350 Floricultmal and Botanical Notices 



with numerous linear leaves, and corymbs of rich violet pur- 

 ple flowers, which, however, like the other Calandrinias, ex- 

 pand only when the sun shines upon them. It was introduced 

 from Chili, by Messrs. Yeitch and Son of Exeter, where it in- 

 habits dry rocky places. It proves to be a greenhouse or frame 

 plant, requiring protection in winter, but in summer, it may 

 be planted on rock work, or set in a rather dry soil, where it 

 will display its brilliant flowers freely all the summer. It is 

 propagated from cuttings, or from seeds which are abundantly 

 produced. (Pax. Mag. Bot.^ January.) 

 PassiJiordcecE. 



TACSO'NIA 



luollissima Hooker Soft-leaved Tacsonia. A greenhouse climber ; growing ten feet high ; with 

 rose-colored flinvers ; appearing in summer; a native of Quito; cultivated in light sandy loam! 

 increased by cuttings. Bot. Reg. ISio, pi. U. 



The Tacsonia pinnatistipula, though introduced into Eng- 

 lish gardens some years ago, is yet a rare plant in American 

 collections. It is a really beautiful climber, and should find 

 a place in every greenhouse. T. mollissima is a new species, 

 equally beautiful with the former. 



The flowers are pendant, with a tube four inches long, and 

 petals of a bright and vivid rose, and they require to be above 

 the eye to be seen with effect. It was found in Quito by Mr. 

 Hartweg, and bloomed in the Garden of the Horticultural So- 

 ciety in August last. 



It is a greenhouse plant, and may be grown in a pot and 

 trained to a trellis, or planted out in the ground and trained 

 to a column or the rafter of the house. If potted, the soil 

 should be rather poor, or it will only make an abundance of 

 shoots without flowers. An ample supply of water is at all 

 times necessary. It is readily multiplied by cuttings. {Bat. 

 Reg.., February.) Oar plants have not yet produced flowers. 



CaprifoliacecB. 



ABE'LIA 



rupestrisL/nri/. Rock Abelia. A greenhouse shrub ; growing three feet high; with white flow- 

 ers ; appearing in autumn ; a native of China; cultivated in sandy loam and peat ; increased by 

 cuttings. Bot. Reg. 1816, pi. 8. 



A rather pretty, honeysuckle looking plant, of free growth, 

 with terminal clusters of white flowers, which remain in bloom 

 a long time, and are very sweet-scented. It was found by 

 Mr. Fortune amongst rocks on the Chamoo Hills, and was 

 received by the Horticultural Society in 1844. It requires 

 only the ordinary treatment of greenhouse plants, and is prop- 



