figured in the London Flor. and Bot. Magazines. 257 



Dicotyledonous, Polypetalous, Plants. 

 FapaverdcecB. 



ESCHSCHO'LTZIA. 



In Paxtonh Magazine of Botany, for April, E. crocea is fig- 

 ured. It is a beautiful species, much more so, we think, than 

 the old favorite, E. californica. The habit and character of the 

 plant is very similar to californica, but the color of the flowers 

 is a rich orange, about the same shade as the dark color at the 

 base of the petals of the latter. We flowered this species last 

 season, from seeds which we received from England ; but the 

 plants, only three in number, did not stand the winter ; this we 

 presume was owing to their weakness, as they were not planted 

 out until very late in the season, and did not make a good growth 

 before frost. We saved a few seeds, and, from them, we have 

 several plants, which we shall endeavor to leave out next winter, 

 in order to again test its hardiness. If it proves as hardy as its co- 

 gener, E. cahfornica, it will be a much more valuable acquisition, 

 than if it was only annual in its duration. 



OnagracecB. 



GODE^TIA Spach (A name, the meaning of which is unexplained by its author.) 

 lepida Lindl. Smart Godetia. An ornamental annual plant; growing a foot or more 

 in height; color of the flowers red and purple ; propagated by seeds ; a native of 

 California. Bot. Reg., 1849. 



A very handsome annual species of the primrose or (Enothera, 

 from which genus this has been separated by Mr. Spach, as 

 mentioned in our last, p. 217. Described erect in its growth, 

 leaves ovate-lanceolate ; the flowers appear very thickly on the 

 ends^of the terminal branches, and are of a handsome red color, 

 with a purple spot on each petal. Introduced by the meritorious 

 and lamented Douglas, from California, and flowered in the gar- 

 den of the London Horticultural Society, in July, 1835. Easily 

 propagated by seeds. [Bot. Reg., April.) 



"RosaceK. 



CRATiE'GUS 



microcarpa Lindl. Small-/rui<ed Thorn. A hardy shrub; growing ten or twelve feet 

 high; flowers white; appearing in May and June; a native of North America. 

 Bot. Reg., 1846. 



Synonyme : Cratee^gus spathulkta Elliott, and of Loudon's Arboretum Britannicum. 



In commencing to figure several species of the Cratae^gus in a 

 fruiting state. Dr. Lindley remarks, " Few hardy plants are more 

 deserving of general admiration for the neatness of their foliage, 

 the diversity of their manner of growing, the beauty of their flow- 

 ers in the spring, or the gay appearance of their numerous richly 

 colored haws in the autumij, than the species and varieties of 



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