184 FlariciiUiiral and Botanical Notices. 



parts of the country, from Texas to Pennsylvania, trailing 

 over naked rocks, its favorite place of resort. It is proba- 

 bly quite hardy iif placed in a dry situation. In England, 

 being yet rare, it is treated as a greenhouse plant. The 

 plant has a dwarf habit, with simple leaves and panicles 

 of deep crin '.son flowers. It was raised from seeds received 

 from the Berlin Horticullural Society in 1811. [Bot. Reg.. 

 Jan.) 



Volemonidcece. 



PHLO'X. 



(Garden hybrid) Van Houtle's Plilox. A h:irdy Ijerliuceoua plant ; growing two fi-et liigli, 

 with variegated flowers; appearing in October; increased by division of the root. Bot. 

 Keg. f. 5, 1843. 



In our Feb. number, (p. 54,) we made mention of this 

 new seedling, which has lately been introduced to notice. 

 We now have a figure of the same before us, and it fully 

 comes up to the description then given. It is a variety of 

 remarkable beauty, " looking as if P. sauveolens had been 

 crossed with P. caroliniana. leaving, on a white ground, a 

 crimson evidence of its paternity. The appearance of the 

 plant is beautiful, far beyond any thing yet seen in the ge- 

 nus Phlox; and we were almost going to say, beyond any 

 thing among the hardy perennials in cultivation." The 

 engraving represents the flowers with a white ground, and 

 a deep crimson stripe through the centre of each petal. 



It was raised by M. Louis Van Houtte, nurseryman, of 

 Ghent, who furnished the specimen, last October, from 

 which the drawing was made. This we doubt not is only 

 the commencement of the great changes which will here- 

 after be made in the character of the phloxes, by means of 

 hybridization. {Bot. Reg., Jan.) 



Bromclidcem. 



VRTE.S/.4 (in honor of" Dr. VV. dt- Vricae, Prof, of Botany at Amsterdam,) /Jn,!l. 



p?ittacina//oo/;<:r I'arrot-floweroil Vrie'ia. A stove plant ; growing two feet liigh ; with yel- 

 low flowers ; nj-pearing in spring ; a native of Rio Janeiro, propagated by suckers ; grown in 

 leaf inonid. Bot. Keg. t. 10, 1843. 



A pretty hothou.se plant, with a brilliant scarlet stem 

 and pale yellow flowers. Dr. Lindley has established this 

 out of Tilluiidsir/. and he thinks the T. helicona, a plant 

 similar to the psittacina, will have to be placed under 

 Vriesia. The plants should be potted in leaf mould, with 

 plenty of potsherds for drainage, and an abundance of water 

 should be given during the summer months. {Bot. Reg., 

 Feb.) 



