green-liouse perfnnial; growing one foot 

 lii^h: with scarlet flowers; appearing in spring; increased by leaves; grown in leaf 

 mould and biiclv ruhbish. Boi. Reg., 1841, t.).' 



"Similar to E. secunda, being, like that species, stemless, 

 with the leaves collected into a circular patch, in the manner 

 of a house leek." The flowers are a richer scarlet. It re- 

 quires the same treatment as the mesembryanthemums, and, 

 like them, should be kept in small pots, well drained, and 

 placed in a mixture of leaf mould and brick rubbish, with the 

 surface of the pot covered with silver sand. It should not be 

 placed in a wet situation during summer. [Bot. Reg., Jan.) 



Goodenidcecc. 



E[JTi\A''LES R. Brown. (From well, and to flower, in allusion to its gay and numerous 

 flowers.) 

 macrophjlla LirtrfL Brnad Zcai'crf Euthales. A green-house perennial; growinglhree to 

 four feet high; wilh yellow flowers; appearing all summer; a native of New Hol- 

 land; increased by cuttings. Bot. Keg., 1S4I, t. 3. 



"A green-house plant of the easiest culture," producing a 

 succession of gay yellow blossoms throughout the summer 



