480 Floricultural and Botanical Notices. 



FabdcecB. 



INDIGO'FERA L. 



decdra Lindl. The comely Indi?o. A half-hardy (or hardy) shrub ; growing four or five feet 

 high; with pink flowers ; appearing in spring; anativeof China ; cultivated in good soil; increased 

 by cuttings- Bot. Reg. 1846, pi. 22. 



One of Mr. Fortune's acquisitions, found in the nurs- 

 eries at Shanghai, where the winter is so cold it will probably 

 prove hardy. It has dark green pinnate leaves, and axillary 

 horizontal racemes of light, rose-colored flowers, which are 

 " very handsome." It has so far been treated as a green- 

 house plant, growing freely in any good soil, with an ample 

 supply of water in summer, and a slight shading from the 

 sun. Keep rather dry in winter. It roots freely from cut- 

 tings. {Bot. Reg. April.) 



OXYRAIMPHIS fVall. 



niacr6styla De Cand. Long-styled Oxyi'amph. A greenhouse shrub ; growing five 'feet.high ; 

 with crimson and rose-colored flowers ; appearing in October; a native of India; cultivated in 

 sandy loam and peat ; increased by cuttings. Bot. Reg. 1846, pi. 28. 



" A very pretty greenhouse shrub," with trefoil leaves and 

 axillary dense racemes of deep crimson and rose-colored flow- 

 ers, Avhich appear abundantly in October and November. It 

 loses its leaves in winter, when it should be allowed to rest. 

 In summer, it grows freely. It was received from the Botanic 

 Garden of Saharunpar. {Bot. Reg. April.) 

 CaryophylldcecB. 



SIL&NE L. 



schafta Gmelin. The Schafta. A hardy iierbaceous plant ; growing six inches high ; with 

 purple flowers ; appearing from June to October ; a native of Russia ; cultivated in any light soil ; 

 increased by seeds. Bot. Reg. 1S43, pi. 20. 



"One of the prettiest of all border and rock plants," pro- 

 ducing a great number of spreading, slender, downy stems, 

 which form compact tufts, and terminated by four or five 

 bright purple flowers, more than an inch long — the topmost 

 opening first, and the others in succession, so as to cover the 

 branches with flowers. For rock work, it is a beautiful plant. 

 It is a hardy perennial, and is readily increased from seeds. 

 It flowers till frost. {Bot. Reg. April.) 



Ascle^ididdcece. 



SCHUBE'RT/^ 



"rav^olens Lindl. Sirong-scented Schubertia. A stove plant ; growing ten feet high ; with white 

 flowers; appearing in winter; a native ofBrazil; cultivated in peat, loam, and sand; increased by 

 cuttings. Bot. Reg. lS4ti, pi. 21. 



A fine climbing plant, producing clusters of large, white, 

 fragrant flowers, resembling the Stephanotus, and not infe- 

 rior to that in beauty ; they are also produced in great profu- 



