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FLORICULTURAL NOTICES. 
Cro'ci. A collection of five very curious Crocuses is represented in the w Botanical Register 
for January, under the names of Crocus Chrysanthus , a small orange flower with a dark-colour^ 
limb to its corolla ; C. nivalis , larger than the last, but also small, for the most part violet-coloureif 
C. Veluchensis , pale and deep violet, with the sepals and petals of the flower of the former shat 
tipped with white, and those of the latter crimson ; C. Salzmannianvs, with large pale viol 
flowers, whose sepal margins are shaded white ; C. Byzantinus, a very singular flower with viol 
sepals and white tipped with violet petals. — Bot. Reg. 4. 
Cyana'nthus lobatus. ce C. lobatus appears to be a native of the higher range of tl 
Himalayas. It was raised in the garden of the Horticultural Society, from seeds received fro: 
Captain William Munro, in April, 1845, and said to have been e collected in Chinese Tartary, c 
the Snowy Passes, at an elevation of 12,000 feet, in October, 1844.’ It proves to be a delica 
hardy little herbaceous plant, with small fleshy roots, like those of some species of Campanula 
This plant is a member of a genus whose station in the Natural System is undetermined. It hi 
small leaves alternately arranged on slender stems, which bear terminally a solitary flower, tl 
limb-segments of whose corolla are widely spread, for the most part bluish purple with a pale bli 
base and tube. — Bot. Reg. 6. 
Da'phne Fortu'ni. This charming deciduous shrub was introduced from China in 1844 1 
Mr. Fortune, who first discovered it in a nursery garden, near Shanghae, in the winter of 184 
It was then leafless, but having taken it to the south, with other plants, for the purpose of foi 
warding them to England, the warmth forced this plant into bloom before it was sent off*. Returnir. 
through the northern provinces in the spring of the following year, he found it wild on many of tl 
hills in the province of Chekiang, forming a dwarf shrub, two or three feet high, losing its leaves s 
autumn. In March and April the flower buds expand, and then the whole of the hill sides al 
tinged with its beautiful lilac-coloured blossoms, and have a very gay appearance. Before the 
fade, the Azaleas burst into bloom, and give those northern hills a description of beauty qui 
peculiar. The Chinese name is Wu-lan-e Like the Mezereon its bark is extremely acrid 
poisonous, and is used by the natives to produce blisters on the skin, particularly in cases 
rheumatism. It is easily cultivated, grow *ng freely in loamy well-drained soil, and strikes free] 
from cuttings. The main points in its cultivation are — a well-drained soil, full exposure to tl 
sun when forming and ripening its wood during the summer months, and rest during winter whe 
the leaves fall off. Attention to these matters will always secure a fine show of bloom in the earl 
part of the spring. It will probably prove quite hardy. — Hort. Jour., vol. ii., 34. 
Diely'tra Specta'bilis. This plant is beyond all comparison the handsomest of the natur 
order of Fumeworts. It was discovered in a state of cultivation in China by Mr. Fortune, 
grows eighteen inches high, and has three or four axillary racemes of beautiful flowers, eac; 
raceme being from four to six inches long. The flowers are a full inch long, and nearly thre 
quarters of an inch wide, with the two saccate petals of a delicate rose colour, and the intervenin 
narrow one white with a purple tip ; probably a hardy plant. — Hort. Jour ., vol. i., p. 233. 
Dendro'bium triade'mum. (i In characterizing this species, a few weeks since,” says D 
Bindley, u we spoke of it as a lovely plant, with the habit of Dendrobium crumenatum, but with 
very close racemose panicle of flowers, transparent, about as large as in JD. aduncum , nearly whit' 
with a tinge of rose, a violet spot on the end of the petals and lip, and a three-lobed yellow tubercl 
in the middle of the latter.” An East Indian species, but from what locality is unknown. Notice 
at page 165 of last volume. — Bot. Reg. 1. 
Erythri'na Bid'willii. Of the plant bearing this name the Hon. and Very Rev. the Dean < 
Manchester thus writes : — (e This plant was sent to me at Spofforth, by Mr. Bid well, froi 
Sydney. I am not sure whether it was raised by himself or Mr. Macleay. It is 
hybrid production, from E. herbacea , impregnated by E. Crista galli, and is remarkable as being, 
believe, the only certain hybrid papilionaceous plant we have. It is a very beautiful plant < 
intermediate habit. Its vigorous shoots die down to the root after flowering, and have leaves < 
an intermediate form approaching in colour and gloss rather to those of the Carolina E. herbacei 
The flowers are of intermediate size and colour ; but like those of E. Crista galli , borne by three 
at the axils of the leaves as well as on a terminal spike, while those of E. lierbacea are borne on 
leafless spike proceeding from the root. I hope to multiply it by cuttings, and consider it to be 
great acquisition. The figure necessarily gives a very inadequate representation of an inflorescenc 
