32 FloricuUitral and Botanieal Notices 



"found on barren hills and rocky places in light sandy 

 land." The leaves are very small, oblong, obtuse and con- 

 vex, and the flowers are small, white, tubular, and solitary at 

 the axils of the leaves, but produced in such profusion as to 

 clothe the stems : they are also sweet scented like the haw- 

 thorn. Its cultivation is similar to that of the heath ; the 

 plants should be potted in a soil composed of sandy peat and 

 loam, with plenty of drainage. It is increased from cuttings 

 of the young shoots placed in sand and covered with a bell 

 glass in a light bottom heat. It flowers in winter. {Bot. 

 Reg., Octo.) 



NolandcetB. 



ALO'NA Lindl. (The anagram of NolanaJ 



ccelestis Lindl. Skyblue Alona. A greenhouse or frame plant ; growing a foot high ; with sky- 

 blue flowers ; appearing all summer ; a native of Peru ; increased by seeds and cuttings ; grown in 

 any common soil. (Bot. Reg. 1844, t. 46. 



A plant with the large and showy blue flowers of Nolana 

 atriplicifolia, and the habit and foliage of the heath, must be 

 considered a fine acquisition to our gardens. Such is the 

 character of Alona coelestis. It has long been known to Bot- 

 anists that Chili and Peru abound in shrubby plants allied 

 to Nolana, including some of great beauty. None of them, 

 however, have ever been imported except the present species, 

 which was raised from seeds received from Mr. Bridges, and 

 collected for Mr. Carter, seedsman, of London. 



" It proves to be a very fine thing, with sky blue flowers, 

 each of which remains in beauty for several days. Its habit 

 is that of a soft-leaved heath, and it appears likely to form a 

 bush of some such size as a common Pelargonium." The 

 best mode of cultivation is not yet known, as it was only 

 raised the last spring ; from the appearance of the plant, and 

 its native country Peru, it will probably require similar man- 

 agement to the verbena ; that is, to be kept in the green- 

 house in winter and turned out into the open ground in 

 summer : it is probably freely propagated from cuttings or 

 from seeds when they can be procured. It was first exhibit- 

 ed at the July show of the London Horticultural Society, 

 when it received the Silver Knightian medal. 



Dr. Lindley takes this opportunity to revise the Nolan- 

 aceous plants, of which he makes Jive genera, viz : — Nolana 

 L., of which N. prostrata is the type, and four other species. 



