Flo7-icultural and Botanical Notices. 



the mode of increase. The general habit resembles a slen- 

 der gladiolus, and the flowers are of a brilliant scarlet, the 

 lower petals being slightly edged with white. 



"Here,"' says Dr. Lindley, in alluding to its origin, " is 

 not only a fine addition to flowering plants, but abundant 

 subject for consideration. In the first place, we have a 

 male between two diflerent genera; for, although the ani- 

 sanths and corn flags are only distinguished by the extreme 

 obliquity of the flower of the former, and their peculiar 

 mode of propagation, and are consequently regarded by 

 many botanists as separated upon insufllcient grounds ; yet 

 it must be confessed that their ditferenccs are fully as great 

 as, in other cases, are admitted as good marks of genera." 

 In regard to its treatment, the bulbs should be potted in 

 loam, leaf-mould and a little peat, in October, and placed in 

 a cool frame until well rooted, when they should be remov- 

 ed to the greenhouse to bloom. Discontinue watering 

 when the leaves have completed their growth, and remove 

 the bulbs from the soil, placing them in paper bags until 

 the season of potting arrives. {Bot. Reg., Sept.) 



Garden Memorajida. — In the new conservatory of Messrs. 

 Hovey & Co., the following camellias will be in bloom in 

 the month of February: 



C. var, amabile C. var. Landr^thu 



onemoneflora alba Lindleyi 



althjEseflora mutabilis 



blanda nobilissima 



Colvillu 



corallina 



Chandleri 



conspicua 



conchiflora alba 



Donckelaeri 



eximia 



Elphinst^nii 



elata 



Floyii 



Gilesii 



ig-nescens 



imbricata 



Juliana 



Besides these, there will be a collection of 100 kinds of 

 roses, several of azaleas and ericas, and a great variety of 

 miscellaneous plants. 



oxoniensis 

 ochroleuca 

 princeps 

 ^ajoniflora 

 philad^lphica 

 Prattw' 



Park's striped 

 speciosa 

 tricolor 



traversi mutabilis 

 variegata 

 Vandesj'a sup^rba 

 Welbankm 

 C. reticulata 



