HORTUS VEITCHI1 



after whom Dr. Torrey named it, a name adopted by Dr. Asa Gray in the 

 Proceedings of the American Academy and in his work on the Botany of 

 California. 



Eemarkable as the only species of the genus known on the western side 

 of the American Continent. 



LIGU STRUM HENRYI, Hemsl. 



Hemsley in Jour. Linn. Soc. vol. xxvi. p. 90. 



An evergreen species of neat appearance first detected in the immediate 

 neighbourhood of Ichang by Dr. A. Henry, after whom it is named, and 

 from this locality afterwards introduced to cultivation. 



A neat and attractive shrub with glossy dark green leaves somewhat 

 variable in form, from 1| to 2 in. long by 1| to 1| in. broad, in outline from 

 rotund-ovate to ovate-lanceolate. 



Mr. Hemsley states (I.e. supra), " This is very near Ligustrum 

 Tschonskii, differing markedly in the shape of the leaves, which in the 

 present species vary much in size and shape on the same branch." 



The flowers white, fragrant, and the fruits black. 



LONICEEA PILEATA, Oliver. 



Gard. Chron. 1904, vol. xxxv. p. 243, figs. ; Hooker's Ic. PL t. 1585 ; The Garden, 

 1904, vol. Ixv. p. 235 ; Bot. Mag. t. 8060. 



A hardy Chinese honeysuckle, with neat evergreen foliage, introduced 

 from the Province of Hupeh. 



It is a dwarf-spreading shrub with dark green foliage somewhat re- 

 sembling that of the common privet. The flowers freely produced in the 

 axils of the uppermost leaves are about \ in. in length, greenish-white 

 in colour, not showy, but delightfully fragrant. 



It flowered for the first time in this country at the Eoyal Gardens, 

 Kew, during April 1904. 



MAGNOLIA DELAY AYI, Franch. 



Plantae Delavayanae, p. 33, tt. 9, 10 ; Flora and Sylva, 1903, vol. i. p. 18. 



An evergreen species named in compliment to Pere Delavay who dis- 

 covered it in Central China. It was afterwards collected by Dr. A. Henry 

 and Wilson, and by the last-named traveller introduced to cultivation at 

 Coombe Wood. 



The plants are at present too small to flower, but from information 

 derived from those who have seen it in the native habitat this Magnolia 

 promises to be a great addition to gardens. 



The flowers are said to be pure white, egg-shaped, of great substance 

 and very massive. 



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