411 
! 
Reviews and Extracts.—Botanyy ^ 
colour. Gratidla tetragona, Four-sided Hedge-Hyssop.—(Scrophularineae.) 
—A blue flowering stove plant, newly introduced from Buenos Ayres. 
Sdlvia strictifioray Erect-flowered Sage.—(Labiatas.)—A red flowering stove 
plant, found in Peru, by Mr. Cruckshanks. Sfylidium 'scdndens. Climbing 
Stylidium.—(Stylidesn.)—A greenhouse plant, with lilac-coloured flowers. 
4.— The British Flower Garden. By Robert Sweet, PMi.S. 
8vo. Monthly. 3.v. coloured; 2s.3d. plain. 
No. 34, FOR February, contains 
Lachendlia mutdbilisy Changeable-coloured Lachenalia.—(Asphodeleas.)—A 
native of the Cape of Good Hope, imported by Mr. Synnot. Calceolaria 
fVheeleri, Wheeler’s Hybrid Slipperwort.—(Scrophularineae.)—A very hand¬ 
some plant, bearing flowers of a crimson-velvet colour; 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. purpiirea. Spardxis Ihiedta, 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 stel- 
Idrisj Starry Narcissus.—(Amaryllide;e.)—A delicate Yhite flowering]species 
having the crown margined with bright scarlet. 
o.— The Botanic Garden, &c. By B. Maund, F.L.S. Monthly. 
Large paper, G.()f/.; Small, J^. 
No. 86, FOR February, contains 
Erythra'a aggregdta, 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. Eipe- 
tion reniformis, Spurless Violet.—(Violarieae.)—A little perennial, introduced 
from New Holland, in 1825. Anagdllis JVebhidnay 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 SibiricOy Siberian Claytonia.—(Portulaceae.) 
—This little white-flowering plant is an old inhabitant of this country, being 
introduced in 1768. 
1 
