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soms give out a faint, generally, disagreeable odor. This variety 

 is distinguished from the rosea, in the red color of the petioles and 

 the darker green of the folioles; from j)apaveracea it is less dis- 

 tinguishable; the foliage is however smaller and coarser, with ob- 

 tuse terminations and a more rugose surface. It is figured in the 

 Botanical Magazine, t. 1154, which plate, however, is said to 

 have been incorrectly colored. It was introduced to France by 

 M. Boursalt, in 1801, and soon after flow^ered in the garden of the 

 Empress Josephine, at Malmaison. We should be glad to learn 

 the date of its introduction into this country; and if this article 

 should meet the eye of any amateur or nurseryman who can in- 

 form us in regard to the time that either this or the papaveracea 

 was imported, we should feel much gratified for the information. 

 At the present time many fine plants are to be found in various 

 collections in this vicinity. It was introduced to England through 

 the exertions of Sir Joseph Banks, from whence it takes its 

 name. Many plants of this variety have been imported from China: 

 it is probably more common there than any of the other kinds. 

 In 1832 a plant was growing in the garden of Lady Stapleton, at 

 Grey Court, Henley on Thames, in England, which had been 

 out in the open air about fourteen years; it measured five and a 

 half feet high, twenty-seven feet in circumference, and produced 

 two hundred and thirty flowers. It is a very beautiful plant, 

 and should be in every garden, however small. 



Pseoma Moutan papaveracea var. rosea. — This variety we be- 

 lieve has never yet flowered in this vicinity; at least w^e have 

 never seen it in bloom. Plants are in but few collections, and 

 those that exist are quite small. Mr. Sabine describes two va- 

 rieties; one as rosea semiplena, and the other as rosea plena. 

 But as there seems to be some doubt whether they are not one 

 and the same plant, we shall only describe it under the name of 

 rosea. The Messrs. Loddiges question the authority of two 

 distinct varieties, and, from what we can learn, we are induced to 

 abide by their judgment. The original plant was imported in 



1795, for the late Mr. Hibbert, and flowered for the first time in 



1796. The flowers are as large as those of Banksice, of an uni- 

 form rich pink, the edges of the petals becoming pale after a 

 time. The outer petals are large and broad, notched deeply in 

 the centre, and with crisped margins: the inner ones are long and 

 narrow, much jagged at the edges, very numerous, and rise in 

 the middle of the flower to a considerable height; the stamens 

 appear mixed with the petals, and the germens are included in a 

 membraneous sheath. The scent of the flower is said to be 

 agreeable. Double and semi-double flowers are frequently ob- 

 servable on the same plant, and sometimes the whole of the blos- 

 soms produced in a season are semi-double. The first year the 

 plant blossomed the flowers were nearly single. Since, how- 



