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flowers, which have a yellow tube, with a whitish spreading limb, are of a big- 
noniaceous shape, and are borne solely on the old and lower parts of the stem, issuing 
in clusters “just above the places whence the leaves of the previous year had 
fallen.” They are exceedingly attractive, and the whole plant is highly ornamental. 
A specimen blossomed, “ probably for the first time in Europe,” in the stove of His 
Grace the Duke of Northumberland, at Syon, in August last. Bot. Beg. 19. 
Crocus speci5sus et suav:eolens. Handsome species, the first of which has 
several varieties, and the last varies a little occasionally in the colours of its flowers. 
C. speciosus is a Caucasian species, with beautiful bluish-purple blossoms, which 
expand in the autumn. It bloomed in the garden at Spofforth. There is also a 
white variety ; a blue one from Transylvania, named Transylvanicus , which is in 
Mr. Osborne’s nursery at Fulham ; and a very superior one, termed laxior , which 
has more expansive dark-blue flowers, and is “ cultivated at Mr. Young’s nursery, 
at Milford, near Godaiming, and at Mr. Pamplin’s, Lavender Hill, near Battersea.” 
C. suaveolens is a pretty, sweet-scented Italian species, with alternate purple and 
yellow segments to its blossoms, the yellow ones being neatly streaked. “ Some 
bulbs of it were brought to England by the Hon. W. Strangways, and others have 
been sent to Spofforth from Naples by Professor Tenore.” It is considered hardy. 
Bot. Mag. 3864. 
Herbertia ccerulea. An interesting little bulbous plant, somewhat like H . 
j oulchella, (of which there are two varieties with darker and lighter-coloured flowers,) 
but having lovely cerulean blossoms, the outer portions of which become darker near 
the base, which is then white, with a few spots. It was found by Mr. Drummond 
in Texas, and requires to be kept in a greenhouse or frame. Bot. Mag. 3862. 
Impatiens Candida. Another of the noble annual species growing on the 
Himalayan mountains, and lately introduced by the Hon. East India Company to 
the Horticultural Society’s garden. It is a tall-growing plant, branching freely 
down to the base, with long narrow leaves, which have showy crimson serratures, 
and red glands between the leaves. The blossoms are large, white, and a little 
spotted with crimson. It is advised that all the tender annuals belonging to this genus 
be grown rather in the greenhouse than in the open ground; for in the latter situation 
their flowers lose that charming delicacy for which they are notorious. Bot. Reg. 20. 
TriptIlion spin6sum. This most delightful herbaceous plant, though long 
known to botanists, has never been successfully cultivated in Britain till it was 
obtained by Mr. Frost, gardener to the Countess of Grenville, at Dropmore, who 
has now managed to flower it for three successive years. It is a tender perennial, 
with fleshy roots and pinnate leaves ; the flower-stems rising two feet in height, 
and bearing their brilliant blue flowers in corymbs. A few seeds have been saved, 
which have been induced to germinate ; but no attempt has yet been made to divide 
it, though it increases annually in size. Hitherto it has been kept in a greenhouse, 
potted in sandy loam, with a portion of decayed leaves, and the ball of earth reduced 
in the autumn. Its native country is Chili. Bot. Reg. 22. 
