142 FloricuUural and Botanical J^otices 



the genera of this order. It has large, oblong, rugose, cord- 

 ate leaves, deeply serrated; with a stem terminated by a clus- 

 ter of its snow-white flowers. In its habits it resembles the 

 .^chimenes rosea. It flowers in autumn and winter, after 

 which the stems die off, and the plant remains dormant until 

 spring, during which period it should be kept dry. In April, 

 the scaly buds at the base of the old stem, should be removed 

 and potted, placing them in a little heat, and allowing them a 

 free supply of water. In August, the plants will begin to 

 bloom. M. Hartweg found it in Guatemala. (Bot. Reg., 

 Jan.) 



Garden Memoranda. — As the season is now approaching 

 when the operations in the open garden will commence, it may 

 be well to give a few hints in relation to the selection of flow- 

 er seeds suitable for small and choice amateur collections. 

 From the multiplicity of annuals, it is almost impossible for 

 one, not fully acquainted with all the prominent kinds, to secure 

 a selection of the very best. There are some four or five 

 hundred kinds, which are all desirable where there is a plenty 

 of room devoted to flowers; but in more limited flower gar- 

 dens, such as we generally find attached to our suburban resi- 

 dences, only a small number can be planted, and among them 

 it is generally desirable to include all the new and rare sorts. 



Among the older sorts, the double German asters, double 

 balsams, rocket larkspurs, ten week stocks, Cryseis crocea, 

 Convolvulus minor, coreopsises of various sorts, Clarkta ele- 

 gans, Madaria elegans, Jlfalope grandiflora, crimson nasturtium, 

 petunias, schizanthuses, sweet peas, //ibiscus africanus, sweet 

 scabious, sweet sultans, and many others, some account of 

 which we have before given, with a description of them, their 

 height, color of the flowers, &c., (Vol. VI., p. 175,) should 

 always find a place. 



The more choice new annuals are the following: — 



*Vhl6x Drummondu, producing blush, rosy, crimson, dark 

 crimson, and rich purple blossoms, which appear all summer: 

 *Clintdn\a pulchella^ with elegant blue and white flowers, and 

 dwarf and delicate habit: J\'oldna atriplicifdUa^ with large 

 blue and white flowers and trailing habit, very beautiful: Ert/s- 

 imum Pcroffskyknum, with spikes of bright orange flowers, 

 very showy, and highly striking from their contrast with other 



