212 Floricultural and Botanical Notices. 



Asclepiddesd. 



PHILIBERTM (J. C. Philibert, after whom the genus has been named.) 



grandiflora Lindl. Large flowered Philibertia. A twining greenhouse plant ; growing 

 eight feet liigh ; with red flowers ; appearing in August ; a native of Buenos Ayres. Propa- 

 gated by cuttings; grown in loam and sand. Bot. Keg. 1843, t. 13. 



A pretty greenhouse twiner, of rather slender habit, but 

 with ckisters of large reddish flowers, which appear oppo- 

 site the leaves. For training up the rafters of the green- 

 house, or for a trellis for a pot, it is a fine plant. It is 

 multiplied by cuttings, and the plants grown in " friable 

 loam and sand."' using little leaf mould if the soil is not 

 good ; attend also to drainage. When in a growing state, it 

 should have a liberal supply of water ; but in winter it 

 should be allowed to rest, gradually withholding moisture, 

 and it should be kept in the driest and warmest part of the 

 greenhouse. It is sweet-scented. {Bot. Reg., March.) 



LabidtecE. 



BE>CIUAI (From bekion, one of the names assigned by Dioscorides to the sage.) Lindl. 



hicoloT, Lindl, Two colored Becium. A greenhouse plant ; growing two feet high ; with 

 white flowers; appearing in autumn and winter. A native of Abyssinia ; propagated by cut- 

 tings ; grown in common .^oil. Bot. Reg. 1843, t. 15. 



A pretty shrub, " with downy stems, ovate-lanceolate, 

 serrated, slightly petiolated leaves, and verticillartees of 

 beautiful flowers, arranged in short spikes." The corolla 

 is large, white, with lilac veins, and nearly an inch long; 

 upper lip three-lobed ; stamens four, delicate bright violet, 

 and an inch long. Raised from seeds sent to the Horticul- 

 tural Society of Paris from Abyssinia. {Bot. Beg., March.) 



h'iddcece. 



CROCUS 



insuliris Oay Bull. Corsican Crocus. A bulbous plant ; growing six inches high; with 

 purple and yellow flowers ; appearing in spring ; a native of Europe ; propagated by offsetts. 

 Bot. Reg. 1843, t. 21. 



A pretty species of the crocus, with fine purple flowers, 

 striated on the outer side of the petal with golden yellow ; 

 the Rev. Dean of Manchester, who has studied the genus 

 Crocus, has given an account of this species, its localities, 

 &c. He states that the genus is naturalized in England 

 and its southern limits extend to Aleppo; it reaches from 

 the Atlantic to the Caspian sea. {Bot. Reg., April.) 



