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sorrel delights. It belongs to the natural 
order Oxalidaceae. 
HYACINTHS AND OTHER BULBS, IN 
MOSS. 
One of the prettiest methods of blooming 
Hyacinths in a house, is to procure a large 
saucer, or a dish of similar form, and place 
moss in it level with the edge; this may- 
be filled with water, and the bulbs be 
placed on the moss; one tall growing one in 
the centre, and six of a more dwarf kind round 
it. Moss of a good colour should then be tucked 
between them, so as to form a complete orna- 
ment. The only care required after this is to 
keep them moist and near the light, and occa- 
sionally to turn the dish round, when they 
grow too much one way. If this dish be 
placed in a fancy basket, with cross handles, 
arched from one side to the other, the flower- 
stems may be easily supported ; though the 
roots spread all over the bottom of the dish, 
and enable them to stand well, unless they be- 
come too much drawn up and weakly, which 
is sometimes the case, when they have been 
kept too dark. The Vanthol Tulips will also 
grow well in the same manner, as well as 
Crocuses, which flower very freely in similar 
contrivances. A common tea saucer will hold 
a dozen well, and they almost instantly strike 
their roots among the moss, and spread their 
fibres under it. This, indeed, is by far the 
best method of flowering the Crocus, for they 
look very uninteresting in single glasses, com- 
pared with their appearance when in masses 
of a dozen. ■ 
NEW PLANTS AND SHRUBS, 
INTRODUCED OR MADE KNOWN DURING THE YEAR 
1S45. 
ACHIMENES ARGYROSTIGMA, Hooker. (The 
silver-epotted Achimenes). — An herbaceous 
stove perennial, propagated by small scaly 
tubers, and producing large obtuse elliptical 
leaves, spotted with white : the flowers are 
small, whitish, mottled with red, gaping, and 
produced in upright racemes or loose spikes. 
It is from New Granada ; and flowers in the 
summer months. Figured in Botanical Maga- 
zine, t. 4l7o. Natural order, Gesneraceas. 
Achimenes grandlflora, Be Candolle. 
(The large-flowered Achimenes). — A good 
deal like the now well-known A. long/flora 
in habit and general appearance, but with 
large, rich, rosy crimson, gaping flowers. It 
requires the same culture. It grows in 
Mexico, upon shady rocks of the Barranca de 
Tioselos, near the Hacienda de la Laguna. It 
is, perhaps, one of the most handsome of the 
family, all of which, without exception, are 
highly worth cultivating. Not new. Figured 
in Botanical Register, ISl">, t. 11. 
Allamanda cathartica, var. grandi- 
fiora, of gardens. (The large-flowered Alla- 
manda). — Almost every one has some 
knowledge of Allamanda cathartica, a splen- 
did climbing plant, of strong growth, and pro- 
ducing bunches of large yellow flowers. 
Whether the present is another species, or 
only a well-marked variety, is not quite de- 
fined : some consider it a species. From that 
plant it differs in having larger flowers, usually 
upwards of four inches in diameter ; in being 
fuller coloured ; and in not having so much 
tendency to climb. Indeed, under good man- 
agement, it can be kept as a bush of compact 
form, two or three feet in size. It has leaves 
usually three in a whorl, oblong lance-shaped ; 
and the large pale-yellow trumpet-like flowers 
are produced in clusters of four or five, at the 
ends of the young shoots. It is a stove plant, 
flowering throughout the summer and autumn 
months. Mr. Gardner found it in Brazil, 
and introduced it by seeds to this country. 
Figured in Buxton's Magazine of Botany, 
p. 79. Natural order, Apocynaceoe. 
Anemone obttjsjxoba, Bon. (Theobtuse- 
lobed Wind-flower). — This hardy alpine plant 
is the same as A. Govaniana, of Wallich, whose 
name gives place to that of Don. It grows 
about six inches high, and bears a few-flow- 
ered umbel of small white flowers, just elevated 
above the broad leaves, which are formed with 
three blunt lobes, or divisions. It inhabits 
the Choor mountain of the Himalayas, at an 
elevation of from 10,000 to 12,000 feet. It 
flowers in June and July. Figured in the 
Botanical Register, 1844, t. 65. Natural 
order, Ranunculacea;. 
Anthocercis ilicifolia, A. Cunningham. 
(The holly-leaved Anthocercis). — A sutfruti- 
cose, perennial, green-house plant, growing 
from four to six feet high, with numerous 
branches, which are leafy below, and at the 
upper part furnished with flowers. The 
leaves are obovate, and spinulose-dentate ; in 
the small branches these leaves become gradu- 
ally smaller, giving place to the flowers ; the 
flowers are bell-shaped, with five narrow 
reflexed segments ; the tubular part is marked 
with greenish lines outside, and dark red 
coloured ones inside. The flowers are rather 
elegant, but the habit is straggling. It is 
from the Swan River colony, and was raised 
by Mr. Moore, of the Royal Dublin Society's 
Botanic Garden, at Glasnevin, Ireland. It 
requires a warm green-house in winter, and 
to be kept cool in summer ; and will grow in 
a mixture of sandy loam and peat. Figured 
in the Botanical Magazine, t. 4300. Natural 
order, Scrophuluriacese. 
Anigozanihos pulcherrimus, Hooker. 
(The prettiest yellow Anigozanthos). — A very 
handsome green-house herbaceous plant, with 
