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evergreen species ; a new double Hydrangea hortensis ; Embotherium 

 lanceolatum, which is said to be a hardy shrub, and in the young 

 state looking very much like Franciscea acuminata, but as the leaves 

 grow older they become deeply lobed : a new Bourbon Rose, Gloire de 

 Dijon, which IMr. Henderson stated to be a yellow Souvenir de ]\Ial- 

 maison, which is quite sufficient to make us impatiently curious to see 

 it ; Pimelea Danielsiana, a continental introduction, said to have 

 flowers like P. spectabilis, with the colour of P. Hendersoni (we hope 

 our continental fi-iends have told the truth) ; Berberis Ehrenbergi, in 

 bloom, a very distinct species, throwing out long loose drooping racemes 

 of pale yellow flowers ; Ilex cornuta, quite hardy and very distinct ; 

 Hibbertia Rudi, a very dwarf gromng greenhouse plant, of small habit, 

 with small bright yellow flowers ; Pernettya Candida, a hardy shrub, 

 with not only white flowers but white berries we are told, and two new 

 Eriostemons — scabrum latifolium (or linifolium), a robust variety of 

 E. scabrum, and pulchellum, which is best described as a variety 

 between E. buxifolium and E. scabrum. Both will make very good 

 exhibition plants. Tree Carnations are grown extensively here, and 

 these plants are now becoming popular, not as florists' flowers, but as 

 winter blooming plants for the conservatory. The admirers of Brome- 

 liacese will here find an extensive collection. Leaving this establish- 

 ment, a pleasant walk by Primrose Hill leads to the Camden Town 

 station of the Junction Railway, and in about ten minutes the Hackney 

 station is reached, thence it is but a short walk to 



Low's Nursery, Clapton, 

 An extensive and old-estabHshed nursery, enjoying great popularity 

 in the commercial world, and probably engaged in a heavier foreign 

 trade than any other. The greatest novelty here is a collection of 

 about ten species of gigantic Tree Ferns, received from Valparaiso 

 through ]\Ir. Bridges, the botanical collector ; the most remarkable of 

 these is Thysopteris elegans, the trunk of which measures nearly 3 feet 

 in circumference, and in its native country produces fronds 15 feet 

 in length. We understand these Tree Ferns are exclusively in the 

 possession of Messrs. Low & Co. It is at present impossible to say 

 what appearance they will wear ; but in a lofty and spacious house, 

 with a suitable temperature, there is every reason to believe that they 

 wall be fitting companions for the noble Palms and other tropical trees, 

 such as we meet with at Kew and other gardens. In the stove we 

 saw several healthy plants of the Nutmeg and Mangosteen, and a 

 handsome new variegated Aphelandra Leopoldi, which is very distinct 

 fi'om A. squarrosa citrina, the midrib of the latter being bright yellow, 

 extending at regular distances about half-way towards the edge of the 

 leaf; whilst in A. Leopoldi the midrib is green, with distinct clear 

 yellow stripes extending at regular distances fi'om the midrib to nearly 

 the edge of the leaf Ericas and Epacrises are largely grown here. 

 Among the latter we saw a pretty variety named Alba odorata, the 

 flowers of which are clear white, smaU, thickly set upon the stalk, and 

 very fi*agrant. In passing through the houses we noticed a blooming 

 plant of Abelia uniflora, a very pretty free-flowering greenhouse shrub. 



