142 Notices of new and beautiful Plants, 



In our collection are now in full bloom /Rhododendron arboreum 

 var. alta clerense, var. hybridum, and var. RusselHanwwi. Of va- 

 rieties, of jR. indicum, Smithii, caerulea, phoenicea, and punicea. 

 R. sinensis is also superbly elegant, with its clusters of bright yel- 

 low, and highly odoriferous blossoms, numbering from twenty to 

 twenty-five in each. jR. alta clerense must certainly rank as the 

 most magnificent that has yet been produced, whether a species or 

 a variety. There is a richness about it, which is not found in any 

 of the others, which we have seen in flower. Some of the clus- 

 ters were of monstrous size. If it can but be acclimated to our 

 gardens, it would be one of the most valuable acquisitions which 

 they will, for a long time, receive. Several plants of JR. 

 arboreum var. hybridum will be in bloom about the middle of May, 

 together with several fine varieties of R. pontica, calendu- 

 lacea, &;c. 



Ksteracece. 



HELICHRY^SUM (an old Greek name,meaning a golden spiral, and consequently should be writ- 

 ten Helichrysuni.) 

 hico\ox Lindl. Two-colored Helichrysum. A hardy annual; with yellow flowers; appearing in 

 August; a native of Van Dieman's Land. Bot. Reg., t. 1814. 



" A beautiful, new, hardy annual, introduced by Mr. Low, of 

 the Clapton nursery. The leaves are hnear lanceolate. It has a 

 similar appearance to what is commonly called Xeranthemum lii- 

 ciduni {H. bracteatum), but rather more elegant. " One of the 

 prettiest new species of the season [1835], that has just passed 

 by." {Bot. Reg., Dec.) 



GALATE'LLA Cass. 

 punctata JVees ^'ster punctitus W. if Kit. Galatella intermMia Cass, ^'ster desertorum 

 Ji'isc/j. dotted Galatella. A hardy perennial herbaceous plant ; growing two feet high; with 

 reddish lilac flowers ; appearing in July and August ; a native of the east of Europe ; propa- 

 gated by division of the root, in common garden soil. Bot. Reg., 1818. 



An herbaceous plant, " a native of salt marshes in Hungary, 

 Podolia, and elsewhere in the east of Europe." It is very similar 

 to G. Ayssopifolia and acris. Like the asters, from which this 

 genus has been separated, the species are very difficult to distin- 

 guish. Its beauty is inferior to many of our wild ones which enli- 

 ven our pastures with their numerous blossoms, in the months of 

 August and September. Desirable, as it is " well adapted for bor- 

 ders of shrubberies, and for places where shade-loving plants alone 

 will grow." {Bot. Reg., Dec.) 



BE'LLIS 



integrifolia JUichx. Ecllpta integrifolia Spreng. Brachycome xanthocomoides Less. Amer- 

 ican Daisy. An annual plant, growing six or eight inches high ; flowers pale pink ; appear- 

 ing in June and July ; propagated by seeds; a native of North America. Bot. Mag., 3455. 



This is the only species of the daisy yet discovered in this coun- 

 try. It was found by Michaux. Pursh had never seen it in his 

 travels ; and when Mr. Nuttall wrote his Genera of North Amer- 

 ican Plants, he knew nothing of it, except what he gathered from 

 Michaux ; he seems to have doubted his authority, as he asked the 

 following question : " Is it not an Eclipta ?" From this, an opinion 

 has gained ground with botanists, that none of the species of the fa- 



