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NOTES ON FLOWERS. 
leaved Viburnum). — Caprifoliaceas § Sambu- 
ceae. — A handsome deciduous shrub, growing 
from eight to ten feet high, with dark green, 
somewhat plaited, coarsely serrated leaves, 
broad, narrowed to the base, and furnished 
with an abrupt point. It is a profuse bloomer, 
bearing its white flowers in round snowball 
heads of the size and with the appearance of 
the " double" Gueldres rose. A native of the 
northern parts of the Chinese empire, and 
much cultivated in the gardens of the rich. 
Introduced in 1845. Flowers in April. Cul- 
ture. — Hardy ; common soil ; propagated by 
cuttings or layers. (204) 
Berberis parviflora, Lindley (small 
flowered Berberry). — Berberidaceas § Berbe- 
rideae. — A small slender evergreen bush, 
with obovate leaves, with from three to five 
spiny teeth near the end, glaucous on the 
upper side, clear green beneath. The flowers 
are small and deep orange-yellow, and grow 
in few-flowered racemes about as long as the 
leaves. Its history and native country are 
unknown ; the plant was presented by Messrs. 
Lee, of Hammersmith, to the Horticultural 
Society ; and is supposed to be South Ameri- 
can. Introduced before 1844. Flowers in 
May. Culture. — Hardy ; common soil ; pro- 
pagated by layers or cuttings. (205) 
Amomtjm vitellinum, Lindley (yolk of 
egg-coloured Amomum). — Zingiberaceaa. — 
A perennial reedy plant, growing about two 
feet high, with oblong wavy pale green leaves, 
and deep yellow flowers strongly veined with 
red, and growing in short close spikes seated 
among the upper leaves. Supposed to be an 
East Indian species. Introduced in 1845. 
Flowers in April and May. Culture. — Re- 
quires a stove, with plenty of heat and mois- 
ture when growing, and to be kept dry when 
at rest ; useful as a flowering plant to asso- 
ciate with ferns in shady places ; sandy loam 
and leaf-mould ; propagated by dividing the 
plants. (206) 
Gloxinia speciosa, var. Fyfiana (Mr. 
Fyfe's Gloxinia). — Gesneraceaa § Gesnereas. 
— A very handsome and distinct variety of 
Gloxinia, with the habit and foliage of G. 
speciosa, but instead of the usually drooping 
and unequally inflated flowers which occur 
in this genus, they are, in this case, quite 
erect on the top of the stalks, and evenly 
formed, resembling an inverted bell ; the 
colour is French white, with a broad ring of 
purplish lilac around the mouth of the tube. 
A garden hybrid, raised at Rothsaye in Bute, 
in 1844. This variety is supposed, but not 
certainly known, to have been produced from 
seed of G. maxima. (207) 
Viburnum macrocephalum, Fortune 
(large headed Viburnum). — Caprifoliaceaa § 
Sambuceae. — A deciduous large shrub, covered 
all over with coarse scurfy hairs, and having 
blunt ovate slightly-toothed leaves, and large 
compound pyramidal cymes of snow white 
flowers ; these heads of flowers in the neuter 
state are as much as eight inches in diameter, 
and resemble a hydrangea ; the flowers are 
each about an inch and a half in diameter. A 
native of the north of China. Introduced in 
1844. Flowers in June. Culture. — Proba- 
bly hardy ; good garden soil ; propagated by 
cuttings or layers. It is handsome as a pot- 
plant grown like a hydrangea, and thrives in 
loam and peat. (208) 
Berberis hypoleuca, Lindley (white- 
leaved Berberry), — Berberidaceas § Berberi- 
deae. — A fine evergreen shrub, of vigorous 
growth, with broadly ovate leathery leaves, dull 
green above, and white beneath, the margins 
spinous in the upper half ; the flowers grow 
in racemes not longer than the leaves, and are 
small and of a pale yellow colour. A native 
of the north of India. Introduced about 
1844. Flowers in May. Culture. — Nearly 
hardy — injured only by severe winters ; good 
garden soil or rich loam ; propagated readily 
by layers formed of the moderately young 
shoots, or by seed. (209) 
Grevillea sericea, Brown (silky Gre- 
villea). — Proteaceae § Folliculares-Grevilli- 
dae. — An evergreen shrub of moderate sta- 
ture, the branches furnished with alternate 
lance-shaped leaves, having a small sharp 
point at the top ; the flowers grow in a 
crowded manner at the ends of the small 
twigs, and consist of four narrow segments, 
scarcely separating, and curved at the apex, 
the long projecting style issuing from the 
back of the flower near the base ; they are 
of a reddish purple colour. A native of New 
South Wales. Introduced about 1790. Flowers 
from October to May. Culture. — Requires 
a greenhouse ; loam and peat ; propagated by 
cuttings under a bell-glass. (210) 
Heliophila trifida, Thunberg (trifid 
Sun-cress). — Brassicaceaa § Diplecolobeaa-He- 
liophilidae. — A slender branching annual 
plant, growing about a foot high, with the 
lower leaves trifid, sometimes five cleft, the 
lobes filiform ; the upper ones are simply 
filiform; the flowers grow in terminal racemes 
on most of the branches, and consist of four 
roundish petals forming a small nearly round 
flower of a gay ultra-marine blue. A native 
of the sandy plains near Cape Town. In- 
troduced in 1819. Flowers from June to 
September. Also called Ueliophila pin- 
nata (Linnaeus fil). Culture. — Half-hardy ; 
suitable for growing in pots in the green- 
house, or planting in warm sheltered places 
out doors in summer ; light rich soil ; pro- 
pagated by seeds sown in February in slight 
heat. (211) 
