293 FloricuUiiral and Botanical JSTotices. 



The plant has the habit of A. coccinea, with slightly larger fo- 

 hage, but the flowers are two and a half inclies across, of a 

 rich violet color, having much the outline of a good heartsease. 

 It is easily grown; the little scaly bulbs should be potted in 

 spring in any fine soil, and the plants will grow rapidly; they 

 should first be placed in small pots, and shifted as they in- 

 crease in size. They will flower in August, and continue to 

 bloom for three or four months. After the flowering season is 

 over, the stems die of}', and the pots should be placed away on 

 an airy shelf free from frost, until the growing season, when 

 they should be repotted again. M. Hartweg found the spe- 

 cies in Guatemala. {Bot. Reg.^ April.) 



peduficulata Bcnth. Long-atalketl ncliimines. A green-house plant; growing eighteen 

 inches iiigh; with scarlet, spotted tlowers; appearing in autumn; a native of Guatemala; 

 increased by division of the roots. Bot. Reg., 1842, t, 31. 



Another fine species, but quite different from the last; the 

 foliage is larger, the flowers smaller, and the plant more robust 

 in its habit. The flowers are very brilliant and showy, being 

 scarlet, richly marked with rows of deep crimson spots. It 

 is, however, a fine species, and we hope the whole three, viz: 

 A. rosea, longiflora, and pedunculata, will soon be added to our 

 gardens. In the treatment of the latter species, the same di- 

 rections are to be observed as for the others. {Bot. Reg..) 

 June.) 



Coniferoi. 



THV'JA 

 filiformis Loddin-es. Weeping arborvitaj. A hardy Uee; growing fifteen or twenty feet 

 high. Bot. Reg., 1842, t. 20. 



*'A beautiful and quite hardy tree" in the climate of Eng- 

 land, and would undoubtedly prove so here; "with long, slen- 

 der, weeping branches." The finest plant in England is in 

 the arboretum at Kew, and is now ten feet high. Though one 

 of the most elegant evergreens, and long since introduced, it is 

 surprising that it has not become more common in collections, 

 as it is readily increased from cuttings. This species is figur- 

 ed by Mr. Lambert as the T. pendula, but it appears from a 

 close botanical examination to be entirely different. [Bot. 

 Reg., April.) 



JlmarylUd^eice^e. 



HABRA'NTHUS 

 ptalinsis Ilrrb. Meadow Habranthiis. Astove-bilb; growing a foot high; with crimson 

 and orange colored llowers; appearing in April; a native ol Chili; increased by oflsels; 

 grown in light Uiani. Bot. Reg., 18412, t. lio. 

 Syn. Amuryllis pratetisis. Pa'ppi^. 



A large flowered species of the Habranthus, having a " pe- 

 culiarly brilliant appearance on account of the contrast between 



