342 J^otices of new and beautiful Plants, 



do not open, and the plants have the appearance of small weeds. 

 But the moment the sun's rays glitter forth in full power, they 

 immediately open, and continue expanded for two or three hours. 

 It should be in every garden : unless the seeds are sown in a 

 very poor soil, the plants run all to foliage. 



Convolvuldceoi. 



IPOMB'A. 



In Paxtonh Magazine of Botany, for June, a species called 

 rubra caerulea is figured. It requires the heat of a stove to 

 flower it to perfection. The flowers are very large, somewhat 

 similar in shape to the common species, and of a rich purplish 

 blue color. The buds before they open are white, with a tint 

 of rich red. Seeds of this species were collected by Mr. Sam- 

 uel Richardson, in the province of Guanaxuato, in Mexico, and 

 sent to England. It is stated to make a very pretty show, train- 

 ed up the rafters or other parts of the hot-house or stove, where 

 it can be easily seen. It flowers freely, and grows easily in 

 equal portions of loam and peat, with a little well rotted dung. 

 Perhaps this species would flower well in the open ground, treat- 

 ed in the same manner in which the Cohm'^a is usually grown. 



'PolemonidcecB. 



GI'LTA (So called after Dr. Gillis, a Spanish botanist.) 



tricolor, three-colored, in allusion to the three beautiful tints of its corolla. 



This comparatively new and pretty species, from California, 

 ought to be particularly recommended to those admirers of floral 

 beauty, wdiose taste or limited opportunities lead them to the 

 cultivation of plants in pots. For two months past, a few plants 

 of this species have every day been delighting my eyes with a 

 profusion of its elegant corols and dark green delicate foliage. 

 The soil should be a light rich vegetable mould and sand. 

 When suffered to hang negligently over the sides of a pot, the 

 free and unrestrained elegance of nature, displayed in its econo- 

 my, is particularly interesting. It bears the confinement of a 

 room better than almost any other plant, and I am led to think, 

 from my specimens, that the color of the flowers are much dark- 

 er and deeper than when grown in the open air. For a wmter 

 plant, it must be a little flowering gem : and one more item may 

 be added to its merits, that it attracts the favorable notice and 

 admiration of the fairer sex, with whose charms it so pleasingly 

 vies. Its specific name is a happy allusion to its colors, which 

 are curiously blended, and the genuine and specific names are 

 euphoniously connected, in our recollection, with the semperflo- 

 rent pansy ( Fiola tricolor) . Well can I remember with what 

 eagerness, so common to children towards this latter, their favor- 

 ite flower, have I sought for its golden and purple blossoms 



