not new, for the plant from which the plate was prepared 
was one of the many species bequeathed to this establish- 
ment by the late Mr. G. C. Joad in 1881. It is, however, 
scarcely known in gardens generally. Like its better 
known congener, J. Gerardiana, its shoots at Kew die back to 
the ground when the plant is grown in the open. Every 
year, however, a crowd of slender, erect or suberect stems 
about 4 ft. in length is sent up from the rootstock, and 
these flower freely during August and September. The 
shoots are not naturally of annual duration, and if the plants 
were grown against a wall they would probably survive 
our winters. The number of hardy shrubs which flower 
at the same season as this is so limited that every addition 
to them is weloome.—W. J. Bran. 
Fig. 1, buds enveloped by the deciduous bracts; 2, a single flower, partially 
pc Opes 3, calyx and stamens; 4, a keel-petal; 5, pistil; 6, fruits :—yigs. 1-0 
enlarged. 
