394; Gardetwig Visit to Paris, 



be required to open the books in which it was treated, not to 

 speak of the risk of overlooking some of these books. 



The plants under glass in the Jardin desPiantes want the green- 

 ness, succulence, and vigour of growth of plants similarly circum- 

 stanced in England, doubtless owing to the dryness of the air, more 

 intense solar light, and a mode of management which has not for 

 its object to promote vigorous growth and succulence. Indeed, if 

 this were the object, the plants would suffer still more than they 

 do when turned out into their respective places in the general 

 arrangement, because the changes in respect to atmospheric 

 moisture and solar light would be still greater than they are. 

 We spent three entire days in examining the hardy trees and 

 shrubs in this arrangement, and those in the nursery, under 

 the care of M. Camuset. The following list includes plants 

 which we thought in some way or other remarkable ; the order 

 is that in which they ai'e planted in the garden, and the author- 

 ities after the names are those on the garden labels. 



iaurus Benzoin, as it ripens its wood, stands the winter here better than it 

 does about London. 



^traphaxis undulata is hardy. A. spinosa, 5 ft. high, covered with flowers, a 

 truly beautiful object, and rare. 



Brunnich/a cirrhosa Gcert., a tendriled climber, a native of Carolina, is 12 ft. 

 high, and quite hardy; about London it is only half-hardy. 



Polygonum frutescens, as high as ^traphaxis, and beautifully covered with 

 cream-coloured flowers. 



Syringa speciosa is the Syringa rothomagensis of Arb. Brit. 



i<'raxinus floribunda Wal. is O'rnus floribunda oi Arb. Brit. 



F. O'rnus viridis Michx. is F. americana viridis Arb. Brit, 



F. rotundifolia is O'rnus rotundifolia Arb. Brit. 



F. monophylla is F. excelsior heterophylla Arb. Brit. 



F. atrovirens is F. excelsior atrovirens Arb. Brit. 



Fitex arborea Rox. is a vigorous-growing plant, with broad leaflets, dentate, 

 and of a much paler green than those of V. J'gnus castus or V. incisa. 



V. incisa Lam. has the leaflets long, narrow, and deeply cut ; it is here 3 ft. 

 high, and beautifully in flower. 



V. ^'gnus castus is 1 6 ft. high, flowering profusely, and very beautiful. 



V. J'gnus castus var. latifolius is 4 ft. high. 



Callicarpa americana L., a native of Virginia, nearly hardy. 



Salvia Hablitzza?ja Jac. 



S. scabriuscula Lam., 2 ft. high. 



iS'ideritis cretica L., 4 ft. high. 



Phlomis fruticosa and P. f. angustifolia, 4 ft. high. 



(Solanum glaucpphyllum, 4 ft., hardy. 



Z/ycium afrum kept in pots, and taken in every winter. 



L. hoerhaavicefd(iu7u is the Crabowskia boerhaav/^s/o/ia of Arb. Brit. 



L. europae'um, leaves long and green ; L. ruthenicum, leaves succulent, re- 

 sembling those of i. afrum ; L. barbarum, 10 ft. high, the species common 

 in British gardens ; L. chinense, leaves larger tlian those of any other 

 species ; L. chilense, leaves narrow, with short petioles. 



Sideroxylon /ycioides L., leaves twice as long as those of S. tenax L. 



Dlospyros virginiana, 30 ft. high ; Z). calycina, D. angustifolia, D. pubescens, 

 and D. lucida, are all obvious seminal varieties of J), virginiana. 



Halesia diptera, 4 ft. high. 



