24> Nolkes of nca: and inUresting Plants. 



CCXLVII. Asphodih-te. 



^I'l.BPSE temibarbftu. " The ttiimcns arc not beardwl in the outer filanient« only, but all of them are 

 fUriiithoil with a dense tuft of hairs above the middle." {Hot. Mag. 3l'i9.) 



Hvaiinths forcwl in \x}U of soil or water-glasses are now usual in the rooms or windows of those who 

 love 'rtowers and wlio lUx-s not >;, and can afford to possess .ind keep them. I jchenM/Vi |>^ndula and 

 nuadricolor are in blossom at ^U•s,^rs Young's, the forjjier very vigorously. /J'loif albocincta and I5ul- 

 bine latifblia are in bliKim with Mr. Haworth ; and so is a species of Wloe at Dennis's. Urac*Nia ter- 

 miiiMis, as it i* unuiilly called, but which Mr. Hiath has an impres.iion has another and more accurate 

 name on the C'ontmeiit, is blooming in one of Colviirs stoves : its main beauty, however, is in its bril- 

 liant party-coloured foliage. Ix-ucocuryne tUrodia-^u) ixioldes is flowering rather finely at Knight's j ita 

 lilac blo>s<ims are iiulte onianiental. 



Forced Van Thol tuliiw {Tiilipa sunvcolens) arc now (Jan. 24.) in sui>ply with the dealers in forced 

 flowers. 



CCXLVIII. GUlicsilm. 

 GILLIE'.S/,^ ^raminea. A very curious plant, whose flower at first sight greatly resembles that 

 of an orchideous plant, and is certainly a most complex and puzzling production : the root is a kind 

 of long bulb. \Iiut. Cab. Hoi.) 



CCLI. IMidccw. 



Ll'LlUM Miirtagon. " The most striking beauty, when frequently presented to the eye, loses its 

 iwwerof engaging our attention. Were this not the fact, the peculiar elegance of the /.ilium Mdrtagon 

 would continue an object of admiration to every individual of cultivated mankind. Its stately upright 

 pillar, decked above like an Eastern pagtnla, and ornamented below by whorls of uniform foliage, ren- 

 der it a profitable subject of contemplation for the artist, whose taste should be founded on beauty. 

 'J'his quality is never sought fur in vain amongst the productions of nature." {Bot. Card. 3^2., Hov. 

 1831.) 



1017. TV^LJPA. 



84ola Bonarotii'ina Bert Honarota's tf A or li ap.my R.Va Italy 18i?7 ? O co Sw.fl.Rar.2.s.lI6 



The bull)s of this, of T. stratigulata, .ind other kinds, were received from abroad, by the Apothecaries' 



Company, as the bulbs of the medicinal colchicnm. T. Honarotidna has its stem and foliage pubescent, 



and its flowers " campanulately spreading ; when in bloom, of an exquisite faint scent ; inside, of a vivid 



brick colour; outside, of a very pale yellow, marked with rcti." It is easy of culture. 



(trangul^ta ... ... IJ A or U ap ••• ••• O co Svi^.gar.^t.ii^ 



CCLIM. RestinceiP. 

 293. ERIOCAU'LON. 



decangulftre /,. ten-angled 3i A cu 2| jl.au W N. Amer. 1826. D bog Bot. mag. 3126 



A cross section of the 10 or ISangledstem of ttiis plant is a very pretty oliject. The leaves are grass, 

 like, and " compactly cellular ;" and I notice the latter for the sake of remarking, that dried specimens 

 of the British E. septanguldre, held against the light, are extremely elegant objects, from the 

 beautiful arrangement of cells which the leaves exhibit In E. decangiili\re, the head of flowers is 

 nearly three quarters of an inch in diameter, forming a depressed globe, nearly hemispherical, and 

 woolly. 



Resides the plants noticed as flowering in the winter season under the orders formally exhibited above, it 

 may Ik' here noticed th.it in C'ruciferie, t'lieirantluis mut.'ibilis is interesting in the C'hel.>iea Ciarden ; in Caly- 

 tunthcic, ( himoiiAiilhus frbgraiis at Young's, and wherever kept ; the C. fragrans var. grandiflbrus of the Hor. 

 ticultiiral .Society's Garden has yellower blossoms than the fragrans itself. In /liclnea-, the common holly in 

 large trees, as in Kensinglon Ciarden, with its glossy leaves ami berries red, is a beautiful ornament of the 

 season ; the varieties, with variegated leaves too, contrasting with the d.irk green of the yew and other ever, 

 greens, are highly estimable. In ractcip, Epiph^llum trunciitum displays its flowers, of rose and scarlet 

 mingleil, from (Tiristinaa to the middle of January In A/yrtftcen;, Leplosprrmum baccMum, white; and Cal. 

 listi'inon laiiceol.'itus, scarlet, are In bloom at t'olvill's. In I'ern»truMiiK)c<vr, the camellias are t>ecoming splen- 

 did ; the fringed white was higlily admirable at Knight's early in January, and later at Colvill's : other kinds 

 at iMith places, esjiecially at ('o|vill\, wheie they seem to be kept at a higher temperature, are very splendid. 

 AtColvills n seedling rjiised there is now blooming : it is in the style of (iray's invincible, but, "Mr. Riath 

 remarks, is of a dei'iHT colour, and has a larger bud aiid blossom In TliymeIJa;, Daphne odora, forccti, is 

 blooming at Colvill's; and in tiie green. house O'ndlia licvigata, simplex, and imberbis ; the last two are, 1 

 iM'lieve, fragr.iiit by night, (,'iiidia imiiflilii is blooming lovelilv, with heads of snow-white blossom.^, at 

 Young's. Ill /{htimneir, /'lijlic.icrici.ldcs at Young's (this plant ha>' fragrant flower«\ and I'omaderris discolor, 

 there also, will blossom in nlMiut ten d.iys. In (ioiHleiibv/.r, larlieiiaiiltiVi formosa is blooming in various 

 pl.ice. ; and in Aupliorbi<»r^,f, XyhiphJIla latilblia lately, at the Cointe ile Vandes's, h.id the leaflets of iU 

 pinnate leaves bedecked with rhngiiig flowers. In Kpa»Tldca>, at Young's, are blcMuning Spreng^lxi incam&ta ; 



forinly bhximing, wherever kept, and are most lovely : C. /ilba almost hardv in the open garden at Dennis's. 

 HorbiKrt piiinau is blooming at tolvills; and B. deiiticuliktaat Young's : what beautiful objects l)eneath the 

 microscoiM- are the fllamenls of the latter sjiecies ! That curious, and, when bruised, pi-culiarly scented plant, 

 /itrirt .Smithi/, is flowering at Young's The beautiful Dio.sma creniila disjilays iU wreaths of blossoms, white, 

 in all collections which contain it. In l'a.«.»ifl6rcac, a variety, known as the dwarf prolific, is in flower at 

 \oiini!'» , and in /'omicne, llaphii'ilepis indica and rtibra arc, where kept, in blossom. In ficdidea?, Mesem. 

 bryjiilheinum .inreiim and lulirlcaiVG are blooming in a frame at the Chelsea Garden. In Begon/Vircr, I!eg6nia 

 »em|ierHftreii», white, is flowerin,( at Young's, and another s|iecles,far more Ix-autiful, with rosy blossoms In 

 r>l«inn', forrc<l lilacs arc flnwerin.n nt (olvill's ; and in Myopdrina-, Sfenochllus viscbus l>olh at Young's and 

 the ( omte ile \ andes's In ,<ranth(u;c«, the followiug have been found in bloom : — Ruellia anisoph^lla, of 



