Reviews and Extracts. — Botany, ^c. 411 
colour. Grati'jia tetragona. Four-sided Hedge-Hyssop. — (Scrophulariniae,") 
— A blue floweriDg stove plant, newly introduced from Buenos Ayres. 
Sdluia strktiflora, Erect-flowered Sage. — (Labiatje.) — A red flowering stove 
plant, found in Peru, by Mr. Cruckshanks. Stylidium scdndem. Climbing 
Stylidium. — (Stylides.) — A greenhouse plant, with lilac-coloured flowers. 
4. — The British Flower Garden. By Robert Swekt, F.Ti.S. 
8vo, Monthly. 3s. coloured ; 2.v.3o(. plain. 
No. 34, FOB February, contains 
Lachenalia mutdlUia, Changeable-coloured Lachenalia, — (Asphodelene.)— A 
native of the Cape of Good Hope, imported by Mr. Synnot. Calceolaria 
fVheelcri, Wheeler's Hybrid Slipperwort. — (Scrophularineae.) — A very hand- 
some plant, bearing flowers of a crimson-velvet colour j it was raised by Mr. 
G. Wheeler, nurseryman, at Warminster, from the seed of a hybrid, produced 
from C. purpurea, fertilized with C. Corymbosa; this was again fertilized by 
C. purpurea. Spardxis lineata, Red-lined Sparaxis, — (Iridese.) — This is a 
very pretty species; the flowers are yellow, marked with pink. The Editor 
says that he has found all the Cape, Mexican, and Chilian bulbs, succeed quite 
well in a warm dry border, in a mixture of sandy loam and peat, and to be 
covered with a mat in very wet or sharp frosty weather. Narcissus $tel- 
Idris, Starry Narcissus. — (Amaryllidese.) — A delicate white fiowering"specie« 
having the crown margined with bright scarlet. 
5. — The Botanic Garden, &c. By B. Mauxd, F.L.S. Monthly. 
Large paper, Is.Sd.; Snwill, Is. 
No. 86, FOR Febrcary, contains 
ErythrtE'a aggregita, Aggregate Erythrea. — (Gentianeae.) — This is a very 
pretty plant, either for rock work or pot culture ; it requires a little protec- 
tion during very severe weather — its flowers are bright rose-colour. Erpe- 
Hon ren/formis, Spurless Violet. — (Violarieae.) — A little perennial, introduced 
from New Holland, in 1825. Anagdllis IVebhidna, Webb's Pimpernel. — 
(Primulacea.) — This is a very neat purple flowering species, becoming pretty 
general in most gardens ; it was discovered by P.B. Webb, Esq., in the south 
of Europe, in 1828. Claytdnia Sibirica, Siberian Claytonia. — (Portulacese.) 
— This little white-flowering plant is an old inhabitant of this country, being 
introduced in 176S. 
