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acutir^lia Lhtdl. Sharp-leaved Echeveria. A green-house plant; growlns; two feet high; 

 with scnrlet flowers; appearing in sprin;^; a native of Mexico; increased by cuttings; 

 grown ill light soil. Bot. Rtg., 1842, t. 29. 



This is another of the acquisitions of Mr. Hartweg, who sent 

 it home from Mexico; so tenacious of hfe was it, that its 

 stems came ahve, and soon flowered in the garden of the Hor- 

 ticultural Society. The leaves are sub-rhomboid, acute, and 

 concave; the stem reddish, and terminated with erect cylindri- 

 cal spikes of scarlet flowers, tinged with yellow; having a 

 showy and pretty appearance, and decidedly one of the finest 

 species. Its treatment is the same as that of the E. rosea and 

 other species. {Bot. Reg., May.) 

 Ericdcece. 



CLE'THRA 

 juercifdiia Liii'Il. Oak-leavcd clethra. A green-house shrub; growing four to five feet 

 high; with white flowers; appearing in March; a native of Mexico; increased by layers 

 or saeds; grown in loam and peat. Bot. Reg., 1842, t. 23. 



A handsome shrub, with "deliciously fragrant flowers." 

 The leaves are obovate, lanceolate, acute, rugose, tomentose, 

 and slightly fenugineous, on the under side; the flowers ap- 

 pear in terminal, loose, spreading racemes, giving the plant a 

 showy and ornamental character, independent of their great 

 fragrance. This species differs from C. mexicana, and is the 

 same as the C. tinifolia of Schlecht. It was found in the 

 neighborhood of Jalapa, in Mexico, and flowered in the gar- 

 den of the Dean of Manchester, in March, 1841. Its treat- 

 ment is the same as C. arborea, an old green-house plant. 

 {Bot. Reg.., April.) 



AZA'LEA 

 var. alta cler^nsis. The Highclere azalea. A hardy shrub; growing six feet high; with 

 rosv flowers; appearing in June; a hybrid seedling; increased by layers. Bot. Reg., 

 1842, t. 27. 



Since the first production of hybrid azaleas, many splendid 

 varieties have been the result of the labors of cultivators; 

 hundreds have been raised, all differing somewhat, yet many 

 of them too much alike to deserve a distinctive name. The 

 present subject, however, is not one of these; it certainly 

 stands preeminently above the majority of seedlings which have 

 been produced; like its near ally, the Rhododendron alta cle- 

 rense, originated at the same place, it will rank as one of the 

 most beautiful hardy azaleas which has ever been raised. We 

 cannot better describe it than in the words of the originator of 

 the plant, J. R. Gowen, Esq. 



"This, the most charming, perhaps, of hardy azaleas, unit- 

 ing to the utmost beauty of form, and arrangement of color, a 

 most delicious fragrance, is one of the many additions made to 



