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fragrant flowers, which are succeeded by strawberry-flavored ber- 

 ries ; quite hardy, and handsome. 



Laurelia aromatica. — A handsome evergreen, with fleshy leaves, 

 which are very fragrant. It is a native of the mountains of Chili. 

 Quite hardy. 



Quadria nETEROPHYLLA. — This interesting tree, which is said to 

 be hardy, produces fruit about tlie size of a small walnut, with the 

 flavor of the cocoa-nut. 



Retinospora ericoides. — A very pretty heath-like coniferous plant, 

 which is perfectly hardy. It is a valuable acquisition, having 

 stood out at Messrs. Standish and Noble's during last winter, 

 without the least injury, remaining as green as it Avas last Octo- 

 ber. 



Philox, Queen Victoria. — The plant is of the demssata habit, ro- 

 bust, and stiff. The trusses of blossoms are large, each flower 

 about an inch across, blush-white, with a large purple eye, and of 

 exquisite Jorm ; blooming from July to the end of the summer. 



EosA viRiDiFLORA. — The flowers in form are exactly like the com- 

 mon blush China Rose, and are produced as profusely, in trusses, 

 of from ten to twenty blossoms in each. They are very double, 

 and of a bright green color. It has a very pretty appearance in 

 the greenhouse, blooming freely during autumn and winter, as 

 well as earlier, if managed properly. It is exceedingly interest- 

 ing, and may be had cheap. 



William's Evergreen Climbing Rose.— It is a seedling raised 

 from the common hardy climbing Ayrshire Rose, fertilized with the 

 Yclloto Tea Rose. It has the rapid growth and elegant habit of 

 Ayrshire spkndens, whilst its glossy foliage and large lemon-colored 

 buds partake of the character of the Yellow Tea Rose. The flow- 

 ers are of a creamy white, deliciously sweet-scented, and produced 

 in long racemes of from twelve to twenty on a single shoot. It is 

 a charming acquisition ; quite hardy. 



Salvia Roemeriana. — It is of dronrf habit, a very free bloomer, 

 excellent for beding. The flow^ers are of a rosy carmine color, 

 and it blooms throughout the summer. 



Eremcrus Spectabilis. Nat. Ord. Asphodelca;. Syn. Asphodelus 

 Sibiricus. — A handsome, hardy, herbaceous perennial, a native of 

 Altaic Siberia. The main flowering stem rises from three to four 

 feet high, almost half of which bears a profusion of flowers, form- 

 ing an ornamental pyramid ; each blossom (star-shaped) is an 



