128 NEW AND RARE PLANTS. 



their clusters measuring from five to six inches in length. It is not 

 a little remarkable, that from those flowers that bloomed in Novem- 

 ber, two seed pods were produced, which are far advanced towards 

 maturity. This plant measures ten feet in height by ten in breadth, 

 and will probably extend to fifteen in the course of the summer, 

 as it has not ceased expanding all through the winter ; and I have 

 no doubt that, if placed in a warm and well-sheltered spot, and pro- 

 tected from frost and cold easterly winds, it may be grown to any 

 size. 



I shall be glad to learn that this most elegant and interesting 

 shrub may soon have attracted that general attention which the un- 

 rivalled splendour of its flowers, and the graceful delicacy of its 

 foliage, so eminently invite. 



Marwood, 10th April, 1840. 



It may be further stated, that the natural beauty of the plant is 

 much increased in the specimen above described, by the uniformity 

 of its training, and the luxuriance of its branches, every portion of 

 the space it occupies being nearly covered. 



PART II. 



LIST OF NEW AND RARE PLANTS. 



In Nurseries, &c. 



1. Aster roseus nov/e. This hardy herbaceous Michaelmas flowering Aster 

 is very far the handsomest we ever saw. It was in fine bloom last autu mn in 

 the gardens of the London Horticultural Society. The stems rise to about four 

 feet high, 'and are crowned with a profusion of fine rose-coloured flowers. It 

 deserves a place in every flower border. 



2. Verbena teucroides, var. Henoersoni. This fine variety is at the Pine 

 Apple Nursery, Edgware Road. It has the habit of V. Teucroides, but has 

 scarlet-coloured flowers. Plants will be for sale early in summer, and will 

 be well worth purchasing. 



3. Crinum Cojimem.inv. This pretty flowering liliaceous plant is in the 

 stock at the Pine Apple Nursery; we saw it in profuse bloom a little time back. 

 The flowers are white, with a lilac-purple streak down each segment. 



4. Acacia oxycedrus. This] species' is now in profuse bloom, in the green- 

 house of Messrs. Chandlers at Vauxhall Nursery. Its fine racemes of yellow 

 flowers give a fine effect at this early season of the year. It is cheap, and well 

 worth possessing. 



5. Solanum Betaceum. This plant has fruited in the Durdham Down 

 Nursery near Bristol for several years, and is very ornamental. The fruit is 



