The propriety of the introduction of this interesting new 

 Cassia into a work professing to depict hardy plants only, 

 may be questioned by many : but, although hitherto cultivated 

 in the green -house, this plant will doubtless endure the open 

 air of this country with the same precaution merely as is be- 

 stowed upon many other shrubs which are exposed to the 

 open air, and which are natives of the same part of New South 

 Wales. Many of these plants have been inured to the climate 

 of this country, and it is therefore not anticipating too much 

 to expect that this will prove equally hardy. This plant has 

 been very recently introduced from New South Wales ; and 

 the present specimen was kindly forwarded by Aylmer Bourke 

 Lambert, Esq. from Boyton House, Wilts, where it flowered 

 in the green-house in the month of May. When planted in 

 the open air in a dry border of a north-west aspect, and in a 

 soil composed of peat-loam and a little sand, it will no doubt 

 flower luxuriantly, of which its habit indicates a free disposi- 

 tion. In the open air the flowers will not appear until the end 

 of June. Like many of the species in this genus, the flowers 

 are yellow ; but this species differs very essentially from any of 

 the others, in the peculiar fragrance of its flowers. It has 

 not been sufficiently long in this country to ascertain whether 

 it will mature its seed : probably it will not in the open air, 

 but it may be increased by layers or by cuttings. 



It was introduced by seeds from New South Wales in 1825. 



REFERENCES TO TUE PLATE. 



1. Insertion of the stamens and pistil. 



2. Petal. 



