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shaped, wholly destitute of pubescence. The plant is herbaceous, growing freely in 
peat and sand, and ripening its seed in small quantities. Dr. Lindley thinks it 
probable that it will thrive well under the treatment suited to alpine plants. Sot. 
Reg., 1886. 
THE CROW-FOOT TRIBE (r ANUNCUL ACE^). 
PiEONiA TERNIFOLIA; var. PLENA. This lovely variety was introduced some 
years ago by Mr. Goldie, Nurseryman at Ayr, from the Imperial Botanic Garden at 
St. Petersburgh. The single-fxowered variety has been long cultivated in our gardens, 
and although an extremely elegant flower is surpassed by the double-flowered 
variety in the size and splendour of its blossoms. The plant should be grown in a 
light loamy soil. Brit. FL Gard., 345. 
THE VERVAIN TRIBE ( VERBENACE^). 
Verbena erinoides ; var. Sabini. A dwarf-tufted herbaceous perennial, with 
numerous angular, prostrate, leafy, branched stems, clothed with short, bristly, reversed 
hairs, producing flowers on a short crowded spike of a bright purple colour. It was 
introduced about two years ago, and is now generally cultivated in our collections under 
the name of V. Sabini. It is quite hardy, and continues to flower throughout the 
summer and autumn. It is readily multiplied by cuttings. Brit. Fl. Gard.^ 347. 
Pentstemon Cobcea. Cobcea-flowered Pentstemon. At page 70 of the 
present volume of the Magazine of Botany, we noticed a figure of this species given 
by Dr. Hooker in the Botanical Magazine. Mr. Don has figured the same species 
at 348 of the British Flower Garden ; and on comparing the two figures, we find 
the flowers vary in size and colour, a circumstance that Mr. Don accounts for in the 
following manner. " It will be seen that the flowers in our specimen were larger 
and of a difl'erent colour from those represented in the ' Botanical Magazine,' 
circumstances attributable in a great measure to the different seasons of the year in 
which the plants bloomed." Mr. J. Macnab says, that the flowers vary in the 
shade of colour. The red streaks in some are more visible exteriorly, in others 
they are confined to the inside of the tube, or extend along the lobes. It is readily 
multiplied by cuttings, and will probably turn out hardy. Brit. Fl. Gard, 348, 
the house-leek tribe (cr^ssulace^). 
Kalosanthos splendens. Showy Kalosanthos. An hybrid, produced by 
Mr. Miller, of Bristol Nursery, between Kalosanthos coccinea and K. versicolor ^ 
and is certainly an improved variety of this beautiful and interesting genus. The 
specimen figured represents a plant with a single stem, from the base of which two 
off'-sets arise ; the main stem is crowned with a dense and beautiful cluster of flowers, 
with white and scarlet petals elegantly blended, making a rich and desirable acquisi- 
tion to our collections of succulents. They strike freely, if planted in a little 
sandy soil, under a glass, in the front of a greenhouse. Fl. Mag., No. 14. 
THE rose tribe (rOSACE^). 
Roses. Rouge de Luxembourg, Rosa Damas Leda. The Rouge de 
Luxembourg is a brilliant and highly coloured moss-rose, of a beautiful form, and 
well filled up in the centre ; the colour is carmine, and may be considered a rose of 
much merit. 
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