Notes on Gardens and Nurseries. 399 



112. Ho^A imperiaYis Lindl. Imperial-Flowered Hoya. 

 (A5c/e/?iadace9e.) Borneo. 



A itore climber; grouting six ftet high ; with violet colored flowers ; appearing in summer ; 

 tncreaserl by cuUings, and grown in leaf mould, peat, and sand. Flore des Serres, 1S4S, pi. 393. 



This new Hoya " is one of the most noble climbing plants" 

 that has been introduced ; among the Echites, Dipladenias, 

 Bignonias, (fee, there is nothing which will compare with 

 this. It has a superb and ample foliage, and the flowers are 

 produced in large umbels of from nine to fourteen each ; they 

 are of a brownish violet, and contrast prettily with the 

 ivory white centre ; they are borne on a long pendent stem, 

 and exhale at night a very sweet odor ; these, says the writer, 

 are " en gros the qualities which signalize this magnificent 

 asclepiadious plant." It was found in Borneo by Mr. Low, 

 Jr., and introduced to the collection of Low & Co., of Clap- 

 ton, who exhibited a plant in flower last season at the Re- 

 gent's Park. It is a great acquisition, and we hope to see it 

 ornamenting American collections. We ourselves paid three 

 guineas for a small plant, but unfortunately it was too weak 

 to reach us alive. It must be a splendid companion to the 

 Stephanotus, whose foliage and habit it greatly resembles. 

 Its culture and treatment is similar to the old wax plant, (H. 

 carnosa,) but it requires little more heat, and a larger trellis, 

 as it is a more rapid grower. {Flore des Serres, Sept.) 



Art. VI. Notes on Gardens and Nurseries. 



It is some time since we have given our readers our usual 

 notes on the gardens and nurseries in our immediate vicinity. 

 As opportunity has afforded, we have laid before them ac- 

 counts of our visits to gardens and nurseries in various parts 

 of the country, somewhat, perhaps, to the neglect of the 

 many flourishing places near at home. We will, however, 

 endeavor to make up for this in future, by a very general as 

 well as full account of all that is to be seen of interest in our 

 neighborhood. 



Linmere, Residence of R. S. Fay, Esq., May 28^^.— One 

 of the most beautiful sheets of water in Essex County, is 



