Floricultural and Botanical Notices. 55 



chiisetts Horticultural Society to offer a iew premiums to 

 encourage the cultivation of this fine perennial, and par- 

 ticularly with a view to the origination of seedlings. The 

 phloxes are all natives of North America, and do not flour- 

 ish in the moist climate of England, as they do in the drier 

 atmosphere of their native country. 



We trust our amateur cultivators will be induced to give 

 more attention to the phlox, with a view to the production 

 of more splendid varieties. — Ed. 



Kammciildcece. 



/fELLE'BOUUS 

 olympicus Lindl. Olympian Hellebore. A hardy herbaceous plant ; growing 2 feet high ; 

 with white flowers ; appearing in summer; a native of Eastern Europe; increased by 

 seeds and division of the roots. Cultivated in any good moist soil. Bot. Reg., 1842, 



t. 58. 



Another fine plant of late introduction to the Horticul- 

 tural Society's garden. The seeds were received from Her 

 Majesty's consul, ^dr. Sanderson, at Brusa. In regard to 

 beauty, it may be compared to the H. orientalis (noticed in 

 Vol. VHI, p. 294). The leaves are large and palmate, and 

 the flower stems are terminated with greenish white, pen- 

 dulous flowers. It forms a pretty herbaceous plant, flour- 

 ishing in a moist situation with a peat soil. It is easily 

 increased by division of the roots or by seeds, which should 

 be planted as soon as they are ripe in pots of light rich soil. 

 {Bot. Reg., Oct.) 



CactdcecB. 



CE'REUS 

 coccineus (garden hybrid) Small-flowered shew cereus. A greenhouse plant ; growing2 feet 

 high ; with scarlet flowers ; appcarinj in July : a hybrid variety; increased by cuttings ; 

 cultivated in loam, peat and dung. Sot. Keg., 1842, t. 49. 



A splendid variety of the cereus which we have previ- 

 ously noticed as having fl.owered in the collection of Messrs. 

 Hovey & Co. (Vol. VI. p. 296,) where we gave a description 

 of the flower and the source from whence they received the 

 plant. The drawing of that now under notice, was made 

 from a plant sent from Bury Hill, by Mr. Scott, gardener to 

 Charles Barclay, Esq., and called C. coccineus. It is not, 

 however, a distinct species, as there are already two called 

 coccineus by botanists ; but undoubtedly a garden hybrid 

 of unknown origin. Our plant, which from the figure is 

 undoubtedly the same, was received from France, and we 

 have never met with it unless received from the same 

 source : It is probably a seedling by some of the French 



