Jasmin ; it has also been foolishly re-named, in this country, 

 Washington's Bower a custom altogether misapplied, 

 when it refers to old well known plants, and which only 

 serves to create confusion and disappointment. This pro- 

 duces small blue flowers, somewhat resembling a Jasmine, 

 which come out two and three together ; the branches are 

 delicate, and are covered with a greyish bark. They may 

 be trained to a considerable length, and the foliage being de- 

 licate, the plant has rather an interesting appearance. It 

 has spines on the branches, and the berries it produces are 

 red, but not abundant. 



Lytium eurofieum^ or European Boxthorn. This has 

 much broader leaves than the preceding, and its thorns are 

 much larger; the flowers are of a purplish colour, and are 

 succeeded by great numbers of red berries, which ripen in 

 September, and are very ornamental. 



Lycium sinense^ or Chinese. This is of recent introduc- 

 tion, and cannot in consequence be particularly described at 

 present. 



Peri/iloca, or Virginia Silk. This is a native of Syria, 

 but has, by some circumstance, obtained a local name, which 

 has no application to it. It is a fine climbing plant, and will 

 wind its ligneous shoots around whatever tree, hedge, or 

 bower, that is near it. The foliage is ornamental, being of a 

 fine green on the upper surface, and hoary beneath; but the 

 flowers afford most pleasure by their curious construction : 

 these are monopetalous, but are divided into segments, so as 

 to have a star-like appearance, and some have found a re- 

 semblance between them and some curiously formed insect. 

 Several of these flowers grow together in an umbel; they 

 are of a chocolate colour, and blow in July and August. 



Plane Tree, or Platanus. Of this there are four species, 

 but three of which I have yet seen in our country, which 

 are as follow : 



Platanus occidentalism or American Plane. This is so 

 well known by the above name, and by the titles of Button- 

 wood, and American Sycamore, that a description would 

 seem superfluous. Suffice it to remark, it forms one of the 

 largest trees; and I have particularly noticed, that in this vi- 

 cinity it is more frequently struck by lightning than any other. 



Platanus orientalis, or Oriental Plane. This, at first 

 glance, strongly resembles the foregoing; it attains to a 

 great height, and prodigious size, and is in England con- 

 sidered one of the finest ornamental trees ; the leaves aro 



