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FLORICULTURAL NOTICES. 
NEW OR BEAUTIFUL PLANTS FIGURED IN THE LEADING BOTANICAL PERIODICALS FOR 
JUNE. 
Arctosta^phylos ni'tida. This name (Anglicised " Shining-leaved Bearberry") is given 
to a plant raised in the Garden of the Horticultural Society from seeds obtained by G. F. 
Dickson, Esq., in Mexico. Mr. tlartwcg also found it on the Mexican mountains, called 
Carmen. It usually flowers both in spring and autumn. " It forms a handsome evergreen 
shrub, five or six feet high, growing readily in any good loamy soil, and capable of enduring a 
mild winter in the open border. It would be a fine plant for the climate of Devonshire or Corn- 
wall." From A. arguta it is distinguished principally by its branched hispid racemes. — Bot. 
Reg. 32. 
Bolbophy'llum Careya v num. This is a native of Nepal and Martaban, and has been ten or 
twelve years in this country. " It is more curious than showy." It has a rather large pseudo- 
bulb, with a solitary leaf on the top, and a dense short head of yellow flowers, mottled with red 
springing from the bottom. — Bot. Mag. 4166. 
Caja'nus bi'color. " The Pigeon-pea, or Doll, as it is called in the East Indies, is said to be 
so named because its seeds are the favourite food of wild pigeons. It is, however, extensively 
used by man, being cultivated very generally in both the East and West Indies. In the opinion 
of some botanists, only one species exists, of which there are two varieties — the one with flowers 
entirely yellow, and two or three seeds in each pod, which is never spotted ; the other (the 
present one) with flowers streaked externally with crimson, and having four or five seeds in a 
pod, which is marbled with dark streaks. Others regard them as distinct species. The first is 
called the No-eye Pea in the West Indies, and the latter the Congo Pea. It was reared in the 
Horticultural Society's Garden from seeds collected near the town of Jellalabad, and presented 
by Sir Henry Fletcher. It grows about eighteen inches high, flowers from June to August, and 
appears to be a half-hardy annual or biennial. In the Flora of Jamaica, by Dr. Macfadyen, 
p. 297, are the following remarks : — "The general appearance of both is very much alike ; and 
they can scarcely, previous to flowering, be distinguished from one another, except that the 
leaves of C.flavus are rather smaller and finer to the touch." The No-eye Pea is the more deli 
cate, and is nearly equal to the English Pea ; the other species is coarser, and chiefly used by 
the negroes. Hybrid varieties sometimes appear, from the two being planted close together. 
They stand for several years, shedding their leaves annually, and reproducing them with flowers 
early in summer. The crop is gathered in autumn. They are among the most valuable of tro- 
pical plants, require no particular care or trouble, and thrive in the poorest soil. " They are to 
be found round every cottage in the island, growing luxuriantly in the parched savannah and 
mountain declivity, as well as in the more fertile and seasonable districts." (It is less valuable 
in a floricultural light.) — Bot. Reg. 31. 
Echinocac'tus oxygo'nus. " Scarcely any plant possesses more noble or more lovely blos- 
soms than the present ; and they are the more striking from the circumstance of their being 
produced from so graceless and small a trunk. It is, moreover, a free flowering plant in the 
month of May. The duration of the blossoms is, in cloudy weather at least, of two days. The 
species is said to be a native of Brazil." The plant is sub-globose, rather longer than broad, and 
usually from six inches to a foot high. The flowers are produced upon the top, and consist of 
an upright trumpet-formed tube several inches long, and spreading segments of a fine rose 
colour, the interior being filled up with straw-coloured stamens. [This is one of a class of plants 
we should like to see more commonly cultivated : some of them, like this, have exceedingly 
attractive blossoms ; and there is much of prejudice in the current idea that they are difficult to 
flower. Bot. Mag., 4162. 
Epide'ndrum longtco'lle. This is a slender caulescent species, with linear-lanceolate leaves* 
and a terminal cluster of white flowers, the fragrance of which constitutes the most interesting 
quality the species possesses. It is a native of Demerara. Bot. Mag., 4165. 
E'ria Dillwy'nii. A new species, named in compliment to Dillwyn Llewelyn, Esq., of 
Pennleegar, in whose collection specimens, received through Mr. Cuming from the Philippine 
