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FLORICULTURAL NOTICES. 
NEW AND RARE PLANTS FIGURED IN THE LEADING BOTANICAL PERIODICALS FOR 
FEBRUARY. 
Ismene virescens. A small and rather uninteresting species, with greenish- 
white flowers, which have, however, an agreeable odour. It was found by Mr. 
Pentland, near Cusco in Peru, and from thence imported by the Horticultural 
Society. Being a greenhouse bulb, it should have an abundance of water from the 
commencement of April till it ceases flowering in the end of August, after which 
absolute drought is essential. Mr. Herbert suggests that the species of this genus 
may be readily grown in a sheltered border in the summer, by planting them in 
nearly pure sand ; removing the bulbs into a box of dry earth in the autumn, and 
protecting them during winter. The seeds vegetate with remarkable rapidity ; 
and this mode of propagation may be advantageously employed. Bot. Reg. 12. 
Mi>sa superba. Seeds of this species were received from the southern part of 
India at the Edinburgh Botanic Garden, and after having been sown fourteen 
months, the plants they produced began to bear flowers. It seems to grow about 
five feet in height, with a very short stem, and leaves of the ordinary large half- 
drooping form, with prominent nerves. “ The flower-bud/ 1 says Dr. Graham, <c as 
I have proved by cutting down full-grown plants of M. rosacea and Cavendishii , 
and I think also of M. paraclisiaca , remains at the root till a time after the plant 
has attained its full size, varying according to its treatment, and then pushes its 
way upwards — its appearance at the top of the stem being preceded by the evolution 
of one or more leaves smaller than the rest.” The flower-spike is long and drooping, 
the bracts large, of a purple or reddish brown colour within, and the flowers, like 
those of the other species, partially concealed. The fruit, it is stated, is not edible. 
Bot. Mag. 3849. 
CEnothera fruticosa ; car. indica. The common form of this showy species 
is a native of North America, but the present variety has been raised in the garden 
of the Horticultural Society, from seeds collected in Cashmere, and other parts of 
India. It is a hardy perennial, with stems eighteen inches high, dull-looking hairy 
leaves, and exceedingly ornamental bright-yellow flowers. Its flowering season is 
from June to August, and it flourishes in any garden soil, being easily multiplied 
by division in spring or autumn. From its compactness, its comparative dwarf- 
ness, and the rich colour of its numerous flowers, it well deserves cultivation. Bot. 
Reg. 1J. 
OncIdium Wray^e. One of the pseudo-bulbous class of the genus, with short, 
ovate, furrowed bulbs, which produce two small narrow leaves on their summit, 
though there are likewise two other smaller ones near the base in the younger stage 
of growth. The flower-scape is from three to five feet high, apparently almost erect, 
