424 Mtices of new and beautiful Plants. 



CLVI. Polygbnece. 



ERIOGONUM Michx. 

 compisitum Compound Eriogonum. A hardy herbaceous plant, srowinor three feet high; 

 flowers yellowish white ; appearing in May and June ; propagated by cuttings. A native 

 of North-west America. {Hot. Reg., t. 1774.) 



A beautiful and highly desirable hardy herbaceous plant, 

 " forming- a patch of neat dark green leaves, which throw up 

 in abundance, in May and June, their woolly scapes, termi- 

 nated by masses of yellowish white flowers." It was discov- 

 ered by Mr. Douglas on the rocky gravelly banks of rivers 

 in New Albion. Flourishes either in peat earth or common 

 garden soil. It would be a valuable acquisition to our har- 

 dy perennials. {Bot. Reg., July.) 



Dicotyledonous, Polypetalous Plants. 



CLXX. Ericdcece. 



KHODODENDRON 



arboreum var. 4Ita-cler6nse Lindf. Higliclere tree Rhododendron. A hardy (?) shrub, 

 growing six or eight feet high ; color of the flowers bright crimson ; propagated by layers 

 and inarching ; an English hybrid. (Bot. Mag., t. 3423.) 



This most splendid variety was raised in the gardens of 

 Lord Caernarvon, from a seedling of R. Catawbiense, which 

 had been impregnated with R. ponticum, and the former 

 again with R. arboreum. It is as hardy as R. ponticum, and 

 "equally splendid in regard to the size and color of the 

 flowers with R. arboreum." The flowers are of a clear bright 

 crimson, with spots of a deeper color. The clusters have 

 all the freeness of R. Catawbiense. The foliage is of a rich 

 bright green, contrasting finely with the brilliancy of its love- 

 ly blossoms. Dr. Lindley has said that in it " every thing 

 of beauty a plant can possess seems collected, fragrance 

 alone being wanted." It is six weeks earlier than the com- 

 mon kinds. {Bot. Mag.., Aug.) 



We have a plant in our collection which has several buds, 

 and a fine display of its blossoms may be anticipated in the 

 ensuing spring. 



caucisicuni var. straminea Hook. Straw-colored Caucasian Rhododendron. A hardy (?) shrub, 

 growing six or more feet high ; flowers yellowish white ; propagated like the other kinds. 

 (Bot. Mag., t. 3422.) 



The present variety is cultivated in the Glasgow Botanic 

 garden and other collections in Scotland, as the R. caucasi- 

 cum ; Dr. Hooker has, however, from its variation from the 

 figures of this species in the Flora Rossica and Botanical 

 Magazine deemed it a variety unknown in its origin ; in the 

 former work the flowers are small and of a delicate pink, in 

 the latter as large as those of R. arboreum, pure white with- 

 in, spotted with green and tinged with a deep shade of blush 

 on the outside. It is hardy in Scotland. It forms a fine 

 shrub, the branches of which are terminated with a large 

 umbel of straw-colored flowers. The leaves are of a deep 

 green on the upper surface, and underneath of a rusty color. 



