418 Floricultnral cmd Botanical Notices. 



cyme of tubular corols, of a crimson or bright carmine 

 shade. It is a soft-wooded plant, probably of easy culti- 

 vation, treated in the manner of a pelargonium." {^Bot, 

 Reg., Aug.) 



Amaryllidi acese . 



STENOME'SSON Herbert. 



Hartwe'gii Lindl. Mr. Hartweg's Stenomesson. A greenhouse bulb; growing a foot 

 high ; willi orange colored flowers ; appearing in March and April ; grown in sandy loam and 

 peat ; increased by offsets; a native of South America. Dot. Reg. t. 42, 1844. 



A pretty little bulbous plant, growing a foot high, with 

 gay, orange colored, nodding flowers; growing in pairs. 

 It flowered in the garden of the Horticultural Society in 

 March last, but as bulbs had been previously distributed 

 it is now found in several collections; though not a large 

 and showy plant, its nodding and rich orange flowers ren- 

 der it desirable in a collection of bulbs. It requires the 

 temperature of the greenhouse, and should be treated like 

 other bulbs, — watered freely while growing in summer, but 

 dried ofl;^ in autumn. Increased by offsets. i^Bot. Reg., 

 Aug.) 



CactdcecB. 



CEiREUS 



crenitns LinI;. Crenated Torch Thistle. A greenhouse plant ; growing two feet high ; 

 with wl)ife flowers ; appealing in May ; increased by cuttings ; a native of Honduras. Bot. 

 Reg. 1844, t. 31. 



" The finest thing yet known of its class, with white flow- 

 ers, which rival the night blooming cereus, but open in the 

 day time." This very remarkable species belongs to the 

 winged section of torch thistles." The plant grows about 

 two feet high, with large spreading branches, some of 

 which, in their young state, are round and angular, with 

 bristly hairs at the joints, resembling the yoyng shoots of 

 Cereus speciosissimus ; the most usual form, however, is 

 flat and broad, tapering a little to the base where they are 

 round, hard and woody." The flowers are very large and 

 spreading, the sepals tinged with brown, and the petals, 

 consisting of two roT\rs and eighteen in number, white or 

 pale cream color; its habit is beautiful, and the flowers, 

 which rival the night blooming cereus, open in the day 

 time, and continue expanded for nearly a week; they are 

 also deliciously fragrant. 



This species was forwarded from Honduras in 1S30, by 

 Mr. Skinner, and presented to Sir C. Lemon, Bart., in whose 

 collection it flowered in May, 1843. It is of easy cultiva- 



