294 Floricultural and Botanical J^otices. 



ful of the recent introductions is said to be the Lobelirt ramo- 

 sa, a native of Swan River, and producing a profusion of bright 

 blue flowers, from April to July. Isotonria Brownii, a plant 

 like a Lobeh'a, from Swan River, is very handsome, with 

 purple, white, and rose colored flowers. It is at present, 

 however, extremely rare. 



Camell\a japonica var. Bevamkna is the name of a new 

 fine rose colored variety exhibited at a meeting of the London 

 Horticultural Society, in March, and to which a premium 

 was awarded for its excellence. 



Seedling herbaceous Polonies. — Five or six kinds of new 

 herbaceous pajonies have been raised in Paris, by M. Guerin 

 Modesto. Specimens of all the flowers were sent to Mr. 

 Loudon, but the petals had fallen off when they arrived, and 

 no description could be given. 



Cereus JVortleyhnus. — A beautiful variety of the Cereus 

 Jenkinsonit has lately flowered in the garden of Lord Wharn- 

 cliffe, Wortley Hall. The flowers are not more than two 

 thirds the length of the latter, the petals oblong, and rounded 

 at the point instead of narrow and tapering, and in room of 

 the deep crimson of C; Jenkinsonii, they are of a clear 

 orange buff. It is said to be a decided acquisition. 



Brachycdme iberidifolia is stated to be one of the finest 

 annuals in cultivation, and the greatest acquisition to the flow- 

 er garden since the introduction of Ferbena chama3drif61ia. 

 A bed of brachycome presents a beautiful appearance, every 

 individual varying in color. The plants acquire, often, the 

 height of two feet, and two and a half feet in diameter, and 

 more than two thousand flowers are expanded at once. It is 

 also well adapted for pots for early flowering, and lives for 

 nearly six months, whether growing in the open border or in 

 pots. A light rich soil suits it best. Seeds are not produc- 

 ed freely, but young cuttings, placed under a hand-glass, root 

 in a few weeks. It has not yet been introduced to our gar- 

 dens, but we anticipate the reception of a few seeds in the 

 course of the fall. 



JVeio Camellias. — Some new additions have been lately 

 made in England to this splendid genus, from seedling pro- 

 ductions, and also by new importations ; of the latter. Camel- 

 lia japonica var. A'lberti, named in honor of Prince Albert, is 

 figured in Paxton's Magazine of Botany, and described as a 

 handsome striped carnation looking camellia, imported by 



