ARBOREIUM NOTES. 33 
CORNACE/Z:. 
BENTHAMIA FRAGIFERA. 
Loudon, v. 2, 1019. 
Decidedly not hardy here. Several plants were Haden 
raised from the Himalaya in my father’s time, eae 
and I found them flourishing young plants when 
I came here in 1860. I had them planted out in 
the American Garden, in a very well sheltered 
situation. They grew rapidly during a succession 
of hot summers and moderate winters (especially 
in 1806-7-8), and I began to hope that they might 
become established here; they did not however 
show any disposition to flower. The winter of 
feyo-71, killed them quite to the ground, 
and I do not think they will recover (March, 
1872). 
(January 1877). The last prediction has not 
been exaétly verified. The Benthamias have 
grown up again to about their former height and 
look as well as before, but they show no sign of 
flowering, so that they are not very satisfactory to 
cultivate here, since the leaves have no remarkable 
chara¢ter of beauty or singularity. 
(See Bentham and Hooker, Gen. Plant. 
Week. O50). 
