508 London Nurseries. 



Epsom Nursery, — New or rare plants which have flowered from Feb. to 

 June : — 



Class I. DICOTYLEDCTNEtE. 



Subclass 1. Thalamiflo'r^:. 



Ord. T&anunculdcece. — Trib. 2. Anemonece. Anemone {Dec.) Pulsatilla. 

 — Nuttalliawa Dec. A hardy perennial, flowering in March. Flowers pale 

 purple: prefers peat; division. — Trib. 3. HanunculecB. iianunculus (C. 

 Bauh.) cortussefolius Willd. A native of the Island of TenerifFe, found 

 growing in the fissures of rocks : here it is a frame perennial. Its ample, 

 cordately reniform, lobed leaves, and beautiful yellow flowers, render this a 

 very ornamental species. Flowers from April to June. Division. — Ficaria 

 (Dill.) /anunculina var. 2. pallida. Remarkable for its pale yellow flowers, 

 which, after being expanded for a few days, become almost white. — Trib. 4. 

 Yielleborece. Aquilegia (Town.) glandulosa Fisch. Sweet's B. F. G. n. s. 

 t.55. This beautiful species has passed invariably, in the gardens, as A. 

 alpina : but that is a very different plant, the petals of which are blue ; 

 whereas, on the contrary, the species in question has cream-coloured petals, 

 blue at the base only. Both species, with A. sibirica, are extremely 

 beautiful, meriting a place in every collection. They grow with the greatest 

 luxuriance in peat ; seeds. 



Dilleniacese. Trib. 2. DilleneBS. Candolle« (Labil.) cuneiformis Labil. 

 B. M. t. 2711. 



Berberidea?. Berberis (L.) fasciculata Sims, B. M. t. 2396. ^fquifolium 

 Pursh, repens Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 1176., glumaceum Spreng. The species of 

 Berberis here adverted to are remarkable for their evergreen pinnated fo- 

 liage, and subfascicled racemes of elegant yellow flowers : flowering in March 

 and April. Here they flower magnificently, and are perfecting seeds. They 

 are quite hardy, delighting in peat earth, and propagated by layers ; cuttings, 

 also, root without difficulty. B. glumacea has the handsomest foliage, and 

 B. fasciculata the finest flowers. 



Vapaverdcece. Hunnemannia (Sweet) /umariaefolia Sweet. B. F G. 

 t. 276. Seeds of this rare plant were presented to Messrs. Young by Lady 

 Mary Hussey, who had obtained them from Mexico : to this lady they are 

 also indebted for numerous other novelties, which will be elsewhere noticed. 

 This is a beautiful summer-flowering plant, well chosen to bear the name of 

 the distinguished Hunnemann ; and almost a fac-simile of the no less beau- 

 tiful EschscholtzM, but deprived of the orange-coloured base to the petals. 

 Planted in the open border in May, it becomes a shrub with an erect stem, 

 3 ft. to 4 ft. high, much branched. The leaves are decompound, generally 

 triternate, glaucous, with linear leaflets. The flowers are solitary, on long 

 peduncles ; large, of a golden-yellow colour ; highly fragrant ; succeeded by 

 a long, silique-like capsule, containing numerous seeds. Protection of a 

 green-house ; has not been propagated by cuttings. 



Fumaridcece. Corydalis (Dec.) bracteata Pers. A hardy perennial, not 

 exceeding 3 in. in height, with elegant sulphur-yellow flowers in March. 



Cruciferce. Trib. 2. Alyssinece. .Draba (Dec.) cuspidata Bieb. — Trib. 3. 

 Thlaspideee. Hutchinsia (R. Br.) alpina R. Br. — Trib. 9. \iepidinece. 

 iEthionema (R. Br.) coridifolium Dec. A suffhiticose plant, with pro- 

 cumbent branches ; clothed with linear subglaucous leaves, and terminated 

 with corymbs of elegant rosy purple flowers. Flowers from May to October. 

 Cuttings and seeds ; frame. 



Cistinece. iZelianthemum (Dec.) procumbens Dim. Sweet's Cistineae,t. 68. 



\iolariece. Fiola (Tourn.) primulifolia L. An interesting species, with 

 white flowers ; the lower petals being elegantly striped with purple. Requires 

 a shady situation in peat. 



Caryophyllece. Trib. 1. Silenece. .Drypis (L.) spinosa L. 



Geranidcece. Pelargonium (UHerit.) AlexanderaWm Penny in Hort. 



