366 Notes on Gardens and Nurseries. 



For pots it is a pretty evergreen shrub, and if hardy, will be 

 a great acquisition. [Bot. Mag., July.) 



183. Rhodode'ndron lepido^tum Wallich. Scaly Rhodo- 



dendron. (Ericece.) Sikkimhimalaya. 



A half hardy shrub ; growinj four feet hish ; with purple flowers ; appearing in spring ; increased 

 by layers ; cultivated in heath soil. Bot. Ma?., 1852, pi. 4657. 



A small flowered species of the Sikkim rhododendrons, 

 with narrow, delicate foliage, attaining the height of four 

 feet. It was found by Dr. Hooker, at an elevation of 14,000 

 to 15,000 feet, in moist valleys, where it forms a stout tort- 

 uous stock, with branches as thick as a crow's quill, rather 

 scattered, bearing tufts of branchlets at the top. Flowers 

 purple, half an inch across. It possesses but little beauty 

 compared with the large flowered species. It is the same as 

 the R. elffiagnoides, of Dr. Hooker's work, which he has 

 since ascertained is the same as R. lepidotum, of Wallich. 

 {Bot. Mag., July.) 



184. Ceano^thus verruco^sus Nuttall. Warted Ceano- 



THUS. (RhamncB.) California. 



A hardy(.') evergreen shrub ; growin? about four feet hlsh ; with blue flowers ; appearing in 

 April and May -, increased by layers ; cultivated in any good soil. Bot. Mag., 1652, pi. 4660. 



A beautiful evergreen species of the Ceanothus, which has 

 proved hardy in England, and will probably prove so in our 

 gardens, at least south of Philadelphia. Mr. Nuttall origi- 

 nally found it in his northwest tour, at Santa Barbara, in 

 Upper California. The plants grow erect, much branched ; 

 leaves opposite ; and the flowers appear in dense corymbs 

 from the ends of the lateral shoots ; they are of a pale pur- 

 plish blue. It is well worthy of introduction. {Bot. Mag., 

 July.) 



Art. VII. Notes on Gardejis and Nurseries. 



Residence of J. D. Bates, Esq., Philips's Beach, July 

 16th. — Two years ago we gave a brief account of Mr. Bates's 

 place, and the manner in which he had improved a bleak 



