of new and beautiful Plants. 101 



present subject forms a pretty shrub, with a whitish fructicose 

 stem, linear spalhulate leaves, and spokes of handsome red 

 flowers. It may be kept in a green-house or a frame in win- 

 ter, and in summer placed in the open air, where it freely 

 displays its flowers from July to September. Grows in any 

 rather rich light soil, and easily increased from cuttings. [Bot. 

 Reg., Oct.) 



Apocyndcece. 



TAEERN.EMONT^'Ar^ 

 dichuioinii Roj-b. I'lie Fdried Tabernarnontana. A stove shrub; growing six to ten 

 feet lii2li; with white flowers; appearing in spring; a native of Ceylon; increased by 

 cuttings, Bot. Keg., )S4I, t. 53. 



"A most fragrant and beautiful stove plant," with pecu- 

 liarly dark and glossy foliage. The flowers are larger than 

 the common species of our collections, and appear in clusters 

 of six or eight each. It is fully described by Roxburgh, in 

 his Flora Indica, and was introduced to the collection at Sion 

 House, where it first flowered in England. Its cultivation is 

 simple. Cuttings root in sand under a bell glass in bottom 

 heat, and if the young plants are potted into a mixture of 

 loam, turfy peat, and leaf mould, they will grow vigorously, 

 requiring, however, the tops of the shoots to be nipped oif, 

 to make them grow bushy. [Bot. Reg., Oct.) 



Convolvuldcece. 



PHARBrTIS 

 Learii Paxt. Blr. Lear's Gaybine. A greenhouse twiner; growing twenty feet hiah; 

 with rich purple tlowers; appearing all summer; a native of Buenos Ayres; increased 

 by cuttings. Bot. Reg., 1841, t. 56. 



Of the many species of convolvulaceous ])lants which have 

 been added to British collections within a (e\v years, and of 

 which Ipomfe^a Horsfalltte, and rubro caerulea, are among the 

 most conspicuous, kw can claim a greater share of attention 

 than the charming species now noticed. It thrives well, 

 either in a pot, or planted out in the ground; in the former 

 case trained to a trellis, and in the latter, led over the rafters 

 of the green-house, where it displays its cymes of large pur- 

 ple flowers in the greatest profusion, thousands being ex])and- 

 ed at once. It forms tuberous roots, which should be kept 

 rather dry in winter, when it is not growing. When it begins 

 to grow, the vines should be thinned and cut back, and if in- 

 sects are upon them they should be cleaned off; it will then 

 grow rapidly and flower abundantly all the season. Increased 

 easily by cuttings, and grows luxuriantly in any good soil. 

 (BoL Reg., Oct.) 



