258 Jfotices of new mid beautiful Plants, 



the genus Cratse^gus." They are as yet but httle known, only 

 to collectors, and are not very frequently seen in gardens. With 

 the hope that more attention will be given to planting the species 

 and varieties, many of the most interesting and highly deserving 

 of cultivation will be figured in the fruiting state, as their greatest 

 attraction is in the ornamental appearance of their berries. C. 

 microcarpa is, according to Elliot, a native of Georgia and the 

 Carolinas ; and Mr. Drummond has, also, discovered it growing 

 in the Texas. It forms a pretty small tree, which, in the winter 

 season, is tolerably thickly covered with small bright-red berries. 

 Drawn from the London Horticultural Society's garden. We 

 should be much pleased if this tribe of plants was more exten- 

 sively planted in our gardens. Nothing can be more ornamental, 

 and we hope that the notices which we shall take from time to 

 time of these plants will call attention to the subject. (Bot. 

 Reg., April.) 



hetcrophylla Various-leaved Hawthorn. A hardy shrub ; witli white flowers ; ap- 

 pearing in May and June. Bot. Reg., 1128 and 1847. 



This is Stated to be "one of the handsomest" of the genus. 

 The tree forms a "dense pyramidal head, with foliage the finest 

 of the genus," and with snow-white blossoms appearing early, and 

 covering the tree like a mantle of flowers. The leaves are shiny, 

 of a neat figure and firm texture ; the haws or berries, which are 

 exceedingly numerous, hang on rather pendant pedicils, and are 

 of a rich crimson ; they adorn the tree until the latest period in 

 autumn, " harmonizing beautifully with the fading verdure of the 

 leaves." (Bot. Reg., April.) 



Legumindcece. 



KENNFDYtI 



SterHngi Lindl. Sterling's Kennedya. An ornamental green-house trailing plant; 

 with scarlet flowers ; appearing in April ; a native of New Soutli Wales ; propa- 

 gated by cuttings. Bot. Reg., 1845. 



Described as follows : — leaves trifoliate, subrotund-ovate, 

 mucronate ; petioles hairy ; stipules ovate-acute ; bracts verti- 

 cillate ; calyx hairy. The flowers appear on axillary pedun- 

 cles, two on each, and are of a brilliant scarlet. This species 

 is "botanically remarkable for having its bracts collected into a 

 whorl, or even grown together into a little involucre." It was 

 raised from seeds received from the colony, and is a native of 

 the Swan River. The seeds were sent to England by Sir 

 James Sterling, in compliment to whom it has been named. All 

 the kennedyas are pretty, sufficiently so to give them a place in 

 green-house collections. {Bot. Reg., April.) 



