58 Floricultural and Botanical Notices 



the plant first flowered it was of one uniform glaucous hue. 

 almost as much so as the fruit of the plum when ripe and 

 covered with bloom ; this appearance gradually goes off 

 and the foliage comes out a deep green. It flowered in the 

 garden of the London Horticultural Society in May last. 

 Its treatment is similar to all New Holland plants : the 

 compost loam, peat and sand in equal parts, and the pots 

 well drained. In the summer season its needs an airy situ- 

 ation, but should be shaded from the hot sun. Increased 

 freely by cuttings. (^Bot. Reg., Dec.) 



^axifi^agdcecB. 



SAXI'FRAGA 



cil.ita Royle Fringed Saxifrage. A hardy perennial; growing a foot high ; with white 

 flowers ; appearing in May : a native of Northern India ; increased by division of the root or 

 by seeds ; grown in any good soil. Bot. Keg. t. 65, 1843. 



A robust and hardy perennial, similar in habit and treat- 

 ment to the common species of our gardens, and growing 

 freely in an open border not subject to damp in winter, nor 

 too much exposed to the sun in summer. The leaves are 

 ovate and obtuse as to the ends, and extremely hairy ; the 

 peduncle slender ; the inflorescense an erect but lax spread- 

 ing panicle. Dr. Royle, describes it in his llhtstraiions of 

 the Flora of Himalaya. The drawing was made in the 

 garden of the London Horticultural Society, in March, 

 1843, and the plants were raised from seeds received from 

 the IBotanical Garden of Saharunpur. {Jiot. Reg.^ Dec.) 



Cactace(B. 

 Epiphyllum 'RusseWiaiium. Pax. Mag. Bot.. Vol. X. p. 

 295. This beautiful species is figured in Paxton"s Maga- 

 zine for December. In our Vol. VI, pp. 75, 100, we have 

 already recorded a full description of it, and we notice it 

 now merely to call the attention of cultivators and ama- 

 teurs of the tribe to its great beauty and merits. In habit it 

 is similar to the old E. truncatum. but is more slender and 

 shorter jointed, but unlike that species it produces its flow- 

 ers from March to May. Mr. Paxton states that its "prin- 

 cipal merit is in the hue of its flowers, which is most pecu- 

 liar and exquisite. It excels that of almost all Cactse. and 

 even a majority of orchidacese. It is like that of E. trun- 

 catum, and also of its variety violaceum, 3"et different from 

 both. We can only describe it by saying the violaceous 

 tint is not upon the crimson scarlet as in other flowers. It 



