96 BRIEF NOTICES OF NEW OE HAKE PLANTS. 



pensable to every collection. It was raised by Mr. Beaton, late gardener to Sir 

 William Middleton ; and in this gentleman's parterre, Mr. Beaton has described it 

 as being one of the principal attractions, and the admiration of many hundred 

 visitors. Its colour is a good crimson scarlet, with sweet-scented foliage. It is 

 very distinct from any other bedding Geranium, and a compact and most abundant 

 bloomer. 



Jasminum nudifloeum. (Jasminaeecs.) — This plant is no longer a novelty, but to 

 those who have not yet obtained it, we would strongly recommend it for wintering 

 and spring flowering. The blossoms are copiously produced, and have a salver- 

 shaped corolla, not unlike that of the Primrose, and are of a beautiful golden yellow. 

 As the habit of the plant is weak, it succeeds best against a wall, where it will 

 soon cover a large space, and prove highly ornamental in the dreary mid-winter. 

 The leaves are not produced until after the flowers. 



Pentstemon "Wrightii. (Scrophulariacece.) — One of the most distinct species of 

 this charming genus. It is a nearly hardy herbaceous perennial, growing about 

 two feet high, with opposite, entire, oblong leaves, and long panicles of deep rose- 

 coloured blossoms. The base of the flower is tubular, as in most of the other 

 species of Pentstemon; but the mouth is furnished with a flat spreading limb, 

 giving it somewhat the appearance of the Achimenes rosea, and by which peculiarity 

 it will be readily distinguished from other species. It flowers in June and July, 

 and was introduced from Texas to the Kew Gardens, in 1850. 



Salvia nova. (Labiata.) — This plant was recently introduced from Berlin to the 

 nursery of Messrs. Garraway, Mayes, and Co. of Bristol, of whom we obtained it. 

 Its price does not exceed that of the commoner species. The flowers are said to 

 be of a beautiful puce colour, and it appears to be a free grower, and of easy 

 propagation by cuttings. The foliage resembles that of the Calceolaria, but is less 

 broad ; and it has the black currant scent of the little pink Salvia rosea, a species 

 which deserves a recommendation for its hardy character ; it is, in fact, almost an 

 evergreen, and flowers from April to November. 



Saxe-Gothea conspicua. (Coniferce.) — This plant, which has been named in 

 honour of Boyal Highness the Prince Consort, is a very beautiful hardy Evergreen 

 tree, growing thirty feet high, and, in its foliage and habit of growth, resembling 

 the common Yew tree. It is, in fact, intermediate between the yew tribe and the 

 coniferous plants. It is described as a tree of beautiful growth, and will, no 

 doubt, rank as one of our most highly valued hardy evergreen trees, affording also 

 a useful timber. It inhabits the Andes of Patagonia, ascending from the summer 

 snow-line to that of perpetual snow, and was introduced by Messrs. Veitch, 

 of Exeter. 



