344 J^otices of new and beautiful Plants. 



8. C. j., yav. CarsweUidna, Carswell's hybrid. A seed- 

 ling- from the semi-double red. A very fine, reg-ular formed 

 flower, of a deep-red color, beautifully striped with white." 



Two new varieties, named Camellia japonica, vor. Allnutta 

 alba, and Allnutta superba, have been exhibited before the 

 London Horticultural Society the past spring; they were 

 raised by John Allnutt, Esq. 



XXXVIII. Saxifrages. 



SAXIFRAOA. 



ligulAta. fVa!/. Fringe-leaved saxifrage ; a green-house plant ; growing about a foot in height; 

 flowers wliite, tinged with pink, appearing in January and February. Propagated like the 

 other species. Bot. Mag., t. 3406. 



A splendid species of the genus Saxifraga, introduced from 

 Nepal, by Dr. Wallich. It was anticipated that from that 

 country it would stand the winters of Britain; but " the 

 great fickleness of our climate, at the early season of its blos- 

 soming, (January and February) render it desirable that it 

 should be treated as a hardy green-house plant, or the in- 

 mate of a cool frame." {Bot. Mag., May). Perhaps it would 

 stand our winters unprotected. Several of the Nepal plants, 

 among which are some of the potentillas, will not live 

 through the winter in the English gardens, although they 

 will in ours unprotected: this is owing to the humidity of 

 their climate, and the extreme moisture of the soil. We 

 have no doubt but this species would live through our 

 winters. 



XLVII. OnagrarecB. 



Fuchsia globosa is figured in Paxton's Magazine of Botany 

 for May. It is a splendid species. All the fuchias flower 

 well, if planted out in the open border. We have seen this 

 species superbly in bloom at Belmont Place, Watertown, the 

 residence of J. P. Gushing, Esq. 



LXXVII. LeguminbseoR. 



ACACIA. ^ , , 



prensans. Lome. Prickly feathered Acacia ; a green-house climbing shrub ; flowers red and 

 yellow. Propagated like the other species. Bot. Mag., t. 3408. 



"A most elegant and lovely shrub; but a dangerous 

 neierhbor to other plants within its reach, and requiring much 

 space for its display." This is stated in the description to be 

 an extremely interesting plant; the foliage is a bright green, 

 feathery and graceful. "The flowers, according to the plate, 

 appear in dense terminal panicles, of a globular shape, at 

 first of a purplish red, and, as they open, the bright yellow 

 stamens form a beautiful contrast with the other red parts. 

 " The native country of this acacia must remain uncertain: a 

 single tree of it has'long existed in the garden of the Valle, 

 near Funchal; but I can learn nothing of the exact date of 

 its introduction or of its origin." {Bot. Mag.^ May.) 



