sujoplementary io Encyc. of Plants and Hort. Brit. 217 



stem, readily tlistingiiish it from E. Otihnis Bot. Mag., t. 3107. 

 It flowers freely, producing several blossoms every year." 



" Mr. Frederick Mackie, whose skill and experience in horti- 

 culture are very great, observes that he is very successful in 

 flowering the different species of Echinocactus, by growing them 

 " very near the glass, and, during the summer time, in a very high 

 temperature, by keeping the upper glasses of the house close ; 

 strong light and heat being necessary for expanding their blossoms 

 in perfection. Some of them will close immediately upon being 

 removed to a cooler place. It is also very necessary to have the 

 pots well drained, as the roots are liable to decay if the earth 

 is at all sodden with moisture. I think that setting the free- 

 growmg species in poor soil is quite a mistake ; for we invariably 

 find that they thrive better in good soil, provided it be well 

 drained, and if they are planted in small pots." {Bot. Reg., April.) 



Gesnerkcese. 



1608. GE'SNER/1 



•lateritia Lindl. brick-red A El or 2 jii 1834 S Brazil O p.l Bot. reg. 1950. 



" A native of Brazil, whence it was received by the Horti- 

 cultural Society, in whose garden it flowered in June 1834. It 

 is readily cultivated in peat and loam." {Bot. Reg., April.) 



Scrophularidcece. 



1717. PENTSTE'MON [1946. 



*brevifl6rus Lindl. ehort-flowered j£ A pr 2 s W. and P California ... D p.l Bot. reg. 



" A Californian perennial, I'aised in the garden of the Horti- 

 cultural Society, from seeds picked off some of Mr. Douglas's 

 dried specimens. In its native country, it appears to be a stout 

 branching plant, bearing a profusion of small white and purple 

 flowers ; but, when cultivated, it has been found so tender and 

 difficult to manage, that little of its native beauty is developed." 

 {Bot. Reg., April.) 



Prhmddce(E. 



458. y^NAGA'LLIS 3851 Monelli 



*lilticina D. Don lUacJlowered £ lAl or 1 my Li ... 1836 C p.l Swt. Br. fl.-gard. 377- 



*' Few plants make a more brilliant display in the flower- 

 border, especially if planted in groups, than do the different 

 species and varieties of this elegant genus, which is therefore 

 deservedly a general favourite with the cultivators of showy 

 flowers. The present very pretty variety was communicated in 

 May last, by the Hon. W. T. H. Fox Strangways, from his 

 collection at Abbotsbury Castle, Dorset. The colour of the 

 flower is intermediate between A. Monelh' and fruticosa, which, 

 we are convinced, are nothing more than mere varieties of one 

 and the same species, having no other mark except colour to 

 distinguish them. Indeed, botanists have been disposed to place 

 too much reliance upon colour in this genus, in which it is an 

 equally fallacious test of specific difference as in the other genera 

 of Primulaceae." {Swt. Br. Fl.-Gard., April.) 



