564 Botanical Miscellany. 



' No. XIV. j or July, contains 

 53 to 56. — Soldanella minima. A native of the Carinthian Alps, and 

 well adapted for rock -work, or growing in small pots, — O'xalis floribunda. 

 " A most beautiful species, continuing to produce an abundance of its 

 handsome rose-coloured flowers all the spring and summer, when planted 

 in a warm border." — Aquilegia glandulosa. The sepals (segments of 

 the calyx) of the flower are of a dark bright blue, and the petals of a 

 delicate cream colour. A very handsome species, from the nursery of 

 Messrs. Buchanan and Oldroyd of Camberwell, " who possess a large col- 

 lection of hardy herbaceous plants, and are now forming a general col- 

 lection of hardy trees and shrubs. .... This species and A. alpina are 

 certainly two of the finest of the genus, and few plants are possessed of 

 greater' beauty. A. sibirica is also very delicate and beautiful, and may be 

 likened to the present species in miniature." A. glandulosa " appears to 

 suffer a good deal from too much moisture in winter ; it should therefore 

 be planted in a border of light dry soil. The best way of increasing it is 

 from seeds, which should be soon after they are ripe, the plants will then 

 •come up the following spring ; but, if kept till spring before they are sown, 

 many of them will not come up till the spring after that." — i~ v ris flavescens. 

 A pretty species, with yellow flowers and knotted tuberous roots. 



No. XV. for August, contains 

 51 to 60. — Dracocephalum altaiense. A handsome herbaceous peren- 

 nial plant, growing in dense tufts, with numerous very large dark blue 

 flowers. From the Fulham nursery. — Ornithogalum refractum. From 

 the Berlin botanic garden, to Mr. Anderson, at Chelsea. It is a native 

 of grass fields in Hungary, and produces its white flowers from the end 

 of April till June. — *<Salvia fulgens. A native of Mexico, brought into 

 notice by Messrs. Newman, nurserymen, Chichester. — Dodecatheon 

 Meacb'a elegans. A superb variety, raised by Messrs. Wood and Son, nur- 

 serymen, Huntingdonshire. On the cover of this number we observe Mr. 

 Sweet advertising for a situation for a gardener, whom, he says, he can 

 " take upon himself to recommend as the best gardener in the country." 

 The gardener alluded to, Mr. Sweet observes, knows nothing of the present 

 advertisement. It is gratifying to see such generous conduct on the part 

 of Mi*. Sweet ; and we sincerely hope his advertisement may prove success- 

 ful. We well know the individual alluded to, and can bear testimony to his 

 high merits, both as a man and a gardener. 



No. XVI. for September, contains 

 61 to 64. — *Potentilla Hopwood/awrt. A handsome hybrid, between P. 

 formosa and recta, raised, in 1829, in Hopwood's nursery, at Twickenham. 

 Colour bright rose. — Fiola canadensis. A handsome American species, 

 from the Bury Hill collection. — Genista Scorpius. A handsome spreading- 

 branched spinous profuse yellow-flowering shrub, highly ornamental in 

 April. North America; and of the easiest culture at Bury Hill. — Silene 

 compacta. Among the finest of hardy annual border plants. Pink flowers 

 in May and June, and of easy culture from seeds. A native of Mount 

 Caucasus, and introduced by Mr. Hunnemann. 



Botanical Miscellany. By William Jackson Hooker, LL.D. F.R.A. & L.S., 

 and Regius Professor of Botany in the University of Glasgow. In 8vo 

 Parts, quarterly. 15s. coloured ; 10s. 6d. plain. 



Part II. for September, contains 

 Saccharum officinarum, Officinal, or common, Sugar-cane. The cane of the 

 West Indies was probably brought from Spain, since it is not indigenous 

 to any parts of the New World. In the West Indies it refuses to perfect 

 its seed,, and has, from its introduction thither in the fifteenth century to 

 the present time, been raised from cuttings of the stems. There are, in 



