Floricultural and Botanical Notices, ^'c. 509 



in purchasing should be careful to secure the one raised by 

 M. Corsi. {Floi'e des iSerres, July.) 



136. Dia'nthus crue'ntus Hort. Fringed Flowered Pink. 



{CaryophyllecB.) Siberia. 



A hardy perenninl (?); growing a foot Iiiiili -, with crimson flowers ; appcnring in snmmer ; grown 

 in liglit, rich soil ; increased by layers and seeds. Flores des Serres, 1S49, pi. 4h'S. 



" A charming species," introduced into M. Van Houtte's 

 garden, from the Botanic Garden of St. Petersburg, and is 

 believed to be a native of Siberia ; it has somewhat of the 

 appearance of the Sweet William, (D. barbatus,) but is more 

 slender, with foliage like the Clove Pink, and heads of deep 

 crimson flowers. It is hardy, but whether biennial or per- 

 ennial, is not positively known. {Flore des Scrrcs, July.) 



137. Mousso^NiA e''legans D7ie. Elegant Moussonia. 



(Gesner ace 33.) S. America. 



A greenhouse plant : growing two feet hi>jh ; wil h .scarlet flowers ; appearing in antumn ; growri 

 in heuth soil, loam and sand ; increased by cuttings. Flore des Serres, 1650, pi. 489. 



A very beautiful gesneraceous plant, similar in habit to 

 G. oblongata, which has been made the type of this new 

 genus, by M. Requel, and now called Moussonia. It has the 

 same soft velvety foliage, and the flowers, which arc scarlet, 

 with a yellow throat, are beautifully dotted with deep scar- 

 let. It requires the same treatment as the Gesncras, and 

 flowers freely all the autumn. {Florae des Serres, July.) 



138. Tropje^olum Deckeria'num. Decker's Nasturtium. 



{Tropaolece.) Venezuela. 



A greenhouse climber; growing four Ret hi^h ; with green and crimson (lowers; appearing; 

 in spring and summer ; cultivated in light, rich soil ; increased by cuttings and seeds. Flore des 

 Serres, 1819, pi. 490. 



" If a habit the most graceful, a form the most delicately 

 curious, the most elegant contrast of colors, and a happy apti- 

 tude for ornamenting arbors or metallic trellises, — if all these 

 united, suflice to recommend a plant to amateurs, — this new 

 Nasturtium is first among its congeners." Its foliage and 

 habit are similar to T. 'Lohhiannm ; the calyx is green ; the 

 spur carmine, tipped with emerald ; and the petals are of a 

 deep azure tint, delicately fringed ; a rare combination of 



