368 Floricultiiral and Botanical Notices. 



have sprung up, which have already attained the height of 

 six or seven feet, and have entirely covered the branches of 

 four or five young trees with their limbs spurred in, opening 

 daily hundreds of their fine large double blossoms, which, at 

 a short distance, appear like double roses. It is one of the 

 finest acquisitions of late years among climbing plants. 



Hymeno'psis Californica. a new and very pretty little 

 annual under this name, one of Mr. Hartweg's discoveries in 

 California, is now beautifully in flower, in our collection. 

 It grows about six inches high, with linear leaves, and pro- 

 duces an abundance of small deep yellow composite flow- 

 ers, similar in form to the common Jacobtea. The very few 

 dwarf yellow flowering plants which we possess, renders 

 this a valuable addition to the garden. 



JusTiciA ca'rnea major. — Tliis is one of the most showy 

 of the justicias, having a large and handsome foliage, each 

 branch terminated with a dense head of pale pink blossoms. 

 It flowers freely in the greenhouse during summer, if for- 

 warded in a warm situation during the spring, 



Cu^phea platycentra. The beauty of this plant has 

 been quite overlooked. As a summer ornament of the con- 

 servatory it deserves to rank with the fuchsia. We have 

 now plants, in twelve-inch pots, which have not been out 

 of flower since February, having gradually advanced from 

 three inches in height, until they are now as many feet, 

 forming a dense bush ten feet in circumference, and com- 

 pletely clothed with scarlet blossoms. We find it likes the 

 free use of the syringe. 



Aq,uilegia fragrans proves to be a perfectly hardy plant. 

 Its flowers, which are white, are delightfully fragrant, and 

 are invaluable for bouquets. It has a small delicate foliage, 

 a rather slender habit, and the flowers are borne on some- 

 what pendent stems. It attains the height of three feet. 



120. BuRTo\\iA pulche'lla Meisn. Elegant Burtonia. 

 (Papilionacese.) New Holland. 



a greenhouse plant ; growing two feet high; with crimson flowers; appearing in spring; cul- 

 tivated in lieuth soil, loam and sand ; increased by cuttings. (Flore des Serres, ISIS, pi. 406.) 



A beautiful species, with the foliage of the Diosma, the 

 branches terminated with spikes of deep crimson pea-shaped 



