582 New hardy Trees and Shrubs raised at ChiswicJc, 



Spartium cEtninse Strangways. Plants were raised, in the 

 garden of tlie Society, from seeds presented by the Hon. W. F. 

 Strangways. It is a very distinct species, and quite hardy, not 

 being much injured by the last extremely severe winter, though 

 but slightly protected. 



i?osA^CE^ § ^MYGDA^LEiE. — Yrunus Marascha Jac. — This 

 species has been raised from seeds presented by Baron Jacquin 

 to the Society. This is, in all probability, the small black 

 cherry from which the liquor Maraschino is manufactured ; 

 see Arh. Brit., p. 697-, where an account is given of the tree, 

 and also of the mode of preparing the liquor. 



V?iinus effiisa Jacquin. Plants were raised in the garden of 

 the Society, from seeds presented by Baron Jacquin. 



§ S'piR^^iE. — ^pirce^a decumbens Booth. A plant of this very 

 distinct dwarf little spiraea was given to the Society by Messrs. 

 Booth of Hamburg ; it appears quite new and distinct. 



The following names have proved to be synonymes : — 



? Po^MEiE. — Cratae^gus Cels/awa, from Messrs. Baumann and 

 Messrs. Booth, is C 01iver/a?i«, Arb. Brit.: Cratae^gus flabellata, 

 from Messrs. Baumann and Messrs Booth, is C flava, Arb. Brit. 



Philadelpha^ceje. — Vhiladelphus /rZ/^o/z/x Wallich, Bot.Reg. 

 Miscell. No. li. Plants of this species were raised from seeds 

 presented to the Society by Dr. Royle, under the name of Phila- 

 delphus, or Deutz/r/, corymbosa, Arb. Btit., p.950. (which last 

 name it is generally sold by in the nurseries) ; but, when the 

 plants in the Society's collection flowered, they proved to be the 

 P. triflorus of Dr. Wallich, and very distinct from P. tomentosus, 

 both being supposed to be the same by Dr. Royle. Both species 

 are in the Society's collection, and prove quite hardy, having 

 stood out last winter unprotected. 



Deiitzia. canescens Dr. Sieboldt. A plant of this very distinct 

 species was presented to the Society by Mr. H. Low of the 

 Clapton Nursery, who, I believe, imported the plants. It has 

 much larger and finer foliage than D. scabra, and is worthy of 

 a place in every choice collection of hardy shrubs. 



GkossulaY^e^. — Ribes Menziesxx Pnrsh. This very dis- 

 tinct s})ecies of Ribes was raised from Mr. Douglas's last parcel 

 of Californian seeds, and resembles iDbes speciosum ; and, 

 like that species, is sub-evergreen, and comes into leaf in the 

 autumn. It has proved quite hardy, having stood last winter 

 unprotected. 



Also, the following species of Ribes were raised from seeds 

 this season, presented by Baron Jacquin and Dr. Fischer, and 

 seem distinct : — R. opulifolia Jacqiun, R. Dakuscha Fischer, 

 R. heterotrichon Ledebonr. 



Capri folia^ce.e § Lonice^ri;^. — Loiiiccra. Pallasn Ledebour. 

 A plant of this rare species w^as raised from seed presented 



