individuals of Jonesia Asoca in full blossom, inferior in beauty 
only to those trees ; and it is not a little remarkable, that the 
priests in these parts should have manifested so good a taste as 
to select two sorts of trees as ornaments to their objects of 
worship, belonging to a small but well-marked and extremely 
beautiful group in the extensive family of Leguminous plants.” 
This tree, which “ when in full blossom is the most strikingly 
superb object that can possibly be imagined,” Dr. Wallich had 
the gratification of naming in compliment to the Right Honour- 
able Countess Amherst and her daughter, Lady Sarah Amherst, 
the zealous friends and constant promoters of Natural History, 
especially botany, in India. W.J. H. 
Cunt. It is now about ten years since the first and then only 
living plant of this splendid flowering tree was brought from 
India to the garden at Chatsworth. It was believed it would 
have to attain a considerable size and age before its flowers 
would be produced ; and although every care and attention have 
been paid to it, yet up to this time it has not flowered, thus 
confirming.the opinion that age was needed. It was therefore 
with no little surprise that a few months ago we heard it an- 
nounced that a plant, not more than two years imported, was 
in flower at Ealing Park. This has been accomplished by 
growing the plant in a very moist atmosphere, with the tempera- 
ture ranging between 70° and 80°, and at the same time having 
the box in which it is planted surrounded by a bed of hot tan, 
with a temperature of 90°, and the whole plant enclosed by 
a canvass curtain, which serves as a shade, and assists in keeping 
the enclosed air in a state of greater moisture. From what we 
observed of the Ealing Park plant, and our knowledge of the 
rate of growth of a plant received at this Garden in March of 
last year, we consider it to be a fast-growing plant, when 
placed under treatment similar to the above; but care 1s 
required to keep it in a healthy and vigorous state. A mixture 
of good loam and peat soil suits it, and whether the plant 
is grown in a pot or box, or in a bed of earth, it is necessary to 
have the means of warming the earth, which is to be obtained by 
a hot-water tank, or tan, or by the two combined, as at Ealing 
Park. During the season of growth the highest degree of 
temperature and moisture must be maintained; but in the 
winter the thermometer need not be allowed to rise higher 
than 70°, with a corresponding diminution of moisture. Shading, 
in bright sunshine, must be carefully attended to, for the foliage 
being of a thin and dry texture, is very impatient of drought, 
Whether arising from a dry atmosphere, or from a want of supply 
of sap from the roots; and even with due care the margin and 
apex of the leaves are very apt to lose vitality, becoming brown, 
