figured in the London Flor. and Bat. Magazines. 339 



Curtis's Botanical Magazine, or Flower Garden Displayed, containing 

 eight plates. In monthly numbers ; 3s. 6d. colored, 3s. plain. Edited 

 by William Jackson Hooker, L.L. D., F. R. A., and L. S., Regius 

 Professor of Botany in the University of Glasgow. 



Dicotyledonous, Polypetalous, Plants. 



Ternstromikcex. 



CAME'LL/^. 



C. reticulata is figured in Paxton'^s Magazine of Botany for 

 June. This now tolerably well known and splendid species, 

 though introduced into England as long since as 1824, according 

 to Loudon's Hortus Britannicus^ is yet rare in collections in this 

 country; and the price at which good plants are sold will probably 

 prevent their being very rapidly introduced into gardens. It has 

 never yet flowered but in three or four collections in this coun- 

 try; in our vicinity in only two. In the spring of 1835, a small 

 plant in ours opened a very handsome blossom; subsequently, 

 and during the last season, a plant in the collection of jMr. Wilder 

 expanded two or three blossoms, and the same plant which 

 flowered with us the previous season, also opened a fine one the 

 past spring. They are extremely gorgeous, and quite different 

 from the common varieties. In general appearance, the flower 

 much more resembles the blossom of the Pxonia Moiitan than 

 any other of the species or varieties of camellias. It is a very 

 strong growing kind, and the flowers are of exceedingly large 

 size, sometimes measuring six inches across. It may be truly 

 said to be the most magnificent of the whole genus. 



This species requires rather a stronger soil than the C. japoni- 

 ca and its varieties. This species was introduced from China 

 by Capt. Rowes, in compliment to whom the English name was 

 given— Capt. Rowes' Camellia. We hope to see this magnifi- 

 cent plant in every collection: one cannot be- called complete, 

 when one of its richest ornaments is wanting. 



'Rosacea. 



CRAT.E'GUS 



CrU3-gilli var, ovalifdiia L,. Ova\-haved cockspur Thorn. A handsome, hardy, imsll tree ; wifh 



fruit of a (Jull pale red color ; supposed of garden or^iii. Bot. Reg., 1860. 

 Synonyme.s : Jl/espilus Crus-g411i Pair. 31. linearis Ehrk. CratEe'gus Uicida Wangenh. C. ovali- 

 folia Hornem. 



The species, of which this is a variety, grows indigenous 

 throughout our woods and hedges, from the Carolinas to the 

 Canadas, and its pale red berries are a pretty ornament to our 

 autumnal scenery. Two varieties are common in the English 

 gardens, distinguished as the broad-leaved and the pyracantha- 

 leaved. This variety is, however, less known to the nursery- 

 man, and, consequently, has been described as a species. Mr. 

 Loudon, in his late excellent work, the Arboretum Britannicum, 

 in which nearly all the crataeguses are figured, has looked upon it 



