12 THE FLORIST. 



Pinus Bonapartea. (Gard. Chron. 1858, 358.) A distinct species of the 

 Weymouth section ; the leaves in fives, slender, 2-4 inches long ; the cones a 

 foot long. P. Duraugensis seems to be a smaller state of the same plant. 

 Mexico. M. Roezl. 



Pinus Don Pedro. {Gard. Chron. 1858, 240.) A splendid tree, 35-45 

 yards high, with long flexible branches ; the leaves fine, five in a sheath, six 

 inches long, glaucous; cones very large, 14 inches long 5 inches in diameter. 

 A Pine of the Weymouth section. Mexico. 8-9000 feet elevation. M. Roezl. 

 Several other new Pines have been introduced from the same source, but there 

 are strong doubts of their distinctness. 



Phlox decdssata, var. Triomphe de Twickel.. (Flore des Serres, 

 t. 1248.) An extremely beautiful Belgian variety of the hardy herbaceous 

 section of the family, remarkable for having its abundant flowers of a light rose 

 purple with a broad distinct margin of white down each side of the segments of 

 the limb. 



Polygonatum punctatum. (Bot. Mag. t. 5061.) A hardy herbaceous 

 tuberous perennial, related to Convallaria, with ovate lanceolate leaves, and two- 

 flowered axillary peduncles, the flowers being small, erect, whitish, tipped with 

 green. Bhotan. T. Nuttall, Esq. 



Polygonatum roseum. (Bot. Mag. t. 5049.) A pretty hardy herbaceous 

 tuberous perennial. It has oblong lanceolate leaves, frequently growing in 

 threes, and from their axils the pretty pale rose bell-shaped flowers spreading or 

 often decurved appear, frequently in pairs. Siberia. Kew Botanic Garden. 



Prostanthera cuneata. A dwarf greenhouse shrub, with small obtuse 

 leaves and lavender coloured flowers prettily spotted with blue. Australia. 

 Messrs. Rollisson. 



Rhododendron argenteum. (Bot. Mag. t. 5054.) A fine hardy or half 

 hardy shrub, with large oblong-obovate leaves silvery beneath, and deuse heads 

 of flowers, pale rose colour in the bud, changing to cream colour and white. 

 Sikkim Himalaya. Kew Botanic Garden. 



Rhododendron Boothii. (Illust. Bouq. t. 174.) A desirable neat-growing 

 shrub, with ovate-lanceolate leaves, more or less hairy, and heads of moderate 

 sized primrose coloured flowers. Bhotan. M. A. Verschaffelt. 



Rhododendron Bylsianum. (Illust. Bouq. t. 18.) A charming hardy 

 evergreen shrub, producing large heads of brilliant flowers, in which the centre 

 is white and the border lively rose colour. A Belgian variety. Messrs. Byls. 



Rhododendron calophyllum. (Illust. Bouq. t. 19.) A fine compact 

 growing evergreen greenhouse shrub, the flowers large, white, fragrant. Bhotan. 

 Messrs. E. G. Henderson and Son. 



Rhododendron Griffithianum, var. Aucklandii. (Bot. Mag. t. 5065.) 

 This Indian plant, known as R. Aucklandi, is among the very finest of the 

 genus, having bold oblong acute leaves, and fine heads of large white blossoms, 

 each sometimes six or seven inches across ; they are five lobed, with a short tube 

 and open limb. Sikkim. Mr. Gaines. 



Rhododendron Ncttalli. (Illust. Bouq. t. 21.) The most magnificent 

 of the Indian Rhododendrons, as far as yet known. It forms an evergreen 

 shrub with large broad veiny leaves, the stems terminating in a colossal 

 corymb of large white blossoms, which are about six inches in diameter, and 

 nearly as much in length, stained at the base of the cup with pale orange, very 

 fragraut. Bhotan. Herr Forster, Augsburg. 



Rhododendron virgatum. (Bot. Mag. t. 5060.) A dwarf slender twiggy 

 Rhododendron with small oblong acute leaves, glaucous and scaly beneath ; 

 flowers of moderate size, delicate rosy pink, remarkable for growing singly (or 

 sometimes two together) in the axils of the upper leaves, not in terminal bunches, 

 as is usually the case, although being closely placed, they form something of a 

 terminal head. It is extremely pretty, and will probably prove useful, both as 

 a forcing plant and a breeder. Sikkim and Bhotan. T. Nuttall, Esq., and 

 Messrs. Low and Son. 



Rhodoleia Championi has been bloomed for the first time in England, 

 during the spring of 1858, by Mr. Fleming, of Trentham. The flowers, however, 

 were not so handsome as was expected. 



Salvia tricolor. (Flore des Serres, t. 1257) A pretty slender sub- 

 shrubby greenhouse plant, with small ovate leaves and long spikes of white 



