figured in the Lond. Flor. and Bot. Magazines. 173 



The Cherokee rose is so well known that it is hardly necessary to 

 describe it here: it has long been an inmate of our green-houses. Its 

 beautiful foliage and snow white blossoms have given it a claim upon 

 our care which few other roses, in their sincie state, can be said to pos- 

 sess. In England, it flourishes trained to a south wall, but in this coun- 

 try it requires the protection of a green-house. It is well suited for con- 

 servatories for training up a rafter ; and the profusion of its white 

 blossoms forms a pleasing contrast with the varied hues of the Greville 

 and Boursalt. Dr. Lindley suggests the mixing of this species with 

 some of the Chinese varieties, so as to impart to them, in a degree, the 

 beauty and delicacy of its foliage. We have no doubt that, with a ju- 

 dicious intermixture, it might be used to some benefit. (^Bot. Reg., 

 Jan.) 



In this order is now to be found in bloom many very beautiful roses. 

 In Mr. Sweetser's garden Noisette Lamarque has been very splendid: 

 it has just shed its hist blossoms; this variety is a very free flowering 

 kind, and its robust habit rendersjt easily manageable. We have now 

 tea strombio in full flower: the monthly cabbage rose, said to be ex- 

 cellent, is also budded. Smith's yellow Noisette, and the yellow- tea 

 roses, are scarce, but they are now blooming wherever kept. Hardy 

 roses, in the oj)en garden, have had their shoots mostly destroyed in the 

 vicinity of Boston the past winter. Tree roses, where not protected, 

 have suffered badly. 



LeguminacecR. 



TRIFO'LIUM 



furitmn LindJ. Farded Clover. An annual species, wilh cream-colnred flowers; appearing 

 in June j grows in l)lack peaty soil ; a native of Caliiornia. But. Rei;., 1885. 



Introduced by Mr. Douglas to the Horticultural Society's garden in 

 1835, but ripening no seeds, was afterwards lost. It is desirable in a 

 garden, and we should judge that patches of it in the border would 

 have a pleasing appearance. This s))ecics belongs to the curious 

 class whose bracts collect into one involucra, like those of an umbel- 

 liferous plant: it is one of the handsomest of the genus. {Bot. Reg., 

 Aug.) 



iUPl'XUS 



lati(61ius ^gardk Broad-leaved Lupin. A Iiardy perennial plant, with light purple flowers; 

 appearing from Julv to September; increased by seeds and by division of the roots ; a 

 native of California. Bot. Reg., 1891. 



Apparently distinct from both L. rivularis and L. littoralis, to 

 which, however, it approaches more nearly than to L. polyphyllus. 

 Like all the perennial lupinus, it is a desirable j)lant for the border. 



Dr. Agardh, in his Synop. Gen. Lupini, has described seventy-six 

 species: of these Mr. Douglas collected the immense number of thirty- 

 four. {Bot. Reg., Sept.) 



CV'TISUS 

 a;6li(us Oti.ssone il^^olian Cytistis. A green-hntise plant; growing from two to three feet high; 

 flowers of a light yellow ; ap|)eariiig in May ; a native of Italy. Bot. Reg., 1900. 



Very few of the cytisuses are cultivated^ in our collections, except 

 the common one C. Laburnum. They are scarcely hardy enough to en- 

 dure our climate, and needing the protection of the green-house is 

 probably the cause of their neglect. This species is very pretty. The 

 seeds were received from Prof. Tenore, at Naples. It is a native of 

 Stromboli, in Italy, where it was discovered by Prof. Gussone. Seeds 

 communicated to W. F. Strangways produced flowers last season. 

 {Bot. Reg., Oct.) 



fiENI'ST.A, (of doubtful meaning. It is said to be derived from genu, the knee, because the 

 brandies are flexil)le, like the knee joint.) 

 monosp^rma Oassone syn : P|4rtium nionospermum iinn. Pincle-.«/-cfiVrf Genista. A slen- 

 der green-house shrub ; growing four or five feet high; with white flowers; appearing 

 in .May and June; propagated by seeds and cuttings; a native of Sicily. Bot. 

 Reg., 1918. 



