recognized. It is quite hardy, and autumn is the flower-_ 
ing-time usually given, but we believe, that like the species 
of Hamamelis, and some other members of the order, its 
natural time is late winter or early spring, when its flowers 
are liable to be destroyed by frost. But it is very attrac- 
tive when it escapes the cold, and it bears mild forcing 
quite well, flowering freely as a small. plant in pots. 
It was very ornamental in this state, in the Temperate 
House at Kew last February, when our drawing was made, 
and it certainly deserves to become more widely known. 
The Hamamelidacew are a comparatively small family, 
but they are pretty fully illustrated in this Magazine, the 
present subject being the twelfth. The N. American 
Fothergilla. alnifolia, Linn, (t. 1342) is the first, and 
perhaps the least attractive. Rhodoleia Championi, Hook. 
(t. 4509) is the second, and it is the most showy member 
of the order. ae 
The others figured are:—Corylopsis spicata, Sieb. & 
Zuce. (t. 5458); C. himalayana, Griff. (t. 6779); C. 
pauciflora, Sieb. & Zuce. (t. 7736); Hamamelis japonica, 
Sieb, & Zuce. (t. 6659); H. virginiana, Linn. (t. 6684); 
HI. mollis, Oliv. (t. 7884); Parrotia persica, C. A. Mey : 
(t. 6744); P. Jacquemontiana, Decne (t. 7501), and Tricho- 
_cladus grandiflorus, Oliver (t. 7418). The last is a native 
of South Africa, and the only one of them from the — 
southern hemisphere, and it has a very strong family — 
likeness to our plant. 
Some members of this order are more valuable for the — 
brilliant tints of their foliage in autumn than they are 
for their flowers, Liquidambar styraciflua and Parrotia — 
persica being especially noteworthy in this respect. The 
former closely resembles a small-leaved maple, but it may 
be recognized by its alternate leaves. . 
Descr.—A densely branched shrub, reaching eight to ten 
feet_in height, but flowering profusely while still quite 
small. Branches slender, more or less clothed, as well as 
the leaves, with a stellate pubescence. Leaves alternate, 
shortly stalked, somewhat leathery, persistent, ovate- 
lanceolate, one to two inches long, slightly oblique at the 
base, tapering to a fine point, minutely fringed on the 
margin; stipules small, falling early. Flowers pure white, 
greenish-white or very pale yellow, about one inch in 
