of new and beautiful Plants. 97 



Botanical and Floricultural Intelligence. — Torrcya taxi- 

 folia. — In the fall of 1840, our correspondents, INIessrs. A. 

 J. Downing &, Co. sent Mr. Loudon, the conductor of the 

 Gardener''s JMagazinc^ a specimen of this new evergreen tree, 

 discovered in Florida, to which Dr. Arnott, in compliment 

 to Dr. Torrey, has given the name of Torreyo. Mr. Lou- 

 don, on the arrival of the plant, placed it in the hands of Mr. 

 IMasters, of the Canterbury Nursery, for propagation, but ow- 

 ing to some damage sustained by the tree in packing, it did 

 not survive. Mr. Masters had, however, taken the precau- 

 tion to graft some other trees with it, and to take off cuttings, 

 in order to insure its safety. The grafts did not succeed, but 

 the cuttings are now growing slowly, and in time will make 

 good trees. It will be a valuable accpnsition to the arboretum 

 of Britain, w'here it will undoubtedly be hardy. 



Paulbwn\di imperidlis Sieb. — This is the name of a splen- 

 did new tree, which has been lately introduced to France, 

 and still later to England. It belongs to the natural order 

 Scrophulariacese, and is nearly allied to the Catdlpa., resemb- 

 ling it so much in its wood &c., that the latter has been sell- 

 ing for the same tree. Whether it will prove hardy in Eng- 

 land, remains to be seen. In the Jardin des Plants, at Paris, 

 it has stood unprotected; but from the vigorous shoots which 

 it makes, (twelve to fourteen feet long in a season,) it is feared 

 that it will not prove hardy. In this respect, however, it is 

 like the Ailantus and the Catdlpa, each of which make vig- 

 orous shoots, and each of which are hardy, even in the lati- 

 tude of Boston, except in very unfavorable situations. 



The Paulovvnia is described as a "magnificent tree," having 

 leaves from two to three feet in diameter, deeply serrated, and 

 slightly ciliated. When growing in a favorable situation, it 

 makes shoots twelve to fourteen feet long during the growing 

 season; but when the plants become older, the growth is less 

 and the leaves smaller. A plant set out in the Jardin des 

 Plants, stood the cold winter of 1838 — 39 without any cov- 

 ering, and it is now twenty feet high, with leaves two feet in 

 diameter. It is easily propagated by cuttings of the roots, 

 which make fine plants in one year, six feet high; and we trust 

 it will be speedily introduced into our gardens, that its hardi- 

 ness may be tested in our climate. 



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