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It is increased by seeds the most readily, but cuttings of the stems immediately 
when they have done flowering, strike freely if planted under a handglass on a warm 
shady border. The roots may also sometimes be divided at the crown, but this ! 
cannot often be done on account of their carrot-like form. f 
In a dry and sheltered situation it will make a very good border flower ; but 
answers better on artificial rock- work. It is not however a showy plant. 
The growth is slender, seldom exceeding seven or eight inches, and often not 
more than four or five. 
Another species of Nardostachys, the grandiflora, has also been discovered ; it is 1 
a native of Nipaul, in Kamaon : and is the Fedia grandiflora of Wallich’s MSS. j 
This is an herbaceous perennial, growing about six inches high, with fleshy roots, \ 
having a powerful fragrance similar to the true Spikenard. The stem is quite , 
smooth. Leaves oblong, glabrous, radical ones long, cauline ones ovate or cordate. 
Fascicles of flowers solitary, terminal. Bracts three-nerved, membranaceous, oval, | 
longer than the capsule. Calyx five-lobed, lobes denticulated. Corolla purple. 
Capsule downy. , 
Although the roots of N. grandiflora are perhaps not equal in fragrance to 
N. Jamatansi, yet they are most likely used for similar purposes. 
FLORICULTURAL NOTICES. 
NEW AND RARE PLANTS FIGURED AND DESCRIBED IN THE “BOTANICAL MAGAZINE” 
AND OTHER LEADING PERIODICALS FOR JUNE AND JULY. 
Acacia argyrophylla — Silver-leaved Acacia. This species is one of the many novelties ^ 
sent by Mr. Drummond from the Swan River Settlement, and is no less beautiful in the foliage 
(phyllodia,) than in its copious large heads of deep yellow flowers. The phyllodia are like the 
leaves of Podalyria sericea, everywhere clothed with a glossy silky cobweb, in the young leaves 
partaking of a yellow tint. It flowers in April. — Bot. Mag., 4384. i 
Angelonia ANGUSTIFOLIA — Navrow-leavcd Angelonia. Raised from seeds received from Mexico 
from Mr. Hartweg, in January, 1846. This is a half shrubby stove perennial, which grows 
freely in a mixture of loam, leaf-mould, and sandy peat in equal proportions, with plenty of 
moisture. It is easily increased by cuttings, and flowers from June to October, but afterwards 
should be kept rather dry, particularly during winter. It is a very handsome little plant, with 
deep violet flowers, and deserves a place in every stove or warm greenhouse. — Jour. Hort. I 
Soc., 3243. f 
Calceolaria cuneiformis — Wedge-leaved Calceolaria. Raised from seeds purchased from 
Mr, Thomas Bridges in 1846, and said to be from Bolivia. In its wild state, this plant is a stiff, 
short-branched bush, with small wedge-shaped leaves covered with white hairs on the under side, i 
It bears two or three flowers at the end of each branch, which is closely covered with short rough 
hairs. In its cultivated state it has much larger and softer leaves, and weaker branches. The 
flowers are about as large as those of Calceolaria integrifolia, and of a pale lemon colour. It is a 
very pretty greenhouse shrub, with a better habit than the old shrubby Calceolarias. — Bot. Mag., 
Jour. Hort. Soc., v. iii., p. 242. 
Cantua pyrifolia — Pear-leaved Cantua. Of all the Polemoniacese, and many of them, it 
must be acknowledged, are very handsome, some species of the present genus Cantua, are pre- 
eminently beautiful. We have now the pleasure of announcing a species reared in this country 
