No/icrs of nexv and inU'resling Plants. 



imooth ; anil persistent in ordinary winters. In seasons of more than usual severity it becomes deci- 

 duous, the flowers in that case heing fully expandi-d bi-fore the leaves are much advanced in growth. 

 The leaves arc alwut hall the size ol those ol /Jhododeiiilron catawbl<;■n^e, and, like them, are in a con- 

 iiderable [lortion of the s|)ecimen8 convex, but are much thinner in texture. When they first appear, 

 they arc apt to be of a pale, sickly hue, which soon gives place to a healthy colour. The male type pre- 

 dominates in all the specimens. Cuttings of these intermediate varieties strike more readily than those 

 of cither Az.'ilea or Ahododt'iulroii." Carton's Khododendron has a largish umbel of numerous smallish 

 lilac blossoms, and these were produced in June.- Seems a very desirable variety, {^liot. Reg. 1449. 

 Nov. IWl.) 



pfilchrum Sie/. S;n»/A'« beautifuHi i | or 3 ap.jl Ko Eng.hybrid 1827. C s.p Sw.fl gar.2.8.117 



All the plants which used to be called azaleas some botanists now call rhododendrons: so the /{. 

 pAU'hrum above is, in fact, a hybrid from Azalea indica, and is the plant called /ihododendron indicum 

 y SmthiV in Sweet's Ilorl. Brit., ed. 'i. p. .'A3. ; and is the Az ilea Indica y var. SniUh// ol some others. 

 /{. pLik'hrum was raised by Mr. Smith of Coombe Wood, Kingston, from seeils of Azalea /edifi.lia, 

 impregnaieil, about (bur years ago, by the pollen of the old red Azalea indica. It is a splendid mule, 

 the corollas of which are " very large and handsome, above 2 in. in length, and about o in. in width 

 when expanded, and of a bright rosy purple, spotted on the inside with bright re<l spots." Mr. Smith 

 also raisetl, at the above time, several other hybrids of this genus, which he exi>ccts to blossom next 

 spring. 



(ndicum 



var. ignfescens .Si/'/, fiery m\ I spl 2 mr.my Bt.C China ... C p.l Sw.fl.gar.2.s.l28 



" 'i'his splendid variety was imported by Mr. Tate. It diHers from the old R. indicum in l)eing much 

 more branched, with the branches more slender and spreading, instead of upright The (lowers are 

 smaller, but more abundant, and of a brighter crimson. 



/{. lappoiiicum is hgured in But. Mtij;. 519ti. It is a floral gem brought from Canada by Mr. Blair in 

 18i5. Flowered at Cunningham's Nursery, at Comely H^nji, near Edinburgh, in July, I'oO. Thisever- 

 green procumbent shrub, whose branches are about Ti in. long, and its dark green ovate leaves four 

 lines long and three broad, " inh:ibits the alpine ridges of the low grounds in the extreme arctic 

 regions ol Kurope, Asia, and America. The bruised leaves are fragrant, yielding a smell which Pallas 

 compares to that of turpentine. The flowers are exceedingly beautiful " '1 he corollas are three fourths 

 of an inch across, funiiel-shape<l, and crimson. Mr. Ulair hieiilioiis in ourVol. Vll. p. 2S7. tinding a 

 solitary plant of this on the White Mountains. 



621. AZA^LEA 4:47 nudiflbra. 



scintillans J.intt/. 8|iarkling ^ or 4 my.jn O.s Eng.hyb. 1827 ? L s.p Bot. reg. 1461 



Another Highdere hybrid, obtained from seed of A. coccfnea miijor, impregnated by the pollen of 

 A. puntica : very beautilul. {Rut. Reg.) 



The genus £rica contributes more to the decoration of the green-house at this -icason than any other 

 genus. Their ou n peculiar elegance wins for them the high estimation of all ; but they seem to bespeak 

 this siill more intensely by displ.iying their loveliness, the^r l«?auty, and their elegance, at the present 

 comparatively rtowerless season, when Klor.Vs sjileen-dispelling smiles are ever doubly welcome. 



At Colv.ll's the following kinds were observi'd in bloom on Jan iT); — With tubular corols, trans- 

 p&reiis, viridescens, elila, coibrans. Archer/, |ielliicida, mutabilis, liniia?o/(/('.s, cerinth'ldes. With small 

 corollas, gracilis autumnal and vernal, regcrininans, and tentlla. With iiiH.iled corols, (irdeiis, vernix, 

 vt-riiix corcinea, graiidinbsa w-ith blossoms, as the word implies, seasonably resembling hail.stoiies, 

 Lainbi Tt/, pyrainidi\lis, and raineiitCli'ea. In this nursery was then also blooming, the I'.nkianthus 

 quiiK|uertf)rus ; one of its clu^tirs, liiiwcver, consi>ted of at leaSt seven flowers. The flowers themselves 

 are exijUisite pendulous flesli-iolnureil bells, each large enough to admit the extremity of the little finger, 

 and III the ba^e of which are live largi>li cavities (in the manner of Cyclobothra somewhat^, all filled 

 to overflowing with a sweet nectareous fluid. 



At Young's are many heaths in blossom, and one without a name, powerfully fragrant like the flowers 

 of hawthorn, but more agreeable: its flowers are small and numerous. The following kinds were 

 blooming here (Jan. 20.) ; but want of time prevented then, and also subseiiuently, their distribution 

 into sections as above : — 



£r1ca plumbsa A'r'ica discolor /.'rlca pubescens 



fracilis vi'rna rorifblia r upressina 5(i/. 



..inn;c\j ventncbsa of Andrews's riibida I.ort. 



igiii'scens fig. not of the gardens hirtiflbra 6V>».<. 



soi'cillbra priestans \&\n 



elofigMa Sebiifid liltea rtibelis 



vestita purpiire.-i carnea (hardy) arbi'iscula 



ftsjiera coccinea lifrta And. 



'•chiifl..ra spArsa pellucida And. 



Iieiiicillata rcfMgcM And. iiidul'iria 



^rdens Cushinidno Lcc 



CLXXII. \accinn<e. 

 1194. TACCI'NMUM. [>f/r»i. 1831. 193 



humifi'isum (I'rdA. earth-spread )U el ^ my \V Rockvmo.1827. 1j p Edin. n. phil. 



An iiitereatiiig species, resembling in habit Mitchells rfcpens : it likes dry open borders, and priHiucea 

 a very fine-flaMiured fruit, lalled In America the edible cherry, but has hitherto flowered very 

 ■paringly in the t^linburgli anil (ilasgow llntaiiic Ciardens. Sent home by Mr. Drumniond. 



Of the greater or American cranberry, Oxyc.'.ccus macrortirpus (/accfnium macro<-arpuin that was), 

 there exists in Knight's Nursery, and in some other collections, a variety with its leaves prettily varie- 

 RBtcd : this should be sought after by the curious cultivator. 



CLXXIV. Cnwpnnulttcea: 

 1177. MICUAU'X/.^. 



f iRvjgita ;Vn. smooth if lAJ "r 11 au.o W N. Persia 1820. S r.l Bot. mag. .•3128 



Every part of the plant yicldp, on the slightest injury, a largcquantity of milky juice ; a characteristic 



