FloricuUural and Botanical J^otices. S43 



This is the plant which yields the oil of rhodium, from 

 whence its name of rose-wood. This oil is yielded by dis- 

 tillation, and is employed by perfumers for adulterating oil of 

 roses. The wood, powdered, forms an agreeable snuff, and, 

 when burnt, diffuses a delightful fragrance. {Bot. Reg., July.) 



Labidlece. 



SA'LVIA 

 tubifera Benth. Tube flowered Salvia. A half shrubby green-house plantt growing 

 three or four feet high: with red flowers, ajipearing in September or October; a native 

 of Mexico; increased by cuttings. Bot. Keg., 1841. 44. 



This is one of the acquisitions of Mr. Hartwig in Mexico, 

 the seeds of which he sent to the Horticultural Society. It 

 forms a bush three feet high, much branched, well covered 

 with leaves, and every twig terminated with a raceme of its 

 slender purple flowers, so disposed as to form a drooping or 

 ear-ring ornament. The color of the flowers is similar to 

 Justicta elegans. It seems to be a free bloomer, expanding 

 a great number of flowers at once, in the manner of the old 

 and splendid »S. cardinalis: the flowers are much smaller, but, 

 to make up for this, they are much thicker, forming a dense 

 spike. Cultivated in the same manner of the old species. 

 {Bot. Reg., Aug.) 



hians Benth. Gaping Sage. A hardy herbaceous plant, growing a foot high; with vari- 

 egated flowers; appearing in -May and June; a native of Caslimere; introduced in 1839; 

 propagated i)y seeds and division of the roots. Bot. Reg., 1841. 39. 



"One of the gayest of our perennials," throwing up spikes 

 of blue and white flowers a foot long, and very showy, from 

 the striking contrast between the two colors. It is increased 

 by dividing the root, in spring. [Bot. Reg., July.) 



Salvia Tenore'i is now throwing up a second spike of its 

 pretty flowers, somewhat resembling the above: it flowered 

 finely in May. It is a perfectly hardy perennial plant. 



Salvia patens we saw in bloom in several gardens, during 

 our late tour: its flowers are of a most brilliant blue, but the 

 scanty manner in which they are produced detracts much from 

 its merit as a showy border flower. 



Scutellaria splendens is the name of a new plant which has 

 flowered in the Berlin Botanic Garden. It is a fine species, 

 producing racemes of tubular scarlet flowers an inch long, 

 somewhat resembling Gardoquia Hookerw. It is a peren- 

 nial, growing a foot and a half high. (B. R. C, 139, Aug.) 



