FloricuUural and Botanical Mtices. 67 



Mr. Kilvington also gained the prize for the first and second 

 best twelve varieties. Fine seedlings were also exhibited by 

 R. Buist, Peter Roube, and other contributors. We are 

 highly gratified to learn that our Philadelphia friends are im- 

 proving this beautiful and most desirable flower. — Ed. 



Thymeldcece. 



PIMELE'A 

 specXa.hi\\s Lindl. Showy Pimelea. A green-house shrub; growing two feet high; with 

 rose-tolored flowers; appearing in spring; a native of Swan River; increased by cut- 

 tings and seeds. Bot.Reg., IS4I, t, 33. 



"One of the best Swan River shrubs yet introduced." 

 Similar, in many respects, to P. hispida, but is much hand- 

 somer, with the heads of flowers twice as large. Its habit 

 is different from the other species, and it is readily known 

 when out of flower, by the "smooth, rather glaucous leaves, 

 so arranged as to form four rows along the stem." The heads 

 of flowers are so large as to induce the slender branches to 

 bend beneath their weight. The bracts whJch support the 

 flowers assume a reddish tint. Among other good qualities 

 which it possesses, is that of living a long time when cut and 

 placed in water; on this account it will be very useful for 

 bouquets. 



It is easily propagated, either by cuttings or seeds. The 

 soil best suited to them is a mixture of loam, peat, leaf mould, 

 and sand. Planted out in the border of a conservatory, the 

 plants form splendid objects. (Bot. Reg.^ June.) 



Leguminbsce. 



BROWjV^'jJ (so named by Jacquin, in honor of Dr. Patrick Browne, the author of a 

 Natural History of Jamaica.) 

 grandicepg De Cund. Large iieaded Brownee'fl. A stove shrub: growing ten feet high; 

 with red flowers; appearing in JM<trch; a native of Caraccas; increased by seeds; 

 grown in a rich soil. Bot. Keg., 1841. t. 30. 



A most magnificent stove plant, attaining the height of eight 

 or ten feet, which flowered in the collection of Richard Har- 

 rison, Esq., of Liverpool. The blossoms are produced on 

 a short spike, tier above tier, until the whole are expanded, 

 when the mass becomes "a globe of living and glowing crim- 

 son." Every evening, the leaves rise up and expose the 

 blossoms to the dew, so that each morning they were uncov- 

 ered; but as day advanced, the leaves gradually drooped, and 

 bent over the flowers, to guard them from the rays of the sun. 



This noble tree requires the heat of a damp stove. When 

 its seeds are good, they are easily raised in light soil, in a 

 good hot-bed. A free rich soil suits the plant; but they can 



