150 SELECTION OF PLAINTS. 



458. BRODI^JA GRANDIFLORA. Large-flowered Brodiaa. 



Class 3rd. Triandria Monogynia. 



This is a beautiful, hardy, bulbous plant, growing freely 

 in a peat border, and producing seeds in small quantities. 

 It is a native of North America, and may be seen in the 

 garden of the Horticultural Society. 



459. SOPHORA VELUTINA. Velvety Bastard Sophora. 



Class 10th. Decandria Monogynia. 



A fine greenhouse shrub, which well deserves a trial as 

 a hardy plant. It is a native of Nipal. 



Could this plant be naturalized in our shrubberies, it 

 would be a most desirable addition to our collections of 

 hardy plants ; it would no doubt bud readily upon the com- 

 mon Sophora Japonica. 



460.GAILLARDIA ARISTATA. Whok-coloured Gaillardia. 



Class ] 9th. Syngenesia Frustranea. 



A handsome hardy Perennial, and nearly evergreen ; it 

 flowers from June to October, and is propagated by seeds, 

 or division of the roots ; is a native of North America, and 

 may be seen in the garden of the Horticultural Society at 

 C his wick. 



461. COTONEASTER MICROPHYLLA, Var. UVA 



Bearberri, -leaved Nepal Cotoneaster. 



Class 12th. Icosandria Di-Trigynia. 



This is a hardy evergreen shrub, of great beauty, strik- 

 ing readily from cuttings or layers, and flowers in April or 

 May. It will occasionally rise from 3 to 4 feet high. 



Its native place is not mentioned. 



