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NEW HARDY AND HALF-HARDY PLANTS 



INTRODUCED LAST YEAE. 



(Selected from the " National Garden Almanack, 1858." 



Aquilegia eximia. (Flore d. Serves, t. 

 1188.) A handsome hardy perennial, re- 

 sembling A. canadensis and Askinneri; it 

 it sometimes known as A. californica ; flowers 

 orange scarlet, of curious form. California. 

 M. Van Houtte. 



Astilbe rubra. (Bot. Mag., t. 4959.) A 

 pretty tall hardy perennial, with bi-ternate 

 ("twice divided in threes) leaves, and dense 

 robust panicles of small red Spiraea-like 

 flowers. Khasya Mountains. Kew Botanic 

 Gardens. 



Campanula Bromeheadiana (Gard. Chron., 

 1857, 517.) A very fine double blue Canter- 

 bury Bell, raised at Bracebridge, near Lin- 

 coln, by the Rev. W. Bromehead. 



Cydonopsis rotundifoUa grandiflora. (Bot. 

 Mag., t. 5018.) A slender, half-hardy 

 perennial, bearing large bell-shaped dull 

 green flowers, streaked internally with purple. 

 Himalaya. Kew Botanic Gardens. 



Dianthus pulcherrimus. (Flore d. Serres 

 t. 1172.) A charming dwarf herbaceous 

 perennial, forming a close tuft of broad 

 blunt leaves, and producing close in their 

 centre a convex mass of crimson flowers, 

 having a white eye. Supposed to be a 

 native of China. Cultivated many years 

 since in England ; re-appearing in the French 

 gardens. 



Galliardia (picla) grandijlora. (Flore d. 

 Serres t. 1183.) A magnificent herbaceous 

 plant, probably half-hardy only and short- 

 lived ; flowers large, yellow at the edge of 

 'the ray, crimson in the lower half, with a 

 large dark disc. A garden variety. Belgian 

 Gardens. 



Lobelia texensis. (Bot. Mag., t. 4964.) 

 A fine robust half-hardy perennial, two or 

 three feet high, with long dense racemes of 

 showy scarlet flowers. Texas. Kew Botanic 

 Gardens. 



Lupinus Menziesi. (Bot. Mag., t. 5019.) 

 A really handsome hardy erect annual, with 

 hairy leaves and dense spreading spikes of 

 rich yellow flowers. California. 



Oxalis comiculata atropurpurea (Flore 

 d. Serres t. 1205.) A dwarf annual Oxalis, 

 with purplish clover-like leaves. A garden 

 variety. M. Van Houtte. 



Primus Triloba. (Gard. Chron., 1857, 

 216, 268.) A highly-interesting and de- 

 sirable addition to hardy shrubs ; flowers 

 round and semi-double, of a delicate pink, 

 upwards of an inch in diameter, thickly set 

 on the long twiggy branches. China. Mr. 

 Glendinning. 



Ribes nutans. (Bot. Mag., t. 5023.) A 

 neat decumbent hardy peat-loving shrub ; 

 covering the ground in the manner of ivy, 

 with its glossy ternate dark green leaves ; 

 flowers, large white. India. W. Borrer, 

 Esq. 



Sabatia campestris. (Bot. Mag., t. 

 5015.) A handsome erect- branching an- 

 nual ; the flowers large, deep lilac rose with 

 a yellow eye. Texas. Mr. W. Thompson. 



Salvia candelabrum. (Bot. Mag., t. 

 5017.) A handsome hardy (or half-hardy) 

 suffruticose plant, with a powerful aromatic 

 odour, hairy leaves, and an erect panicle 

 with trichotomous branches ; flowers showy, 

 the upper lip is white, and the lower deep 

 violet purple, darker beside a white central 

 streak. Spain. Mr. W. Thompson. 



Scabiosa atropurpurea flore-pleno. (Flore 

 d. Serres, t. 1203.) A handsome sub- 

 shrubby plant, the common form of which is 

 biennial, the present perpetuated by cuttings; 

 florets dark, blackish crimson, and double, 

 forming a really handsome flower-head. A 

 garden variety. M. Van Houtte. 



Sedurn Fabaria. (Gard. Chron., 1857, 

 660.) A fine hardy herbaceous succulent- 

 leaved plant, allied to S. Telephium, but 

 larger and handsomer ; flowers pale lilac, in 

 cymes, 6 inches across. Alps of Europe. 

 Capt. Trevor Clarke. 



Tanacetum elegans. (Flore d. Serres t. 

 1191.) An elegant fern-like hardy peren- 

 nial, with bipinnate leaves, silvery-velvety 

 when young ; flower-heads yellow, button- 

 shaped. California. French Gardens. 



Thuiopsis dolabrata. (Gard. Chron., 

 1857, 380 — fig.) A noble pyramidal ever- 

 green tree, probably quite hardy, described 

 by Thunberg as the most beautiful of all 

 evergreens. Japan. Messrs. Veitch and 

 Son. 



Veronica Syriaca. A handsome annual, 

 of dwarf compact habit, suitable for beds ; 

 flowers blue, the lower segments white. 

 Syria. Messrs. E. G. Henderson and Son. 



Viola pedunculata. (Bot. Mag , t. 5004.) 

 A very handsome dwarf half-hardy peren- 

 nial, with cordate leaves and large bright 

 yellow flowers on long stalks, the two upper 

 petals bearing a large crimson blotch behind. 

 California. Messrs. Veitch and Son. 



Weigela amabilis fol. variegata. (Flore 

 d. Serres, t. 1189.) A desirable hardy 

 deciduous shrub, having the leaves bordered 

 with yellowish white. A garden variety. 

 M. Van Houtte. 



