THE 



FLORICULTURAL CABINET, 



SEPTEMBER 1st, 1842. 



PART I. 



EMBELLISHMENTS. 



ARTICLE I. 



PAULOWHIA 1MPERIAL1S. (The Imperial Fox-Glove Tree.) 



ScROPHULARINE.B. DlDYNAMIA AnGIOSPERJIIA. 



[Synonym, Bignonia Tomentosa of Thunberg.] 

 This new and interesting deciduous tree is a native of Japan, where 

 it grows to 30 or 40 feet high. The flowers are numerously pro- 

 duced in large terminal panicles similar to the Horse Chesnut and 

 the Catalpa. At a distance, the appearance of the Paulownia is very 

 much like the Catalpa. The flowers are very fragrant. It is said to 

 be quite hardy, and if so, will be a most valuable acquisition to the 

 shrubbery, or as an ornamental plant for the lawn, and has been 

 styled the king of hardy trees. 



The leaves are, when full size, 18 inches long and about 15 broad. 

 We have seen plants of it in this country, introduced from Paris; no 

 doubt it will soon be plentiful at the public nurseries around London ; 

 its noble appearance and numerous large panicles of flowers render- 

 ing it deserving a place wherever practicable. 



TROPtEOLUM EDULE. {Edible-rooted Indian Cress.) 

 Balsaminace.-e. Octandria Monogvnia. 



Several of the public nurserymen received tubers of this pretty 

 Tropaeolum last year from Chili, and had been informed it was a blue- 

 flowered species. When it bloomed, it was then considered to be T. 

 polyphyllum. It is now stated to be the true T. edule. It is not a 

 very vigorous growing plant, but we have seen some four to five feet 



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