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near Shanghae, growing on the ruined ramparts, but the 

 Horticuhural Society did not succeed in raising it, and its in- 

 troduction is owing to Sir Geo Larpent, who sent it home 

 in the ship Monarch, with the accompanying note, dated 

 May, 1846. "No. 6, Mr. Fortune tried to get a plant of, but 

 failed ; yours is, therefore, the only one in England. It is 

 very rare, even at Shanghae, and I found it on the City Wall, 

 growing out of the stone trap. It will therefore require good 

 drainage. This is one of the most ornamental plants I have 

 seen in China. The climate of Shanghae, though in 30° n. lat., 

 is very cold and very hot. I have seen the thermometer in 

 February at 13° and 110° in August. The first specimen 

 exhibited by Mr. Eyles, Sir Geo. Larpent'sgardener, only had 

 three flowers ; but, bedded out, in the nursery of Messrs. 

 Knight and Perry, one plant produced four thousand blooms 

 in the month of October, The flowers are borne in terminal, 

 as well as axillary clusters, and so profuse as to cover the 

 branches. They are of an intense violet, with a little red in the 

 throat. It is a splendid plant, and will undoubtedly prove 

 very valuable in our gardens, where our hot autumn sun will 

 show it in all the beauty of its native clime. Every fine au- 

 tumnal blooming plant is a desideratum. {Flore des Serres, 

 Jan.) 



64. PiEO^NiA TENUiFO^LiA flore pleuo. Double Fine-leaved Pse- 



onia. {Ranunculdceoe.) Garden Hybrid. 



The common single Peeonia tenuifolia is a well known and 

 much admired species in all collections, where its finely divid- 

 ed foliage contrasts so prettily with the other kinds. The 

 present subject is a perfectly double variety of that species ; 

 as large and as fine as the old double red, and of a deeper and 

 richer tint. It was originated by some of the Belgian or 

 French gardeners, and deserves a prominent place in every 

 collection. As we write, a magnificent flov.'er is now open 

 on a small but healthy plant, in our collection, which we pur- 

 chased in Paris in the fall of 1844. {Flore des Serres, Jan.) 



65. Ch^ne'sthes lanceola^ta Miers Narrow-leaved Chse- 



nesthes, (SolandcetB.) South America. 



A greenhouse plant ; growing four feet high ; with purplish blue flowers ; appearing in summer.", 

 increased by cuttings ; cultivated in peat, luam, and sand. Flore des Serres, 1848. pi. 309. 



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