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the habit of a gloxinia, throwing up stems six inches high, 

 terminated with from three to five of its showy flowers. 

 Like the gloxinia it is easily managed, requiring to be potted 

 in loam, peat and sand, and kept amply supplied with water 

 at the roots in summer, taking care to wet the leaves as little 

 as possible, and in winter to water once a week. It is in- 

 creased in the usual way, by cuttings of the leaves, laid on a 

 pot filled with sand. Other species of this genus exist in 

 China, which are much finer, and it is to be hoped Mr. For- 

 tune will succeed in introducing them. (^Bot Reg., Nov.) 



Aniari/llidkcedd. 



IXIOL'IRION fVm. Herb. 



montanum fFm. Herb. Mountain Ixia-lily. A hardy bulb; growing one foot high; with pur- 

 plish blue flowers ; appearing in May and June ; a native of Turkey ; increased by offsets ; grown 

 in any good soil. Bot. Reg. t. 66, 1844. 



A perfectly hardy bulb of the beauty of I. montanum is a 

 great acquisition. " This long desired and very ornamental" 

 species was sent to the Hon. and Rev. Mr. Herbert from Con- 

 stantinople, having been found on the hills in the neighbor- 

 hood of Teperan. The bulbs look like large nuts, with a 

 dark chocolate-colored smooth coat ; leaves amplexicaule, 

 canaliculate, acuminate ; stems bracteate, with several axil- 

 lary peduncles, producing one to three flowers, which are 

 large and of a purplish blue shade. The plants have proved 

 quite hardy, withstanding the snow and severe frost of last 

 February, and blooming beautifully in May and June ; they 

 also perfected good seed in July. Its culture is not yet fully 

 ascertained, but it is supposed to be similar to the tulip, tak- 

 ing the bulbs up in summer and planting in autumn. {BoL 

 Beg., Dec.) 



CRrNUM 



varidbile var rdseum. Rose colored, changeable Crinum. A greenhouse plant; growing two feet 

 high ; with rose colored flowers ; appearing in spring ; increased by offsets. Bot. Reg. t. 9, 1844. 



One of the handsomest of the crinums, and the "hardiest 

 known species." In England, it preserves its leaves much 

 longer than capense, and shoots earlier in the spring : green- 

 house cultivation will therefore suit it well. It has fine rose 

 colored flowers, which are most agreeably scented. {Bot. 

 Reg., Feb.) 



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