712 EXTRACTS — FLOKICULTUIIE. 
RANUNCULACE-^ LINDL. Pd^OM ACE. 
PcE^ONiA officina'i,is var. anemoniflora.— Aiicinoiie flow€ivd variety of 
the common Poeony. This plant is well deserving a place in any garden. Flow- 
ers of a rich deep crimson colour. The stamens are converted into narrow, 
acuminated, and spirally twisted petals, bearing the same relation to the original 
stock as the Anemone-flowered, or Warratah Camellia does to the true Camellia 
■^aponica, and it is scarcely less beautiful in its appearance. — Bof. Ma<j. 
EEICEjE. 
AS^y^UTUs pilo'.sa. Hairy Arbutus. Flowers white, streaked with reddish 
broyyii, stem very hairy. Native of Mexico, was raised from seeds received from 
Mr. Don, by Mr. Neil. Culture. — It is perfectly hardy, and will grow in sandy 
peat soil, and may be propagated by layers. — Bot. Mag. 
Rhododendron indicim, var. Smitiiii. Smiths hybrid Indian Rhododen- 
dron. This splendid hybrid is the offspring of R. phaeuiceum, that had been 
fertilized by R. indicum, and was raised by Mr. Smith, at Coombe wood, in the 
spring of 1828. It partakes of the characters of both parents, and like them is 
rather tender, but it appears to be a more desirable plant tlian either, is of free 
growth, and produces its flowers in great abundance. Flowers of a rosy salmon 
colour, large and spreading, expansion from t\io and a half to three inches, spot- 
ted in the iuside with darker spots. — Brit. Fl. Card. 
camellieji;. 
C.A3IELLIA Japonic A vak. compacta. — Close flowering Camellia. This is 
a aeat flowering shrub, distinct from every other white flowerer, having a good 
deal of the character of the C. Sasanqua in the flowers, but the leaves of the 
.laponica, it is thought to have been raised by Messrs. Young. — Lock/. Bvl. C'lih 
MALVACE.a;. 
HiBi.sCL'S SPLENDENS. — The resplendent Hibiscus. A liandsome plant, bears 
lug magnificent rose coloured flower.s. Native of New Holland, where it gruw-j 
to 20 feet high. Culture. — It may be increased by cuttings or seeds, and should 
be planted in a mixture of loam and peat, and be preserved in a warm greeu-i 
hoitje. — Lodd. Bot. Cab. 
%■ PniiILLACE,«. 
Phi'au'LA VEKTiciLi-^ATA. — The whorled Primrose. Flowers yellow, lea^e- 
growing iu wliorls oil the flower-stalk, hence its specific character. Native of 
mount Kusma, near Kurman, in Arabia Felix, where it was discovered W For.-;- 
kael : it! grows, according to him a foot or more in height. Culture.— It uill 
thrive irt a pot filled with a mixture of peat, loam, and rotten dung, and/may- 
be sheltered in a frame during winter. ^ — Lvd. Bo/. Cab. ■ J 
■> . ,_; P.iSSlFLOREJS. :, 
TACSONiC^JNNATJSTiPUJLA. (fig. 116) Pinnated Stipuled.Tacsoiiiar^Tlus elegant 
passionflower is well deserving a place in any collection of plants, the flowers are 
of a bright rose colour, and very showy. It is a native of Talcahuano, and Val-, 
paraiso, in C'hile. The genus is principally distinguished by the long tub^ ofi 
the ^efenthemum- The name is of Peruvian origin, Tacso being applied toi 
scvetal species of this genus iu Peru, and was first employed by .lussieu, to \^\SQ\h\ 
this group. Cwltiirc. — It rciiuires the same treatment as the Passiflor.T genejfallV' 
and seems lik' ly, in r,i\ Mni\> M.- ^-ituativns, to prove quite as haidy a: the Pa.^sl'. 
flora caerul a.— /?''/. /'/..»,. (_i<ni/tii. 
