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has also opened several buds: J?hododendron arboreum var, hybridum, 

 is, also, now (October 18th), expanding an umbel of its magnificent 

 flowers. Mr. Wilder cannot account for this very unusual display of 

 flowers at this season of the year. We can only attribute it to some 

 situation in which they were placed during the summer; as we have an 

 azalea, the duplicate of which we let Mr. Wilder have last spring; that 

 2Jlant with him has flowered, while ours shows not the least disposition 

 to do so earlier than usual. — Conds. 



Cercus grandijibrus. — Since we wrote the paragraph at page S90, 

 respecting the flowering of this splendid plant at an unusual time, we 

 have been informed by J. W. Boot, Esq. of this city, that the same va- 

 riation was observable a year since, on a plant in his collection. Two 

 or three flowers opened in the morning, and remained expanded nearly 

 all day. Such singular variations in the time of flowering of this spe- 

 cies we deem highly worthy of record. — lb. 



O'xalis Boioiei. — This very beautiful and showy species is now in 

 fine bloom at our garden. We consider it one of the handsomest of 

 the whole genera. Its habit of growth is similar to the O. cernua, a 

 spring flowering species; but the flowers are larger, and of a deep crim- 

 son color. This, together with the O. hirta, should be in every collec- 

 tion of autumnal flowering ones: at this season of the year, when there 

 is scarcely a flower to enliven the in-door collection, these continue to 

 greet the spectator with a charming display of blossoms. — lb. 



Morus muUicaidis. — This mulberry, it is now well ascertained, is a 

 hybrid variety, and not a true species: the seeds will not produce its 

 like. We have been informed by a gentleman who purchased a })lant, 

 three or four years since, of some of the nurserymen in our vicinity, 

 that with considerable care he I'aised quite a large number of seeds. 

 The plant was taken up upon the approach of severe weather, and 

 placed in a cellar where the frost did not penetrate: the roots were 

 slightly covered with earth. Pursuing this course two succeeding winters, 

 it attained the size of a large shrub with numerous ramifying branches: 

 the third season it produced fruit and seeds. No other species or va- 

 riety of mulberry grew in the vicinity of this plant, and the blossoms 

 consequently could not have been fertilized but by its own pollen. These 

 seeds were carefully sown, and the result was a number of seedling 

 plants, with foliage of all sizes and textures, from that of the common 

 white to that of the parent. No better proof is needed to confirm 

 what we now state, and have before stated. — lb. 



Pcconia Moiitan. — Is there such a species of the pseony as the P. 

 Moutanl Loudon, in \\\sH6rtus Britdnnicus , enumerates one under this 

 name. But Mr. Sabine states, in the Horticultural Transactions, that 

 the P. Moiitan papaverkcea is the original species, and the others va- 

 rieties: with this account you agree in your paper on the subject in a 

 late number. As I infer, the name Moiitan is given only to designate 

 the ligneous character of the species, which should be applied to every 

 species or variety, as in your article, although difl^ering from Mr. Sabine. 

 The object of stating this is to correct an error of some amateurs, who 

 have an impression that the P. Moiitan is a distinct species, and differ- 

 ent from the P. Moiitan papaveracea var. Banksice. — ^n timateur, 

 November llth, 1836. 



Prolific Lima Bean. — What are the merits of this bean, which, it has 

 been stated, place it on an equality with the true Lima? I should be 

 glad to learn, from some of your readers. — lb. 



