FLORICULTURAL NOTICES. 
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Calostemma lOteum. a pretty bulbous plant, not very dissimilar to some 
species of Narcissus, yet decidedly different in its botanical character. It has been 
known in Britain several years, although at present scarce. The flovi^ers appear 
in dense terminal umbels, their colour being a bright yellow. Bulbs are occasion- 
ally introduced from New Holland, its native country, and they flower freely if 
grown in pots, or planted in a conservatory border, provided their supply of water 
is discreetly regulated according to their natural habits, which are, to grow 
luxuriantly till they flower, and afterwards gradually to decay. Moisture must, 
therefore, be liberally afl*orded during the former stage, but nearly withheld while 
the process of fading proceeds, and entirely suspended in dormancy. It is simply 
a half-hardy plant, and should not be exposed to frost. Multiplication is effected 
by seeds. 
Cbanothus pallidus. Scarcely less beautiful than the enchanting C. azureus, 
this species is said to be much hardier, and will, in consequence, be more highly 
esteemed as a suitable object for adorning garden- walls. It differs from C. aziireus 
chiefly in having narrower foliage, which is not hoary beneath, and flowers of a 
paler hue, between the colour of milk and pure azure. We have met with it in 
the London nurseries, and can bear witness to the strikingly prolific manner in 
which it develops its flowers. If cultivated in a pot, it forms a very handsome 
shrub, requiring the protection of a frame in winter, whereas, when trained to an 
appropriate wall, it wdll thrive in a moderately-rich and dry loamy border, and 
needs slightly sheltering only in vigorous weather. Plants were presented to the 
Horticultural Society by Messrs. Baumanns, of Bollviller, under the name of 
C. ovatus. Bot. Reg. 20. 
Cereus Mi^^LTiPLEX. The astonishing size of the flowers of many globular- 
stemmed kinds of Cactacece is a matter of common observation, though we have 
never witnessed a comparatively larger or more charming illustration of this fact 
than in the noble species whose name is prefixed. The stem approximates in shape 
to a balloon, has numerous ribs, and likewise a considerable number of aculei, 
which are rather short, and arranged after the usual manner. According to the 
drawing before us, the flower is fully as large as the plant, and the petals are of 
a delicate flesh-colour, merging into pink towards the points. It is a native of 
South Brazil, and blossomed in the rich collection of Messrs. Mackie, of Norwich. 
Judging from the figure, it is one of the most ornamental of the tribe. In gardens 
it is sometimes called Echinocactus multiplex. Bot. Mag. 3789. 
Genista bracteolata. Originally found in Teneriffe by Mr. "Webb, and 
transmitted from thence to Mr. Young, of the Milford nursery, where it flowered 
in 1832, and has since, it is believed, been wholly lost. The plant is covered with 
a hoary pubescence, has ternate leaves, the leaflets of which are obovate, obtuse, 
and narrow at the base, and the yellow flowers are situated at the extremities of 
the shoots, collected into lax racemes. From the diffuse character of the latter, 
and the evident want of a more aggregate distribution of the blossoms to create a 
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