58 Floricidiural and Botanical Notices. 



Geranidcecc. 



GERANIUM, 

 eri&ntlium De Cand. Woolly-flowered geranium. A hardy perennial ; growing two feet high ; 

 with rosy, purple flowers ; appearing in June and July; a native of the Nortli-VVest 

 Coast ; increased bv division of the root ; cultivated in any good soil. Bot. Keg., 1842, 

 t. 52. 



A fine, hardy, annual species of the North American ge- 

 raniums; the seeds of this one having been received by the 

 Horticultural Society from the North-West Coast. With 

 the same general habit of the other species, it has clusters 

 of fine rosy purple flowers, which appear freely in June 

 and July. Several of the species are desirable perennials, 

 easy to cultivate, and very ornamental. G. ibericum, stri- 

 atum, pratense, eriostemon sylvaticum and eriantheumform 

 a catalogue of some of the best. It is easily propagated by 

 division of the roots, and grows freely in any good wet 

 garden soil. {Bot. Beg., Sept.) 



Oxaliddceoi. 



CXALIS. 



rubrocincta //iTu/;. Red edged wood sorrel, A greenhouse plant; growing one foot high; 

 with yellow flowers ; appearing in September ; a native of Guatemala ; increased by off- 

 sets; cultivated in light rich soil. Bot. Reg., 1812, t. G4. 



" A neat-looking species, remarkable for the appearance 

 of its leaves, which are very succulent, brittle, having al- 

 most a crystalHne fracture, and bordered with a rich, purple 

 edge, within which is a distinct row of deep purple dots, 

 many of a similar kind being scattered over the underside 

 of tire leaf" The stems are fragile, pubescent : leaves 

 trifoliate, folioles obcordate, scape divided at the top, each 

 forming racemes of flowers of a deep golden yellow. 

 The bulbs were received in the earth which accompanied 

 some of Mr. Hartweg's plants, and they sprang up and 

 flowered in the garden of the London Horticultural Society, 

 in September, 1841. It should be potted in April, in light, 

 rich soil, and after flowering and completing the growth of 

 its leaves in October, should be kept in a dry place out of 

 the danger of frost. {Bot. Beg., Nov.) 



Begonidcere. 



BJEGOJVIA. 

 crsHsicaulia Lindl. Thick-stemmed Begonia. A hothouse plant ; growing two feet high ; 

 witli pink flowers ; appearing in February ; a native of Guatemala ; increased by cut- 

 tings ; cultivated in light peaty soil. Bot. Reg., ]842, t. 44. 



" A handsome species," producing narrow panicles of 

 white and pink flowers, which appear in great profusion in 

 February, upon its rugged gouty stems, several weeks be- 



