136 Floricultural and Botanical Notices. 



cultivators. Their names are Louis Napoleon and Perfection, 

 and are described as follows : — 



Perfection, (Meillez.) Habit dwarf, vigorous, with enor- 

 mous umbels of very large flowers, nearly white : magnificent. 



Louis Napoleon, (Fropo.) Plant vigorous; umbels of 

 flowers enormous ; flower very large : the most beautiful 

 dark variety which exists. 



Our plants are growing vigorously, and we hope soon to 

 have the gratification of seeing them in bloom. They will 

 be fine additions to our collections if equal to the above de- 

 scriptions. 



New Herbaceous Peonies. — The French and Belgians 

 are constantly adding to the number of superb varieties we 

 already possess. Two new ones, of remarkable beauty, are 

 now ofi'ered for sale, viz. : — 



P. albiflora festiva maxima. Flowers perfect, twice as large 

 as P. festiva, white as snow and tipped with dark crimson. 



P. nee plus ultra. Flowers very large and perfect, yellow- 

 ish white, bordered with rose, with a bright rose centre. 



These are inviting descriptions, and if at all approaching 

 them, they must be the most splendid yet raised. They are 

 offered for sale at 25 frs. each. 



New Verbenas. — Messrs. Hovey & Co. announce six new 

 seedling verbenas, viz. : — Summer Glow, Dawn of Day, 

 Indigo, Peach-Blossom, May Flower and Hyperion. The 

 first, the production of an amateur, and presented to Messrs. 

 H. ; it is one of the most remarkable ever raised. 



Messrs. Hogg & Son, N. Y., ofler some fine seedlings 

 raised by Mr. Davidson, of that city. 



Cajanus bicolor. — The seeds of this Japan plant, intro- 

 duced into the country through the unfortunate shipwreck of a 

 Japan vessel in the Pacific Ocean, two years ago, have been 

 recently distributed by Mr. Ernst, of Cincinnati, as the Japan 

 Pea; and some notice of it will be found under our proceed- 

 ings of the Mass. Hort. Society, in another page. It was 

 introduced into England some years ago, and was figured in 

 Curtis's Bot. Mag. It will be found fully described in our 

 volume for 1845, (XI, p. 420.) It may possibly prove a val- 



