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EXTRACTS—FLORICULTURE. 
CAMPANULACEjE. 
Lob'elia speci'osa. —Low’s Purple Lobelia. An hybrid, said to have been 
detected in a border composed of L. fulgens and ccerulea in a garden in Ireland. 
Flowers rich purple. Culture.—It is equally hardy with the L. fulgens, and 
like the other North American species, it delights in a soil composed of two parts 
of vegetable earth, one of loam and one of river sand.— Sweet’s FI. Gard. 
LEGUMINOSjE. 
Trifolium uniflorum. —One flowered Trefoil. Flowers red and white. 
Native of Italy, Greece, and the neighbouring counties. Culture.—It is herba¬ 
ceous, and appears tolerably hardy, and may be increased by seeds and separa¬ 
ting the roots.— Lod. Bot. Cob. 
ERICE-E. 
Andro'meda Jamaicensis. —Jamaica Andromeda. Flowers white, exceed¬ 
ingly delicate, growing in small bunches near the ends of the shoots. Native of 
Jamaica, and found on the summits of the mountains. Culture.—It succeeds 
pretty well in the greenhouse, and should be potted in peat earth.— Lod. Bot. Cab. 
CARYOPHYLLEjE. 
Dia'nthus Liban'otis. —The Pink of Lebanon. Flowers white, spotted with 
rich purple, and beautifully fringed. Native of the highest parts of Mount Le¬ 
banon, where it was discovered by Labillardffire a French Botanist. Culture.— 
It will thrive in the open air in a dry warm situation, and may be increased by 
layers and pipings.— Bot. Beg. 
CACTEjE. 
Cereus setosus. —Flowers pink and white. Native of Brazil; received in 
1829 from Rio Janeiro by Messrs. Loddiges. It has a trailing stem, rooting as 
it goes, for two or three feet in length. Culture.—It requires the heat of the 
stove, and increases without difficulty by cuttings. The soil should be light loam, 
ivith but little water during the winter season. Lod. Bot. Cab. 
CLASS II.—MONOCOTYLEDONOUS PLANTS OR ENDOGENES. 
ASPHODELE^E. 
Ph'arium fistul'osum.— Hollow-leaved Pharium. Flowers, rosy purple. 
Native of Mexico, introduced by Mr. Tate, of the Sloane Street Nursery, Chel¬ 
sea.— Bot. Reg. Culture.—It will probably be found nearly hardy, and will 
thrive in sandy loam. 
amaryllide^e. 
Alstromeria psittacina. —Parrot Alstromeria. Flowers bright red, spotted 
with velvetty brown, and edged with green, very handsome: Said to be a native 
of Mexico, but supposed by Mr. Lindley to be Brazilian or Chilian. Culture.— 
Within a brick pit, from which the frost is excluded in winter, planted in rich 
light loam, and exposed freely to light and air, it grows with the greatest luxuri¬ 
ance. See Yol- 1. p. 734. It is increased by offsets and seeds, which it ripens 
freely. 
' IRIDEjE. 
Sisyrinciiium maculatum. —Spotted flowered Sisyrinchium. Flowers yel¬ 
low and blood red. Native of Chili, where it was discovered by A. Cruckshanks, 
Esq. and by him introduced to the Glasgow Botanic Garden. It requires the 
shelter of the greenhouse, grows in loam and peat, and is propagated by dividing 
the roots.— Bot. Mag. 
