figured in the London Flor. and Bot. Magazines. 175 



Hope, where he devotes his time to the improvement of horticul- 

 ture and floriculture in the Colony, by introducing various kinds 

 of plants. Since those remarks went to press, the Massachusetts 

 Horticultural Society, as will be seen in another part of this Mag- 

 azine, has received a valuable present of a large number of various 

 kinds of South African bulbs, and a great variety of South African, 

 Australian, and East India seeds. A letter was read before the so- 

 ciety, which was received with the bulbs, and read, in which he 

 states that among the American seeds, most desirable to introduce 

 to the Colony, are the different species of oak. Very few Amer- 

 ican shrubs or trees have yet been introduced and " even the most 

 common" will be acceptable. Baron Ludwig remarks that "no- 

 thing will be more pleasmg to him than to have a constant inter- 

 course and exchange of plants, seeds, bulbs, &z,c., from the Colony 

 for indigenous plants, seeds and bulbs, from this country." We 

 believe it is the intention of the Horticultural Society to forward 

 such a variety of seeds as they can at this time collect together ; 

 and we doubt not that any thing will be very acceptable from indi- 

 viduals who feel interested in the advancement of the Society. 

 Seeds of oaks and other large kinds should be sent enclosed in a 

 box of earth, or immersed in tallow. 



The Ajinual Dahlia Register,, for 1836, is the title of a new 

 work which has just made hs appearance in London. It contains 

 upwards o( fifty highly colored figures of different varieties of the 

 very best flowers. The cultivation and management of the dah- 

 lia is detailed at length. 



The Hon. and Rev. Wm. Herbert is preparing for publication a 

 revision of the natural order Amaryllac<«. Dr. Lindley is also 

 engaged on a work on the Orchidaceae, to be called the Sertum 

 Orchidium, or, "a selection of the most remarkable of the tribe, 

 in a manner worthy their interest and beauty." 



Dicotyledonous, Polypetalous, Plants. 



^ahacecB. 



HTBI'SCUS 



iioga sinensis L. Single flowered Chinese Rose Mallow. A stove shrub, growing six or eight 

 feet high; with very showy flowers, of a deep rose color ; appearing in September; a native 

 of China ; propagated by cuttings Bot. Reg., 1826. 



This plant is the origin of all the beautiful double varieties of 

 the Chinese hibiscus, which are generally cultivated in stove col- 

 lections, and which are among its finest ornaments throughout the 

 year. It is rather rare in the English collections, and we presume 

 still rarer in our own, as we have never, to our recollection, met 

 with a specimen. Dr. Lindley remarks that it is " much hand- 

 somer" than the double varieties : that, " instead of a crowd of 

 ragged, unequal, ill-arranged petals, destitute of all symmetry, 



