figured in the London Flor. and Bot. Magazines . 21 



Dr. Torrey, of New York, has published a catalogue of plants 

 found in the vicinity of Nevvbern, N. C, by H. B. Croom, Esq. 

 A. INI. This gentleman, with' his whole family, it will be recol- 

 lected, perished in the ill-fated steam-boat Home, when she was 

 wrecked off Cape Hatteras. This catalogue was nearly through 

 the press when JNIr. Croom left New York; the season having 

 advanced so far as to render his departure necessary, and the 

 proof sheets were left to the inspection and care of Dr. Torrey, 

 who has affixed a preface to the work, and a brief memoir of 

 Mr. Croom's early life and character, by the Rev. Dr. Hawks 

 of New York. It is a merited tribute to the memory of Mr. 

 Croom, whose loss to science is greatly deplored. The cat- 

 alogue is arranged after the natural system, according to Dr. 

 Lindley, in the second edition of his Iniroduction^ and contains 

 upwards of a thousand species. We shall have occasion to 

 refer to this hereafter. Some notice of Mr. Croom's death 

 will be found in another page. 



Dicotyledonous, Polypetalous, Plants. 

 RantmcwZdcece. 



DELPHI'NIUM 

 azureum De Cand. Sky-JJue Larkspur. A har'ly perennial plant; crowing three or four feet 

 hish; with sky-blue flowers; appearing ia summer; a native of North America. Bot. Reg., 

 1999. 



An interesting, but by no means handsome, species of lark- 

 spur, raised from seeds collected by Mr. Douglas in California. 

 It is somewhat similar to the common D. grandiflorum, but more 

 robust in its habit, and with erect racemes of flowers. Michaux 

 discovered this same species in the Middle or Southern States, 

 and it therefore appears to range, in its geographical distribution, 

 from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean. Mr. Drummond also 

 found this species in Texas. It oftentimes varies in the color of 

 its flowers, being occasionally of a dirty pink. [Bot. Reg.^ Oct.) 

 Temstromlkcedi. 



CAMP'LLM. 



We have been favored with the following description of seve- 

 ral new camellias, which have been received by Mr. Wilder from 

 Germany. Mr. Wilder has some of the plants, and, as will be seen 

 by his note, is in expectation of the remainder the present season. 



Agreeable to your request I send you a list of the new camel- 

 lias that I have imported this year. I have only given you the 

 names of the most distinguished, and to which I add the descrip- 

 tion and origin, so far as I am informed. Below, with this sign *, 

 I also give you the names of a few that I am hourly expecting 

 from Germany, which, if we may believe the description, are 

 truly nouvellc and of great merit. 



C. j. candidissima (China) " large, clear white, very full and 

 perfect, just as good as the old double white." 



