260 Notices of new and beautiful Plants, 



We saw a species in flower, a few days since, at Belmont 

 Place, which we believe was I. rosea. It was covered with 

 beautiful corymbs of rose-colored blossoms. The genus con- 

 tains about forty species, which are nearly all desirable. 



Apocynidcece. 

 JVFRIUM. 



A new and beautiful plant of this genus, under the name of 

 J^. thrysiflornm, is figured in the last mentioned work for May. 

 The plant was raised from seeds received from Sylhet or Nepal, 

 about six years since. The leaves are longer and more lanceo- 

 late than JV*. splendens, which it somewhat resembles, and the 

 flowers are produced in a thick terminal cluster. The specimens 

 were taken from the nursery of Mr. Tate, of Chelsea, who 

 raised it from seeds, and where it flowered for the first time last 

 season. It requires the same culture as the other species, and 

 is a splendid acquisition to a collection of plants. 



TolemonidcecB. 



COLLO^MIA 



Cavanillesu Hook and Am. Cavanilles's Collomia. 



Syrumymes: Phlox linearis Cav. C. coccinea Lehm. C. lateri^ta J). Don. 



A pretty annual, which we have now in bloom : the flowers 

 are not very conspicuous, but a patch of plants has a pretty 

 effect. Seeds sown in the fall or early in the spring will pro- 

 duce plants which will flower in June, and seeds sown in June 

 will produce plants to flower again in September. We notice it 

 now as it has been known, under the above names, and as such 

 been introduced and grown in our gardens. 



Scrophularidcece. 



iMmulus guttatus Dec. and varieties. This charming spe- 

 cies of an elegant and now extensively cultivated plant, with a 

 cospecies, luteus, constitute the probable originals of the nu- 

 merous fine varieties which adorn our green-houses and conserva- 

 tories. 



Much confusion exists respecting the progressive origin of the 

 numerous varieties ; and I know of no more essential service to the 

 cause of floricultural botany, and benefit to your numerous readers, 

 who are desirous of becoming acquainted with the history and de- 

 scription of these subjects of their care, than could be rendered 

 by an article from your pen, Messrs. Editors, by which such a 

 want should be supplied. I could therefore wish that a botanical 

 description of the two above-named species should be given, 

 and then a similar description of all the now known varieties. 

 Mr. Breck, of the Lancaster Botanic Gardens, mentions, that 

 from seed imported frdm England, he raised " the different vari- 



