614 Botanical, Floricultiiral, and Arlioricultural Notices, 



upon the ground and open it, in the manner of those which I have sent you. 

 Ninety of these shells have they emptied under the tree, and many more they 

 must have destroyed elsewhere. This was before they took wing ; how many 

 more they will require before they can feed themselves I know not. But 

 what 1 have seen is well worth the attention of gardeners, who often destroy 

 thern for amusement upon their first arrival in this country ; and for want of 

 knowing that they are truly the gardener's friend, and ought to be protected 

 by them. It was truly amusing to see the parents, after the young were fully 

 fledged, trying by every means to induce them to leave the nest and take 

 wing ; they would sit upon the tree within sight of the hole, with a snail in 

 their mandibles, twisting their necks in a thousand fantastic forms, to induce 

 their young ones to come out. They have at last succeeded ; they are gone, 

 and I am afraid I shall see no more of them before next April, when I expect 

 they will again pay me a visit. 

 Worcester Park, Aug. 7. 1843. 



Art. XI. Botanical, Floricultural, and Arboricidtural Notices of 

 the Kinds of Plants newly introduced into British Gardens and 

 Plantations, or ivhich have been originated in thern ; together with 

 additional Information respecting Plants {ivhether old or new) 

 already in Cultivation : the lohole intended to serve as a perpetual 

 Supplement to the " Encyclopcedia of Plants," the " Hortus Bri- 

 tannicus" the " Hortus Lignosus" and the " Arboretum et Fruti- 

 cetum Britannicum." 



Curtis' s Botanical 3Iagazine ; in monthly numbers, each containing 

 seven plates ; 3*. Qd. coloured, 3*. plain. Edited by Sir William 

 Jackson Hooker, LL.D., &c., Director of the Royal Botanic Garden, 

 Kew. 



Edwards's Botanical Register; in monthly numbers, new series, 

 each containing six plates ; 3*. Qd. coloured, 3*. plain. Edited by 

 Dr. Lindley, Professor of Botany in the University College, London. 



Paxton's Magazine of Botayiy, and Register of Flotvering Plants ; 

 in monthly numbers ; large 8vo ; 2*. Qd. each. 



Dillenihceas. 



2185. CANDO'LLE^ [1843,50. 



tetrandra Lindl. tetranclrous JH i | or 7 jn Y Swan River 1842. C s.p.l Bot. reg. for 



This is a very handsome greenhouse shrub, with both its leaves and flowers 

 nearly twice as large as those of the common species. It has been already 

 noticed, p 445. The name alludes to the stamens being disposed in four very 

 distinct bundles. The species is remarkable for the bright orange colour and 

 large size of the aril of its seeds, which is nearly as much cut as that of the 

 nutmeg ; and, in fact, bears considerable resemblance to mace. It is a hard}' 

 greenhouse plant, of very easy culture, which will flower freely in a pot, 

 though it blows better when planted out in a bed. In all cases care should 

 be taken to keep the collar above ground, as it is very liable to suffer from 

 damp during winter. " Water should be liberally given during the summer 

 months, and plenty of air at all times when the weather permits, applying no 

 fire-heat except to keep off frost. It is readily propagated by cuttings under 

 ordinary treatment." {J3o(. Reg., Oct. 1843.) 



CarijopJij/Udcece. 

 3670. VISCA'RIA 



oculata Linrll. dark-eyed Q or 2 su Pk Algiers 1843. S co Bot. reg. 1843, 53. 



This plant bears considerable resemblance to the common annual Agro- 

 stemma CosHi-iZosa, but it has a dark eye, and " its petals have a short and 



