deserving of general Cultivation. 21 



-Hypericum chinense Arh. Brit., p. 399., the nurseryman's 

 name of which is H. nepalense, is a very handsome species, 

 which has not yet flowered, but of which there are plants in the 

 Horticultural Society's Garden, and in some nurseries. 



Magnoh'a conspicua vars. Soulangea;ia, speciosa, and Alex- 

 andrine Arb. Brit., p. 278., though they have been in the 

 country for some years, and flowered splendidly as standards 

 in the climate of London, are not half so much planted as they 

 ought to be. Plants are from 2s. 6d. to 5s. each. Some new 

 varieties of M. grandiflora, more hardy than any that have 

 hitherto been produced, are expected this autumn from M. 

 Le Roy et Fils, nurserymen at Angers, who cultivate the fol- 

 lowing varieties, some of which are unknown in this country. 

 We give them in M. Le Roy's own words : — 



. M. grandiflora des Anglais. M. g. canalicule, avec feuilles en gout- 



M. g. Mayardiere, le plus fleurissant tiere. 



(the most abundant flowerer). [Most M. g. rotundifolia ordiniire. 



probably M. g. Maillardiere. See M. g. rotundifolia des Anglais. 



Arb. Brit., p. 263.] M. g. rotundifolia ferrugineuse. 



M. g. Galissoniere, le plus rustique M. g. floribunda. 



(the most hardy). [M. le Roy in- M. g. Semis de Bictin. [Probably from 



formed us that this variety will bear Bicton.] 



several degrees of cold more than M. g. /aurifolia. 



any of the others.] M, g. crispa. 



M. g. stricta, or bouton blanc. M. g. subrotundifolia. 



M. g. exoniensis, a fleur demi-double. M. g. foliis variegatis. 



M. g. longifolia undulata. M. g. pr^coce du Masis [Pprecoce de 



M. g. longlssima. Mars]. 



Tilia americana Arb. Brit., p. 373., and its varieties, ai'e far too 

 much neglected. We wish our readers could see the fine tree 

 of this species at White Knights, of which we have just had a 

 beautiful drawing made by an artist whom we sent down on 

 purpose. 



yimygdalus communis var. macrocarpa Arh. Brit., p. 675., is 

 a splendid shrubbery tree, and as hardy as the common almond. 

 Its flowers are much larger, and of a paler colour, than those of 

 the species ; and they appear from a week to a fortnight earlier. 

 The fruit is lai'ger ; and its kernel is so sweet, that the French 

 call it Vamandier des dames. The tree has a more compact 

 fastigiate habit than that of the common almond. Dwarf plants 

 are Is. 6d., and standards 2s. 6d., each. 



^rmeniaca sibirica Arb. Brit., p. 683., is the very earliest of 

 all flowerinff trees in the nei<i[hbourhood of London. It seldom 

 grows above 10 ft. high ; and only requires to be better known, 

 to be introduced into every suburban or small garden. 



Cerasus serrulata Arb. Brit., p. 701., and our y%. 6., is the 

 most beautiful of all double-flowering cherries ; and, though 

 plants were scarce some years ago, they may now be had, in 

 several of the nurseries, at the price of common fruit-trees : 



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