8 Reti'ospective View of the 



instances of the thorough manner in which these articles have 

 been written. 



Some new plants have been added to our collections the past 

 year, the most noted of which are ^Inemone japonica, a fine 

 half-hardy (or hardy) herbaceous plant, flowering late in au- 

 tumn; Campdnula nobilis, also a hardy plant; Ver^oiiica 

 Lindleyd/ia, not so showy as speciosa, but rather a desirable 

 plant ; Abutilon venosum, similar to the old striatum, but with 

 flowers more than twice the size ; Schubertia graveolens, a 

 climbing plant of great fragrance and beauty ; Calystegia pu- 

 bescens, also a beautiful climber, and likely to form a valua- 

 ble summer plant for the open air ; Cestrum aurantiacum, a 

 remarkably showy fall flowering plant, with deep yellow 

 blossoms. Many new and fine phloxes have been introduced, 

 the most distinct of which are, Standard of Perfection, Spec- 

 ulum, Goethe, Fleur de Marie, Cromwell, and Eclipse. The 

 rapid improvement in this flower shows how much may be 

 accomplished by the well-directed efforts of zealous amateurs. 

 Few plants have added more to the beauty of our greenhouses, 

 during the summer, than the different species of Achimenes, 

 of which we now have ten or twelve kinds : the new ones are 

 patens and Lehmanii, both dwarf, growing and desirable 

 plants. 



The great similarity of many of the new kinds of fuchsias 

 has disappointed purchasers, and, consequently, but few have 

 been introduced the last year ; these few, however, have been 

 rather distinct and desirable ; Acantha, a new light one, with 

 pure white sepals, and a bright corolla ; Nymph, with blush 

 sepals and pink corolla ; Empress, Lady of the Lake, Sir H. 

 Pottinger, Vesta, and Mrs. Milbank, are also fine varieties. 

 The management of the fuchsia does not appear to be well 

 understood by our cultivators, for we have seen but few such 

 fine specimens as we noticed in various collections in England. 

 Macrantha, serratifolia, and corallina, three splendid new 

 species, remain yet to be introduced. 



Arboriculture. 



It is gratifying to see a greater taste extending for fine orna- 

 mental trees, particularly the weeping kinds and the Coniferse. 



