NEW AND BEAUTIFUL PLANTS. 
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NEW AND BEAUTIFUL PLANTS FIGURED IN THE BOTANICAL 
PERIODICALS. 
Allamanda Aubletii. The A. grandiflora of the 
Mag. of Botany , xii., 79. A fine species from Brazil. 
— Bot. Mag., 4411. 
Aquilegia leptocerAs. From the Rocky Moun- 
tains in America. Collected by Mr. Burke ; a beautiful 
hardy kind, with bluish or ochroleucous flowers. — Bot. 
Mag., 4407. 
Arnebia echioides. A native of Caucasus ; quite 
hardy ; flowers yellow, and abundantly produced. — 
Bot. Mag., 4409. 
Asclepias Douglassh. One of the finest of the 
genus ; native of the Rocky Mountains ; discovered by 
Douglas. A hardy herbaceous plant, with pale reddish- 
purple flowers. — Bot. Mag., 4413. 
Brodi^ea californica. Collected in California, by 
Mr. Hartweg. It is a hardy, bulbous plant, with pale 
blue flowers, and should be treated like Scillas. — Jour. 
Hort. Soc., iv., 84. 
Burtonia villosa. Flowers rosy purple ; the 
largest of all the species ; plant, a native of Swan River. 
Collected by Mr. Drummond, and introduced by Messrs. 
Lucombe, Prince, & Co., of Exeter. — Bot. Mag., 4410. 
Cereus Leeanus. A native of Mexico ; flowers deep 
red, large, and showy. Received by Mr. Lee, of Ham- 
mersmith, from France. — Bot. Mag., 4417. 
Cirrhopetalum Macraei. A native of Ceylon ; 
discovered growing on trees, by Mr. M‘Rae ; and sent 
to this country by Mr. Gardner. The flowers are deep 
yellow, mixed with purplish brown. — Bot. Mag., 
4422. 
Cirrhopetalum nutans. Introduced by Messrs. 
Loddiges, from Manilla, through Mr. Cuming. The 
flowers are yellow, and produced in abundance ; the 
species, however is not handsome. — Bot. Mag., 4418. 
C vclobothra monophylla. Collected by Mr. Hart- 
weg, upon the Sacramento Mountains, California. A 
bulbous plant, growing three or four inches high, and 
quite hardy, and bearing bright yellow flowers. It 
should be planted in an American border, and remain 
undisturbed. — Jour. Hort. Soc., iv., 81. 
Dipladenia urophylla. A handsome shrub, from 
the Organ Mountains of Brazil. Introduced by Messrs. 
Veitch and Son, of Exeter ; and bearing a profusion of 
rich salmon-coloured flowers. — Bot. Mag., 4414. 
Heterotrichum macrodon. A handsome melasto- 
maceous plant, introduced from New Grenada, by 
Messrs. Yetich. The flowers are white, and produced 
in terminal corymbs. — Bot. Mag., 4421. 
Limnanthes rosea. A hardy annual, found in Cali- 
fornia, by Mr. Hartweg. The flowers are rose-coloured 
and rather pretty ; and the habit of the plant prostrate 
and succulent. — Jour. Hort. Soc., iv., 78. 
Miltonia Karwinskii. A beautiful orchid, brought 
from Mexico, by Count Karwinski. The flowers are 
produced in a long raceme. The sepals and petals are 
bright yellow, barred and spotted with brown. The lip 
is white at the point, deep violet at the base, and bluish 
in the middle space. The column is nearly white, and 
adorned with two serrated hatchet-shaped wings. — Jour . 
Hort. Soc., iv., 83. 
Mirbelia Meisneri. From Swan River ; collected 
by Mr. Drummond, and introduced by Messrs. Lucombe, 
Pince, and Co. A lovely greenhouse shrub, with purple 
flowers. — Bot. Mag., 4419. 
Passiflora amabilis. Perhaps a hybrid ; received 
at Kew from Mr. Makoy of Liege. It is a stove plant, 
and produces solitary deep red flowers, varied with a 
delicate white crown. — Bot. Mag., 4406. 
Pleroma Kunthiana. Nearly equal to P. elegans. 
The flowers are large, and deep purple ; it was intro- 
duced from Brazil through Mr. Gardner. — Bot. Mag., 
4412. It is figured in our Mag. of Botany, xii. 125. 
Jambosa malaccensis. Native of the Malay islands, 
and cultivated on account of its fruit. — Bot. Mag., 4408. 
The flowers are deep ciimson, and not white, as is usu- 
ally thought. 
Scutellaria macrantha. A perfectly hardy plant, 
with rich blue flowers, dwarf, and well suited for group- 
ing in the flower garden. It is a native of Eastern 
Asia. — Bot. Mag., 4420. 
Vriesia glaucophylla. A plant not remarkable 
for beauty ; a native of New Granada, introduced to the 
Royal Gardens at Kew, through Mr. Purdie. — Bot. 
Mag., 4415. 
CALENDAR OF OPERATIONS FOR MARCH. 
The unusual fine and open weather during the month 
of February, has allowed all kinds of Garden work 
to be progressed with at a rapid rate. March is the 
time for sowing most sorts of seeds, and finishing off 
planting trees and shrubs; in fact, everything may go 
on that the weather will permit to be done. It is not 
improbable but part of the month may prove wet and 
frosty. 
FRUIT AND VEGETABLE DEPARTMENT. 
Glass. 
Cherry Trees, in pots or tubs, which were placed 
in heat at the beginning of February, are now in 
bloom, and should have a free circulation of air, and a 
moderately brisk but humid heat. Supply the roots 
with the liquid manure, and give a partial shade from 
the rays of the sun until the fruit are set. 
Cucumbers, in frames or pits, on common dung or 
leaf beds, will now require earthing up, as towards the 
end of the month they will begin to bear. Admit the 
air freely in fine weather, water liberally at the roots, 
and trim and stop regularly, so that the vines do not 
become tangled. 
Figs. Water with weak liquid manure every other 
day; also sprinkle them over head with the syringe 
pretty often in sunny weather ; in other respects treat 
them as last month. 
