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the petals of a deep rosy-purple. The plant is a native of Carolina, where, it is 

 said, it will prow to the height of ten feet. Messrs. Backhouses find that Yucca 

 filamentosa, glaucescens, rufocincta, and recurvifolia, as well as the above des- 

 cribed species, grow and flower in the open air. 



7. Yccca flaccida, Weak leaved Adam's Needle. (Bot. Reg., 1895.) This 

 species is probably a native of North America. It is cultivated in the Garden 

 of the London Horticultural Society. This species does not appear to produce 

 a stem as the others do. The flower stalks rise some feet high, each producing a 

 panicle, having numerous flowers of a greenish yellow colour, the tips of the pe- 

 tals having a small spot of red at the lower side. 



8. Centaurea Balsamita, Costmary leaved. (Brit. Flow. Gard., 355.) Com- 

 posite. Syngenesia, Polygamia /Equalis. Synonym, Carduus orientalis. Seeds 

 of this plant were sent from the Imperial Botanic Garden at St. Petersbugh, to 

 this country. It is a native of Armenia, and has been recently introduced. 

 The plant is a hardy perennial. Stems rising to about two feet high, each ter- 

 minated by a moderate sized flower, of a sulphur colour. It is cultivated in the 

 Chelsea Botanic Garden. 



9. Crat<egus Aronia, The Aronia Thorn. (Bot. Reg., 1897.) Synonym, 

 Mespilus orientalis. This species is a native of the Levant, and is one of the 

 largest and most like timber of any of the thorns. The plant is a very free 

 grower, and grows to a very neat form. The fruit is as large as a fine sized 

 cherry, of an apricot yellow colour, and, being produced in such abundance, 

 causes the tree to be very ornamental, and a most suitable one for the lawn, or 

 other part of the pleasure ground. Cratagus from Kratos, strength ; alluding to 

 the wood. 



10. Cytisus jEOLicus, jEoliau Cytisus. (Bot. Reg., 1902.) Diadelphia De- 

 caudria. The plant is a native of Stromboli, where it was discovered by Profes- 

 sor Gassone. Seeds of it were sent from Naples, to the Hon. W. F. Strangways, 

 in whose garden, at Abbotsbury in Dorsetshire, it bloomed this year. It is an 

 erect growing shrub, the branches terminated with racemes of yellow flowers. It 

 is supposed that the flowers will be handsomer when the shrub is older, and that 

 they will be produced more abundantly. 



11. Epidendrum cemulum, Emulous Epideudrum. (Bot. Reg. 1898.) Or- 

 chidaceae; Gynandria Monandria. This pretty neat flowering species has flow- 

 ered in the collection of Richard Harrison, Esq.; to that gentleman it was sent 

 by Mr. Hesketh. It is a native of Para. The plant very much resembles Epi- 

 deudrum fragrans. The pseudo bulbs of E. cemulum are perfectly oval, and not 

 tapered to each end as in E. fragrans. The flower stalk is about three inches 

 long, producing three or four flowers upon each. 



12. Escallonia illinita, Varnished Escallouia. (Bot. Reg., 1900.) Escal- 

 loniaceae; Pentandria Monogynia. A very pretty evergreen species, much more 

 hardy than any other of the genus. The leaves are broad of a pale green colour 

 varnished, producing a \ery pretty appearance. The plant forms a very neat 

 hush. The branches are terminated by racemes of many flowers, which are white, 

 tinged with green at the under side. It blouins from the end of July to October. 

 The plant emits a very powerful scent, rather disagreeable. It is a native of 

 Chili, growing in the Mountainous parts ol that country. Escollonia Montevi- 

 densis is quite hardy with us at Wortley, grows verjivigorously, and blooms pro- 

 fuselv ; the flowers being white. Escallonia rubra is equally hardy, thrives and 

 blooms most admirably. All the species are highly deserving a situation in 

 every shrubbery. They are handsome plants even without flowers, but very at- 

 tracting when in full bloom, more particularly so when the bush has got to a 

 tolerable size. We find the plant to flourish well in a mixture of loam and peat. 



13. Euphorbia Bojeri, Mr. Bojer's Spurge. (Bot. Mag., 3527 ) Euphor- 

 biaceae; Monaesia Monandria. Professor Bojersent this species from Madagascar. 

 It is a very pretty stove plant, and merits the title of splendens, much beyond 

 the one so called. It has bloomed in the stove in the Glasgow Botanic Gardeu, 

 at the end of winter, more or less at most seasons of the year. Each Involucre 

 has four scarlet bracteae, half an inch across, which produce a pretty appearance. 

 This species is not so full of spines as E. splendens, more coriaceous, more oval 

 and retuse leaves, the bracteaes are of a much higher colour. 



