E X T RA C T S—FLORICULT U R E. 
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FLORIC ULT U RAL INTELLIGENCE. 
New and vervt Rare plants, figured in the Botanical Periodicals for August. 
CLASS I.—DICOTYLEDONES, OR EXOGENES. 
LEGUMINOSAE. 
Dillav'vnia gi vcinifolia. —Glycine-leaved Dillvvynia. A beautiful plant. 
Flowers of a bright orange and dark-colour. Native of New Holland, where it 
was originally found in King George’s sound, by Mr. Menzies, and more recently 
by Mr. Baxter. Bot. Reg. Culture.—It requires the shelter of the greenhouse 
and should be potted in sandy loam and peat 
Aca'cia pentade'nia. —Fern-leaved Acacia. A plant possessed of very grace¬ 
ful foliage. Flowers, orange-yellow. Native of the South-west coast of New 
Holland, where it was collected by Mr. Knight. Culture.—It will thrive with 
the same treatment as other New Holland Acacias, and is propogated by cuttings 
in the same manner.— Bot. Reg. 
EPACRIDE.<E. 
Spheno'toma capit'ata. Long-leaved Sphenotomo. Flowers blue and 
white. Native of the South-west coast of New Holland, whence seeds were ob¬ 
tained by Mr. Knight. Culture.—It requires the shelter of a greenhouse, and 
the same treatment as the Epacrises, Styphelias, and other well known plants of 
the same natural family. Bot. Reg. 
solaneje. 
Sol'anum cri'spum. —Crimped leaved Solanum. Flowers lead coloured blue, 
Native of Chiloe, found commonly in waste places, also abundantly in hedges, 
near the city of conception, and in the district of Carcamo and Palomares. 
Culture.—It appears likely to be perfectly hardy, in which case it will be very 
ornamental; if tied to a stake and thus forced to grow erect, it will throw out a 
great number of lateral branchlets, at the end of every one of which is a bunch 
of flowers. It grows in any common soil, and may no doubt be propogated by 
cuttings.— Bot. Reg. 
SCROPHULARINEJS. 
Salpiglo'ssis atropurp'urea. —Dark purple Salpiglossis. This is a very 
beautiful species. Flowers of an intense blackish purple colour. Native of 
Chile, where all the species of Salpiglossis grow. They are found springing 
from the sides of dry clay banks, baked hard by the scorching sun of that cli¬ 
mate, a situation in which the moisture that the earth contains, is parted with 
very slowly, and with considerable difficulty. Culture.—When grown in the 
open border, they are apt to die suddenly, so that only a few remain out of a 
whole bed: this is probably owing to the soil in such instances being too light, 
and therefore subject to sudden dryness, a condition which their tender roots, are 
not born to endure. It is a biennial. The seeds should be sown in the summer 
so that the young plants may be well-established by the end of autumn ; they 
should then be kept in a good airy greenhouse during the winter, and afterwards 
be either shifted into large pots for flowering under glass in the succeeding sum¬ 
mer or transferred to the open ground at the same time, and in the same man¬ 
ner as tender annuals.— Bot. Reg. 
