98 THE MAGAZINE OF HORTICULTURE 



it ill the Botanical Magazine, where it is more fully de- 

 scribed. 



It forms a low procumbent shrub, with numerous stems, 

 and deeply digitated leaves, remarkable for their narrow seg- 

 ments. The flowers, which are of a bright rose color, are 

 larger than a phlox, and are borne all along the stems in the 

 greatest profusion, from the axils of its fasciculated foliage. It 

 blossoms in July. In general appearance it resembles the 

 Cantua, except in the color of its blossoms. In the nurserie 

 of Messrs. Veitch & Co., of Exeter, it forms a low shrub in 

 the open border ; but with us it is doubtful if it would be 

 more than half-hardy, requiring the protection of the frame 

 or greenhouse in winter. In either case, its great beauty will 

 entitle it to all the care that may be bestowed upon it. As it 

 grows abundantly in the mountains of St. Barnardino, we 

 trust seed may be easily collected, and sent home direct, from 

 which a good stock of plants may be more speedily secured. 



The genus was established by Hooker and Arnott, though 

 Mr. Bentham considers it rather a section of Gilia ; but he 

 adopts their name, and adds to the two other species referred 

 to it, a fourth, viz., the Cantua pungens of Dr. Torrey. 

 {Bot. Mag., Sept.) 



295. NlCOTIA^NA FRA^GRANS Hoolc. SwEET-SCENTED ToBAC- 



co. (Solanacese.) Isle of Pines. 



A greenhouse plant ; growing three or four feet hish; with white flowers; appearing in sum- 

 mer; grown in rich light soil; increased by cuttings and divisions of the roots. Bot. Mag., 1655, 

 pi. 4865. 



A fine species of tobacco, "remarkable for the firm, thick, 

 fleshy character of the foliage, for the great size it attains in 

 a state of cultivation, and for the delicious fragrance of the 

 large white blossoms." The flowers bear a great resemblance 

 to a white petunia, but are larger, and have the long tube 

 characteristic of the Nicotianas, and which in this are three 

 inches in length. They appear in large terminal panicles, 

 and are pendent. It is a very showy species, and easy of 

 cultivation. Undoubtedly in our climate, it would form a 

 beautiful summer-blooming plant like the salvias, requiring to 

 be wintered in the greenhouse, or perhaps a frame. [Bot. 

 Mag., Aug.) 



