It4 Notes on New and Choice Plants. 



cultural Cabinet." {Fig. in Flor. dcs Serves, 1022.) It may be ob- 

 tained of M. Van Houtte. 



Abies K^mpferii. — A new and charming Conifer, which Messrs. 

 Standish and Noble have obtained from China, and who state, "it 

 is deciduous, and somewhat resembles the Larch, but the foliage is 

 very much liandsomer, and the disposition of the branches quite 

 distinct. The leaves are three to four inches long, of a lively 

 green. It is a superlatively hardy plant, also exceeding beauti- 

 ful." In China, it is called the Golden Pine, from the rich yellow 

 of its leaves and cones in autumn. It grows on elevated and 

 mountainous districts, to a great height. Mr. Fortune measured 

 one tree that was eight feet in girth, and 130 feet high. The 

 trunk is straight. 



Berberis Bealii, B. japoxica, B. intermedia. — These have stood 

 through the past winter wholly unharmed, without any protec- 

 tion. Messrs. Standish & Co. state, " it is not too much to say 

 that the above are the finest evergreen shrubs in cultivation." 

 Their leaves are from fifteen to eighteen inches long, composed of 

 several leaflets, and a terminal one ; this latter is often five inches 

 long by three broad, and the side leaflets are proportionately 

 large. 



Cryptomeria japoxica viridus. — This plant is entirely free from 

 the objection which in some situations the C. japonica is liable to, 

 viz., its foliage becoming brown in winter. The C. viridus during 

 the past winter retained its bright, lively green color. It is a 

 charming tree. 



Desfoxtaxia spixosa. — This beautiful evergreen has much the 

 appearance of a Holly. It is quite hardy ; the foliage a deep 

 green, and very ornamental. It bears an abundance of tube- 

 shaped drooping flowers, each about two inches long, red outside 

 and yellow within. A most charming plant. 



Embothriuji ferrugixyum (Spn. Somatia). EiiBOTHKirM laxceo- 

 LATCM. — The foliage of the former is peculiarly graceful, resem- 

 bling very closely the finely cut fronds of a large Fern ; and of 

 the latter, E. lanceolatum, too much cannot be said. It forms a 

 compact shrub, with large lance-shaped leaves, and long spikes of 

 rich crimson flowers, which are borne in profusion, and very orna- 

 mental. They have borne the rigor of last winter without harm, 

 but they flourish admirably in the conservatory or greenhouse. 



Eugenia Ugni. — A charming myrtle-like evergreen, bearing very 



