MISCELLAS-EOUS NOTICES — NEW AND EAEE PLANTS. 
SilisitUnDjnns Sntitrs. 
GiUiJloivers : Cocardeau and JUmpereirr. — Under the 
name of Cocardeau there was fomierly cultivated a 
variety of the large GilMoirer (llathiola incana), -n-hich 
botanists had named, II. fenestralis. This plant "was in 
much repute in iSormandy, and particularly at Caen. 
At the present day -sre might perhaps fail in finding in 
that province, as well as in many others, the variety 
in question, which was so much esteemed among the 
florists of an earlier period. It seems almost certain 
that this Gilliflower in producing its handsome double 
flow ers only in Normandy, must have been neglected, 
and consequently abandoned like many others, which 
are no longer to be found in cultivation. The 
Cocardeau is distinguished from the large species by 
the stem being very strong and unique, growing some- 
times to the height of three feet, and terminating by a 
flower branch of extraordinary dimensions. There are 
two varieties of it known, one red, and the other white. 
M. Lenormand, a skilful grower, of Palis, offered this 
GUliflower for sale in the markets of that capital in 
1828 ; and it was conspicuous among all others by its 
incontestable superiority. For some time he preserved 
the monopoly of this Cocardeau, which he always took 
to market with double flowers. The variety raised by 
M. Lenormand took the name of Cocardeau, a term 
which has been long applied to the GUliflower 
Cocardeau formerly known. This two-fold use of the 
term is not likely to lead to confusion, since there is 
every reason to believe that the old GOliflower 
Cocardeau is entirely lost. The modem variety is in- 
termediate between that known as the Quaraiitaine (a 
small variety known in France) ; and the Crrosse espece 
(another variety of larger size). In respect to its size 
it comes somewhat near the former, and to the latter 
by its flowering later, from which circumstance it 
always flowers the second year. I have, however, 
often had occasion to sow it early in the spring, perhaps 
about February, and though my plants were raised in 
frames, I have never been fortunate enough to flower 
them before the second year. This variety must then 
be considered as a biennial. The seed may be sown 
throughout the spring and summer, and according to 
the time at which it has been sown, the plants will 
come up more or less strong. Thus, if the seed is sown 
in March and April, the plants will come up strong 
and branchy, and acquire as perfect a development as 
this variety is capable of. If the seed is sown in May, 
Jime, and July, the plants will be less strong, and those 
of the auhunn sowing will have only a single stem or 
branch. They will all flower in the following spring. 
The seed is generally sown in a bed like the other 
GOliflowers, and when the young plants are strong 
enough they are pricked out into other beds, in rows 
twelve inches every way. It is the custom with some 
gardeners to prick their GiUiflowers a second time with 
the view of making them more hardy. This practice is 
only good when we -n-ish to stop a too luxuriant vegeta- 
tion, but otherwise it disturbs the plants for no use. 
At the end of September the plants are put in pots and 
placed for some days in a shady place, in order to 
encourage them to strike root in the soil. About the 
time that the frost sets in they should be removed to a 
cold frame, where they should have as much air as 
possible, and be kept rather dry, for humidity is more 
injm-ious to them than cold. Only two varieties of 
Cocardeau ai'e known, the red and white. It is, how- 
ever, very likely that other colours might be obtained. 
The GiUiflower Empereur is a superb biennial variety, 
recently introduced to France. Like the Cocardeau, it 
is of very vigorous habit, furnished with lai-ge and very 
double flowers, of a fine purple rose colour, quite new 
among GiUiflowers. It flowers almost constantly, and 
may, therefore, be termed perpetual. It is, perhaps, 
the greatest acquisition which has been received from 
Germany. We may also add, as one of its most 
precious qualities, that nine-tenths of the plants have 
double flowers. — Revue Hortieole. 
NEW AXD RAEE PLANTS. 
GAiEOTTLi BEAUMONTii, Zindletj. Beaumont's Ga- 
leottia. {Paxt. M. Gard., i., 12.)— Nat. Ord., Orchi- 
daceae Vandese MaxiUaridas. — Syn., Stenia Beaumontii, 
A. Richard. — An uninteresting stove epiphyte, with ob- 
long pseudo-bulbs, bearing two Unear-oblong leaves 
from the summit, and a two-flowered peduncle fi-om the 
base ; the flowers are dull green and bro%ra, with a pale 
lilac lip. — From Brazil : Bahia ; introduced to Paris, 
about 18iS, by Morel. Flowers in winter. 
TuPA CRASSicAULis, Soolcer. Thick-stemmed Tupa. 
(Rot. Mag. t. 4,505) — ISTat. Ord., Lobeliaceae § LobelcEe. 
Syn., Siphocampylos canus of the Belgian Gardens, but 
not of Fold. — A sub-shrubby warm greenhouse plant, of 
rather coarse growth, and not veiy showy. It grows 
three feet or more in height, the stems stout, woolly, 
or cobwebby, leafy at the top. The leaves are lanceo- 
late, serrated, four to sis inches long, tapering at the 
base, into a short foot-stalk, tomentose and hairy be- 
neath. The flowers grow singly from the axUs of the 
upper leaves, the corollas having a nearly sti'aight, 
laterally-compressed tube, two inches long, and a two- 
lipped limb, the superior one bifid and inclined up- 
wards, the lower one deflexed and trifid ; the colour is a 
yellowish or greenish red, becoming deeper red. Na- 
tive country not stated ; probably Brazil ; introduced 
about 1849. Flowers in summer and autumn. Eoyal 
Botanic Garden, Kew. 
Caianthe SVI.VATICA, Lindlnj. Wood Calanthe 
(Paict. Fl. Card., i. 25).— Nat. Ord., Orchidaceae § Yan- 
deae-Calanthidfe. A beautiful stove herbaceous plant, 
with the habit and foliage of G. veratrifolia. The 
flowers are larger, in long erect spikes, at first pm-e 
white, but by degrees changing to a clear bright yellow ; 
the full-grown plume-Kke spikes are therefore white at 
the summit, yellowish at the base, with the intermedi- 
ate parts cream-coloured. Said to be the most beautiful 
of all the Calanthes. — From the Isles of France 
Bourbon : introduced to Paris about 1848. Flowers 
