102 Floricullural and Botanical JSTotices. 



Gcsneriacese. 



GE'SNERj9 

 discolor iirtd/. Varnished Gesnera. A stove plant; growing two feet liiph-, with scar- 

 let flowers; appsnring in May and June; a native of Brazil; increased jby cuUing?. 

 Bot. Reg., 1841, t. e3. 



A "handsome species," throwing up a stem terminated with 

 a large panicled cyme of shining scarlet flowers, each flower 

 cylindrical, and nearly two inches long. It requires to be 

 managed similar to the other species, to be kept warm and dry 

 in winter, and when it begins to grow to repot it and give it 

 plenty of water. A light loamy soil, with a mixture of peat, 

 leaf mould, and a little well rotted dung, will suit it. Cut- 

 tings root readily. {Bot. Reg. J No\.) 



Cyrtanddcece, 



^SCHYNA'NTHUS 



grandiflorus Spreng. liirge flowered Bliishwort. A stove plant; growinf: afoot liish; 

 witli scarlet flowers: appearing in spring; a native of India; increased by cutUngs. 

 Bot. Reg., 1841, t.49. 



"One of the handsomest stove plants." It throws up a 

 single stem, with opposite lanceolate leaves, and terminated 

 with an umbel of the most brilliant scarlet flowers. It is 

 easily managed in a damp stove. A cutting may be tied to a 

 log of wood, and it will immediately put forth its ivy-like 

 roots, and in a short time convert itself into a "pendulous 

 bush, every branch of which is terminated by a cluster of 

 deep scarlet flowers." It should be kej)! dry and warm when 

 out of flower, but when it begins to grow, it luxuriates in a 

 damp hot atmosphere. [Bot. Reg., Sept.) 



Amaryll'idkceas. 



PLA>CEj3 

 ornata Miers Gay flowered Placea. A green-liouse bulb; growing a foot liigh; with 

 pink flowers; appearing in (?); a native of Cliili. Bot. Reg., 1841, t. 50. 



A "very elegant plant" not yet introduced from Chili. 

 Mr. Miers, whose travels in that country have been publish- 

 ed, discovered it on the Andes, where he found it growing to 

 the height of nine inches, producing a head of four to seven 

 flowers, snow white externally, and striped with brilliant Ver- 

 million lines on the inside; the filaments are pale crimson, 

 Mr. Miers secured bulbs, but they were unfortunately lost, 

 with a greater part of his rich collection, by shipwreck. It 

 is a fine plant, and it is to be hoped that it will be soon added 

 to British collections. (Bot. Reg., Sept.) 



Amaryllis formosissima may now be potted for early flow- 

 ering in pots. 



