FLORICULTURAL NOTICES. 
NEW OR BEAUTIFUL PLANTS FIGURED AND DESCRIBED IN THE LEADING BOTANICAL 
PERIODICALS FOR MAY, &c. 
Akebia quinata. According to M. Decaisne, one of the species of this genus is commonly 
I ultivated in the gardens of Japan, where it is called Fagi-Kadsura-Alcebi , whence its scientific 
ame. Professor Zuccarini has stated this to be the very Japanese plant described by Thunberg. 
tr. Fortune, who sent it to this country, found it growing on the lower sides of the hills, in hedges, 
'here it was climbing on other trees, and hanging down in graceful festoons from the ends of their 
1 ranches. The colour of the flowers in China is of a dark brown, not unlike the Magnolia fuscata, 
nd they are very sweet scented. In the garden of the Horticultural Society the flowers are much 
ghter in colour, and nearly scentless. There is every reason to suppose it will succeed well when 
rown on trellis in the open air. — Bot. Reg., 28. 
Bolbophyllum Lobbii. How fine a plant of its kind this is, may be surmised by its having 
i teen taken for a Ccelogyne. The flowers are yellow, shaded with cinnamon, spotted with light 
trown, and speckled outside with brown purple. They are full four inches across ; are superior to 
iny known species of the genus for beauty. Mr. Thomas Lobb sent it from Java to Messrs. 
7 eitch, who have it for sale. — Bot . Reg., 29, desc7’ip. 
Brassia brachiata. This beautiful Epiphyte was originally defined from a dried specimen, 
, :ollected near the Hacienda de la Laguna, in Guatemala, by Mr. Hartweg. Like B. verrucosa, this 
species has the singular peculiarity of bearing upon its lip numerous flat warts, to which the green 
colour of that part is exclusively confined. This fine plant is best grown elevated on a pot well 
i lrained, and in a mixture of the fibre out of rough peat and half-decayed leaves, in equal propor- 
;ions. When the season’s growth is completed, it should be allowed a season of rest, which is best 
ittained by withholding moisture, first from the atmosphere, and afterwards from the roots, and by 
reducing the temperature of the house to 58° or 60° by fire heat. — Bot. Reg., 29. 
Calceolaria amplexicaulis. A handsome and ornamental yellow-flowering Calceolaria, though, 
!- sxcept in foliage, little different from many other forms of that genus. It is a native of Peru and 
Colombia. Humboldt met with it upon the banks of the San Pedro, between Chillo and Conocoto, 
it an elevation of from seven to eight thousand feet above the level of the sea ; Mr. William Lobb 
found it at Muiia, whence he forwarded seeds to Mr. Veitch, of Exeter ; and Professor Jameson 
, and Hartweg sent it from Quito. — Bot. Mag., 4300. 
Catasetum serratum. Nearly allied to C. maculatum, from which it differs from the sides of 
the lip not curving inwards, in the shortness of the columnal cirrhi, and in the emarginate apex of 
the lip. The flowers are nearly of the same size, but not spotted ; they are pale green, with the 
convexity of the lip yellow. Sent from Panama to Messrs. Veitch, by Mr. Lobb. — Bot. Reg., 
24, descrip. 
Cerasus japonica plena. This differs in no respect from the well-known double dwarf 
Chinese Cherry (or Plum), except in having perfectly white and very double flowers. A hardy 
shrub, growing freely in any good sandy loam, and increased by budding on a Plum stock. 
Introduced by Mr. Fortune from China, in 1846. — Hort. Jour., vol. ii., p. 158. 
Dendrobium Veitchianum. We are not sure that this will not prove a rival to the best of the 
East Indian Orchids. It is a most beautiful plant, with upright racemes of large mossy flowers, 
nearly two inches in diameter, and a fine stiff habit. Its sepals are a clear dull yellow, the petals 
pure white, the lip deep green bordered with white, and richly marked with crimson veins. A 
native of Java, discovered by Mr. Lobb. — Bot. Reg., 25, descrip. 
Echites Franciscea. A fine fragrant hothouse climber, of considerable beauty, the introduc- 
tion of which was effected by His Grace the late Duke of Northumberland. It appears to have 
been found in the Brazilian desert, near the river San Francisco, whence it takes its name. 
— Bot. Reg., 24. 
Forsythia viridissima. This new plant, noticed page 67 of the present volume, has lately 
flowered in the Horticultural Garden, and proves to be a plant of extraordinary beauty. Its 
