of New Plants. 421 



another variety, equally showy, hut yet quite unlike the 

 former. In this the colors are not distinct, but are shaded 

 off into each other, imperceptibly, and have a highly pleas- 

 ing effect : in addition to this, they are quite large, and the 

 blooms abundant ; the habit of the plant is neat, and the 

 foliage pretty. It is supposed to be a hybrid, and it first 

 flowered in the open border of Low's nursery, in the sum- 

 mer of 1842. To keep it true, it should be propagated from 

 cuttings, as from seeds the same variety might not be pro- 

 duced. Cuttings put in as soon as the plant has done flow- 

 ering, root freely ; and if wintered on a frame or green- 

 house, and planted out in the open border, is one of the 

 showest objects in the garden. {Pax. Mag. Bot, Oct.) 



SCHIZA'NTHUS 



c4ndidus Lindl. White Schizanthus. An annual plant ; growing 2 feet high ; with white 

 flowers; appearing all summer; a native of Coquimbo : increased by seeds. Bot. Re<». 

 1843, t. 45. ^ a 



It is but a few years since S. pinnatus, the first of the 

 species, was introduced. Since then S. Hookerif, retusus, 

 Grahami andcandidus have been added, and several hybrid 

 varieties have latterly been produced, such as S. pinnatus 

 humilis, Priestit, venustus, porrigens, &c., so that there are 

 now cultivated nearly a dozen sorts. Another species, called 

 S. pinnatifidus, is described, but it has not yet been intro- 

 duced; it resembles S. pinnatus. Of these, the S. retusus is 

 probably the most showy, as regards its flowers ; but valued 

 as a plant, we think none of them will surpass the old S. 

 pinnatus, especially under pot cultivation. The present 

 subject is entirely white, and is unlike Priestii, which has 

 a yellow lower lip ; it is therefore extremely delicate and 

 pretty. It has pinnatified leaves, with linear entire rather 

 wavy segments. The lower lip has the middle lobe divided 

 into two acuminate flat segments, and the two lateral ones 

 setaceous and shorter ; the upper lobe is two lobed. It was 

 found near Coquimbo, by Mr. Bridges, The notice of this 

 species concludes with a list of the whole six, and the im- 

 portant differences among them. {Bot. Reg., Sept.) 

 IjiliacecB. 



SCI'LLA 



peruviina var. discolor. Dingy-flowered peruvian Squill. A greenhouse bulb; growing 2 

 feet high ; with fawn colored flowers ; appearing in summer; a native of Algiers ; increased 

 by offsets. Bot. Reg. 1843, t. 48. 



Syn : S. peruviina Gwssone ; Linn., sp, PI. Ornithogalum cinereum Benonni. 



One of the rather showy, though but little cultivated 

 squills, with a large raceme of pale, fawn-colored flowers. 



