68 KECOKD OF IIOKTICULTCKE. 



Magnolia Lennei is a new foreign variety, a few plants of 

 which have already been introduced into this country. 

 The flowers are large, reddish purple on the outside and pure 

 white within. Figured and described in Flore des 8erres. 

 Tlhnus campestris aurea. — A variety of the English 

 Elm, with deep golden yellow leaves. It is quite probable 

 that this variety has already been introduced into some 

 of our larger nurseries. Figured and described in La 

 Belg. Hort. 



XEW HARDY SHRUBS, DECIDUOUS AND EVERGREEN. 



^sculus Michauxi. — This is probably a variety of our 

 native species, ^sculus Pavia, or red-flowering buckeye. 

 The plant, however, is more dwarfish in habit than the 

 species, and the spikes of flowers much larger. When 

 worked on the common buckeye or horse-chestnut, it 

 forms a beautiful shrub or small tree, producing its large 

 spikes of flowers in great abundance. We are indebted 

 to Mr. Wm. S. Carpenter for a specimen plant imported 

 by him from France. 



Azalea. — The catalogues of European nurserymen con- 

 tain long lists of new varieties of this beautiful shrub. 

 The tender Chinese azaleas are far better known in this 

 country than the hardy species. This is to be regretted, 

 inasmuch as the hardy sorts may be grown by every one, 

 and not be confined to those whose circumstances allow 

 them to build costly green-houses for the purpose of grow- 

 ing tender exotics. We shall not attempt the naming of 

 the best foreign varieties, but merely call the attention 

 of our readers to this most beautiful class of shrubs. 



