452 Floriculttiral and Botanical Notices. 



Art. IV. Floricultural and Botanical Notices of Neio and 

 Beaut if id Plants figured in Foreign Pei-iodicals ; with 

 Descriptio7is of those recently introduced, to, or originated in, 

 American Gardens. 



Abelia rupestris. — This fine species is one of the most 

 valuable fall flowering shrubs, growing to the height of five 

 or six feet; it makes a fine, compact, conical bush, with 

 neat, glossy foliage, and, from the middle of August to Jan- 

 uary, is literally covered with its dense heads of whitish 

 flowers, which exhale a delightful odor. For bouquets it is a 

 fine acquisition, as, at this period of the year, there are but 

 few fragant flowers except the heliotrope. It should have a 

 place in every collection of plants. 



Heracleum giganteum, belonging to the cowparsnep tribe, 

 of which our correspondent. Prof. Russell, gave so interesting 

 an account in our last number, (p. 394,) is advertised in the 

 Gard. Chronicle, to be " one of the most magnificent plants" 

 in the world ; it is a biennial, and grows fourteen feet high 

 in one summer, with a handsome fluted stem, six or eight 

 inches in diameter, and a compound umbel of white flowers, 

 twelve feet in circumference, with leaves from five to seven 

 feet wide. It is figured in Mrs. Loudon's Ladies' Compan- 

 ion, p. 141. 



New and choice ornamental Shrubs and Flowers. — The 

 editor of the Chronicle, in summing up the novelties of the 

 year, gives the following list of fine things, which will be 

 read with interest by all amateurs, as well as professional 

 cultivators. We hope they will all be speedily introduced. 

 —Ed. 



At this season, when the lovers of plants are considering 

 on what they shall rely for a supply of novelties in the com- 

 ing years, it may be useful to point out the real value of some 

 which are about to be oflcrcd for sale. For the present, we 

 take a few of the examples to be found in Messrs. Veitch's 

 Nursery at Exeter. 



Fagus ohliqva is an evergreen beech tree, of great beauty, 

 growing from 30 to 40 feet in height. It inhabits Chili and 



