figured in the Lond. Flor. and Bot. Magazines. 171 



handsome species, and of a delicate habit. The petals are nearly 

 white, with a slight dash of purple, and the anthers of a deep crimson. 

 Both this and G. rubiciinda, noticed in our ii. p. 293, are desirable an- 

 nuals. (Bot. Reg., July.) 



Protekcex. 



DRYA'NDR^ 

 lonaiftlia Ling-le/ived Dryandrn. A p[reenhoiise evergreen shrub ; crowing from four to 

 six feet liiiili ; coUir iif the flowers ytllmv ; flowering at various seasons ; grows in loam, 

 peat and sand j cuttings witli difficulty rooted in sand ; a native of New Holland. 

 Pax. Mag. l!ot. 



Plants of the naturnl order to which this belongs are rarely met with 

 in our wardens: the only collection at all rich in them is that bclonj^ing 

 to the late Dr. Hosack, at Hyde Park, of which some notice is i^iven 

 in p. 36. They are all stately evergreen shrubs, with singular flowers, 

 but, when well grown, of a beautiful appearance. They are nearly or 

 quite all natives of New Holland, and are admirably suited to green- 

 house culture. Dryatidra longifoiia has hamlsome yellow globose flow- 

 ers, covering its rich branches, at intervals, from the bottom to the top 

 of the plant. The foliage is very graceful from its jiendant habit; al- 

 together it is one of the handsomest plants in this order. The drawing 

 was taken from the Manchester Botanic Garden. {Pax. Mag. Bot., 

 Sept.) 



i?osacese. 



KE'RR/jS De ('andoUe, (named in compliment to Wr. Wm. Kerr, a botanical collector sent 

 from Kew to China.) 

 japonica De Candolle syn : Corchorus japonirus Thunh. Japan Kerria. A half hardy 

 shrub ; growing from four to ^ix feet liigli ; with yellow flowers ; a native of Japan. Bot. 

 Reg., 1873. 



The common double corchorus, an old inhabitant of many of our 

 gardens, and a shrub which should be in all of them, is the Kerria ja- 

 ponica in its double state. " It was supposed to be a species of Cor- 

 chorus, until Prof. De Candolle investigated its affinities, and decided 

 that it was to i?ubus and ^'pirse^a that the plant was really allied, and 

 not to any Tiliaceous genus." The correctness of the o|)inion of this 

 celebrated botanist is now fully proved by the opening of the blossoms 

 of a single-flowered plant in the Horticultural Society's garden. It was 

 very lately introduced by John Reeves, Es(i., and is already in many 

 English collections. As an ornament of the shrubbery, it is much less 

 desirable than the double one; the flowers are quite small, and alto- 

 gether destitute of the showiness of the former. {Bot. Reg., July.) 



CRAT^'GUS 

 platyphylla. syn : C fissa Hort. nee Boseii. Broad-Zraucd Thorn. A hardy small tree, with 

 snow-white flowers. Bot. Reg., 1874. 



" Certainly in foliage, and elegance of general appearance, this is the 

 handsomest of all the European hawthorns." Its growth is exceeding- 

 ly vigorous, and the tree is loaded with bloom long after the ;^com- 

 mon hawthorn is out of flower. The berries are blackish purple. Dr. 

 Lindley thinks this is either "some European or North Asiatic plant," 

 but cannot be traced in books. {Bot. Reg., July.) 



yyrifdlia Hort. Kew. Fea.T-leavctl Hawthorn. Bot. Reg., 1877. 



This, though a handsome species, with leaves among the largest of 

 the genus, is less desirable than some others. The branches loaded 

 with blossoms, are, in the spring, handsome; but the tree forms an in- 

 elegant head, and the leaves drop, leaving the fruit attached to the naked 

 branches. It is a native of this country, growing in rocky woods from 

 Pennsylvania to South Carolina. (Bot. Reg., July.) 

 tanacetifilia Per^. Tansy-lcared Hawthorn. Cot. Keg., 1881. 



" Obviously known from C. odoratissima and orient^lis both by its 



