NEW PLANTS. — RESIDENCE OF SAMUEL B. PAKSONS. 



NEW PLANTS. 



Amaranthus albus. Nat. Ord. Amaranthacece. — A variety with white stems, 

 brought into notice by Captain Hall, of Berwick-upon-Tweed, who has forwarded 

 seeds to the Horticultural Society. The plant grows to the height of about two 

 feet, flowers pale green, leaves ovate, stems much branched, glabrous, and very 

 white. It is used as a vegetable, and will, from the high testimonials we have 

 seen, no doubt become an esteemed addition to the table, the leaves having the 

 flavor of spinach, and the stems, being tender and succulent, are said to resemble 

 asparagus. 



Delphinium cardinale. Hook. RanunculacetE Helleborece This is a plant 



about to make a sensation in the horticultural world. A scarlet larkspur ! Rara 

 avis, that is to say, the phoenix of the genus. Surely we need not despair of a 

 blue rose. 



The DelpJiinium cardinale, by its original color, being well worthy of its name, 

 is, besides, very elegant in appearance and form. It is an annual. Its simple, 

 straight stem, of the height of from two to three feet, ends in a long panicle of 

 flowers, of the liveliest vermilion color. The radical leaves are very large, and 

 borne on long petioles, and deeply divided in five cuneiform segments, divided 

 themselves into two or three narrow lobes. This fine species is one of the 

 numerous happy discoveries of the collector, William Lobb, in his voyage to 

 California. It is probable it is a native of the mountains in the interior of the 

 country, where the members of the many scientific expeditions of the United 

 States of America seem to have met with it. Cultivated in the first place by 

 MM. Yeitch, of Exeter, and Chelsea, it flourished perfectly in the open air, in 

 August, 1855. — Flore de Serres. 



Weigela cor^ensis, Thunherg in Trans. Linn. Soc, II. 331 ; alias W. amabilis, 

 Planchon in Fl. des Serres, VIII t. 855. Bot. Mag., t. 4893 ; alias Diervilla 

 grandiflora, Sieh. and Zucc. Fl. Japonica, I. t. 31. — Why this plant, perfectly 

 well-figured in the Icones Ksempferianas, should have received the garden name 

 of amahilis, we are unable to explain. Nor do we see how it is to be distinguished 

 from the hiervilla grandiflora of Siebold and Zuccarini. In some respects it 

 much resembles W. rosea, but difi'ers from it, firstly, in its more reticulated leaves, 

 crisp edge of the corolla, and brighter color; and, secondly, in the very important 

 garden quality o^ floioering in the autumn, when we have nothing like it among 

 hardy shrubs. We have now (Oct. 8) a specimen before us loaded with most 

 brilliant, deep, rose-colored flowers, trailing (for it is not much of a bush) over a 

 peat border among Rhododendrons, and uncommonly handsome it is. In our 

 judgment, it is, beyond all comparison, the best autumnal shrub after the rose. — 

 Gardener''s CJironicle. 



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RESIDENCE OF SAMUEL B. PARSONS, FLUSHING, 



LONG ISLAND.* 



The house is built of wood, filled in with brick laid flat in such a way as to 

 leave a space of an inch between the brick and the outer covering. The outer 

 covering is plank, one and a quarter inches thick, three inches wide, tongued and 

 grooved, and put together with white lead. The piazza columns are plain round 

 Doric. The blinds and close sliding shutters all open inside, thus obviating the 

 necessity of exposure to the weather in opening or shutting. On each side of the 



* See Frontispiece. 



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