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41. Achi'bienes cuphea^ta Hook. Coppery-leaved Achimenes. 



(Gesnerdcere.) 



A --eei !u>nsp i Iniit ; iT' vins I wo feet h\i\\ ; vi-lh scarlet fldwi^rs ; arpeH.Mis all siiniiner : a 

 rative iif i\ew Grenada; increased hy ofr^ets and ciuliiiss ; culiivaled in turfy peat, leaf mould, 

 and sand. Flore des Series, 1647, pi. 26ii. 



A new and interesting species of this now qnite extensive 

 fnniily, containing upwards of a dozen species. The leaves 

 are of a dnll, coppery hue above, and a rosy purple hue be- 

 neath, and the flowers, which are small, and of a rich scar- 

 let, have a pretty effect upon the sombre-colored foliage. It 

 was found in New (Irenada, and the seeds sent to the Kew Gar- 

 den in 1840, and the plants flowered in April last. It requires 

 the same treatment as the other species, and, from the pecu- 

 liar rambling habit of the plant, rooting, as it does, at every 

 joint, and its bright flowers, it will be a desirable species. 

 {F/ore des Serres, Aug.) 



42. FoRSYTHiA viRiDi'ssiMA L'lvdl. Dark-grceii leaved For- 



syth ia. (Oledcecs.) 



A liai-dy shrub ; growing six to ten feet hish ; with yellow flowers ; appearing in spring ; 

 a native of China ; increa^ed by layers ; cultivaltd in any good soil. Flore des Serres, 1847, pi. 

 2til. 



This is a new and beauliful shrub, brought home by Mr. For- 

 tune, on his return from China, who has given the following 

 account of it in the Jovrnal of the London Horticultural So- 

 ciety: — " It is a deciduous shrub, with very dark green leaves, 

 which are prettily serrated at the margin. It grows eight to 

 ten feet high, in the north of China, and sheds its leaves in 

 autumn. It then remains dormant, like any deciduous shrubs 

 f)f Furope. but is remarkable for the number of large prom- 

 inent buds which are scattered along the young stems pro- 

 duced the summer before. Early in spring, these buds, which 

 are flower buds, gradually unfold themselves, and present a pro- 

 fusion of bright yellow blossoms all over the shrub, which is 

 highly ornamental " 



Mr. Fortune found it growing at Chusan, in the same gar- 

 den with Weigel/ff rosea owned by a Chinese mandarin, and 

 called the "Grotto Garden," by the English. It is a great 

 favorite, and is grown in all the gardens of the rich in the north 

 of China. He afterwards found it growing wild in the moun- 

 tain of C^hekiang, when he thought it even more ornamental, 

 iu its natural state among the hedges, than when cultivated 

 i'l the fairy gardens of the mandarins. 



