124 EECOKD OF HOETICULTUEE. 



twisted stem, angular twisted flexuose branches, and long- 

 stalked leaves. A French variety, raised by M. Barthere. 

 Revue Horticole. 



Topulus nivea Salomonii. — A hardy tree with divari- 

 cate branches, slender and pendent twigs, the leaves sub- 

 rhomboidal or irregularly cordiform, shining as if varnished 

 on the upper surface, and clothed with thick, snow-white 

 tomentum beneath. From Algiers. — Hevue Horticole. 



Rhododendron. — A fine hardy evergreen shrub, intro- 

 duced into England from China in 1859, but did not bloom 

 until last season. It has thick, oblong, acute leaves and 

 rather lax heads of pale rosy flowers, deeper toward the 

 margins. It is said to be allied to R. Griffithiana. 



Rhododendron Mettemichii. — A.hardy shrub with flow- 

 ers of a beautiful rose color. From the high mountains of 

 Japan. Figured in JWIllust. Hort., France. 



Rhodotypus Kerrioides. — A pretty Iiardy shrub twith 

 oblong-ovate serrated leaves, and large, Avhite solitary flow- 

 ers at the ends of the branches. From Japan. Figured 

 in Gartenflora. 



Rhus Shnonii (Japan Sumac). — A hardy, erect-growing 

 shrub with ferruginous red bark on the young shoots and 

 impari-pinnate leaves, eight to ten inches long, the leaf- 

 lets sessile and of a deep shiny green. Japan. — Revue 

 Horticole. 



Spircea amurensis. — A hardy deciduous shrub with 

 subcordate orbiculatc three to five lobed leaves, and 

 corymbs of rather large white flowers, the pedicels and 

 calyces of Avhich are clothed with stellate down. From 

 ■llie Amoor River, in Asia. Figured in Garterijiora, 



