28 PlorinultwaL and Botanical Notices 



Ludoviciae Cgarden hybrid). A hardy shrub ; growing two feet high ; with rose and straw col- 

 ored flowers; appearing iu June; increased by layers; grown in heath soil. Bot. Reg., 1845, 

 pi. 60. 



Another delicate and charming variety, also produced by 

 the Dean of Manchester, and a sister seedling of the one 

 above described. It is named in compliment to his eldest 

 daughter, Louisa. The flowers are not so large as those of 

 Lsetitise, but to the strange color of that variety, is added a 

 charming tint of rose, which gives it a gay and lively aspect. 

 Highly worthy of introduction, {^Bot. Reg., November.) 



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Fortuni Lindl. Mr. Fortune's Sea Lavender. A frame or greenhouse perennial : growing a foot 

 high; with yellow flowers; appearing from July to October; a native of China; introduced in 

 1844 ; increased by seeds and division of the roots ; cultivated in good soil. Bot. Reg. 1845. pi. 03. 



One of the few acquisitions yet made by Mr. f"'ortune, in 

 his expedition to China. "A yellow flowered sea lavender is 

 a rarity;" and this proves to be a very interesting species, 

 with yellow flowers, unlike any thing previously introduced. 

 In the Horticultural Society's collection it has been treated 

 as a greenhouse plant, and the specimens grew two or three 

 feet high ; but Mr. Fortune's wild plants were only about 

 one foot high, and consequently handsomer from their com- 

 pactness. It may be propagated by seeds or division of the 

 roots, in March, and the young plants, if brought forward, 

 will flower the same season. It is best wintered in a frame 

 or cool greenhouse. (^Bot. Reg., November.) 



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Stanley Dirt HooVer. Lord Derby's Gardenia. A stove shrub; growing two feet high ; with 

 white and crimson flowers; appearing in June; a native of Sierra Leone; increased by cuttings; 

 cultivated in peat, leaf mould and sand. Bot. Reg., 1845. pi. 57. 



This gardenia is undoubtedly one of the greatest acqui- 

 sitions to our gardens of late years. Possessing the same 

 habit and appearance of the well known G. florida, its flow- 

 ers are three times as large, and of surpassing beauty. It 

 was first exhibited at one of the shows of the London Hor- 

 ticultural Society, in 1844, from the Kew collection, where 

 its remarkable flowers were one of the principal objects of 

 attraction. The flowers are trumpet shaped, eight or nine 

 inches long, and nearly five inches in diameter, with a snow- 

 Avhite ground, and delicately spotted with crimson, in the 

 manner of the brilliant i^ilium lancifolium rubrum. Our 

 correspondent, Mr. Glendening, in whose collection it also 



