tomary skill, in a valuable paper in the Transactions of the 

 Linnean Society. 



It proves, now that it is cultivated, to be a hardy, in- 

 elegant bush, having a glaucous aspect, and dull, pale, 

 greenish-yellow flowers. 



Mr. Douglas sent its seeds from North-west America ; 

 and it was raised in the Garden of the Horticultural 

 Society, where it flowered for the first time in April 

 1830. 



Easily propagated by layers, and cultivated in the peat 

 earth of an American border. 



J. L. 



