of New Plants. 307 



flowers." It also has a habit of which the pyramidaHs is 

 deficient, of blooming abundantly in small pots when the 

 plants are not over a foot high. Its native country is un- 

 known. It was sent to England from St. Petersburgh under 

 the above name. The flowers are usually two and a half 

 inches across, and sometimes as much as three inches. As 

 regards cultivation, it may be kept in pots and wintered in 

 a cold frame, and then turned out into the border. Perhaps 

 in our climate it might stand through the winter in the 

 open ground, Avith little covering of leaves, &c. The best 

 means of multiplying it is to divide the roots. (Pax. Mag. 

 Bot. March.) 



Lobelikcedd. 



LOBE^LA/J 



erinus viir. grandiflora. Large-flowered Lobelia. An herbaceous pliinf ; growing six 

 inches high; with blue flowers ; appearing all summer; increased by seeds and cuttings j 

 grown in common soil. Pax. ftlag. Bot. Vol. X. p. 75. 



Beautiful for either the greenhouse or garden. "For 

 rustic wooden baskets on lawns, for shallow ornamental 

 pots or pans to suspend from the roof, or placed on elevated 

 shelves of greenhouses, and even for putting out in patches 

 in the front of the commoner borders, or for forming an 

 edging by the sides of walks in conservatories, there is 

 hardly a prettier or more interesting object in the whole 

 range of easily cultivated flowers of a dwarf habit." It 

 is perennial, and needs the protection of the cold frame in 

 winter. Its origin not being known, it is doubtful whether 

 it can be perpetuated by seeds ; but it roots from cuttings 

 or by layering the stems. (Pax. Mag. Bot. May.) 



CinchondcefB. 



MANE'TTM 



bicolor Two-colored Mannettia. A greenhouse climber ; growing six feet high ; with red 

 and yellow flowers ; appearing from March to June ; a native of Rio Janeiro; increased by 

 cuttings ; grown in loam, heath-mould aud sand. Pax. Max. Bot. Vol. X. p. 27. 



To us this species seems less beautiful than the M. cor- 

 difolia. It has stronger stems and broader foliage, but the 

 flowers are very much smaller than that species: to make 

 up for this deficiency, it has a greater profusion of blos- 

 soms, and the deep scarlet shade of its corols, passing oflf 

 through a bright yellow, give it a peculiarly lively and 

 pleasing aspect. It was introduced from Rio Janeiro, by 

 Messrs. Veitch & Son, who flowered it and exhibited plants 

 last season, at the June show of the London Horticultural 

 Society. It is not a suitable plant for turning out into the 



