its fruit being a four-celled dry capsule ; and the original 

 name has been since restored by Jussieu, and is now 

 adopted by the first Botanists. 



It is remarkable that the specific name .has been changed 

 by every systematic writer that has recorded the plant under ' 

 the appellation of Diervilla. At first Michaux applied 

 that of Tourneforli, but Persoon, in his Synopsis, probably 

 from the impropriety of joining the names of two Botanists 

 in the same plant, applied that of humilis, which Willde- 

 now, in his Enumeration of the Plants of the Berlin Garden, 

 has thought fit to change to canadensis. Had he called it 

 acadiensiS; as Tournefort had done, we should certainly 

 have followed him. Lastly comes Mr. Pursh, who, in his 

 Flora of North- America, has called it lutea. Persoon's 

 Synopsis being a general system, in every one's hands, we 

 have thought it right to reject all the names since applied, 

 and retain that of humilis. 



Native of North- America, from Canada to the lofty moun- 

 tains of Carolina. A hardy shrub ; loves a moist soil and 

 shady situation. Propagated by cuttings or suckers, which 

 it throws up abundantly. Flowers from May to August ; 

 but rarely matures its fruit in this country, and we have 

 never seen it. That it is a four-celled capsule, not a berry, 

 we take upon the authority of others. Communicated bj 

 John Walker, Esq. of Arno's-Grove, Southgate. 



