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don Horticultural Society ; it is called A. patens. It proves 

 to be one of the loveliest of the genus ; the color of the flowers 

 somewhat resembles A. longiflora, but is much deeper and 

 brighter, and the flowers themselves are smaller ; it will proba- 

 bly be much better, as the bulbs were only sent home, by 

 post, a few weeks previous. It was found by Mr. Hartweg, 

 since his return to California. 



Campanula grandis^ which we shall give an engraving of 

 in an early number, has proved quite hardy in our garden, 

 and flowered splendidly, producing several of its spikes of 

 large deep blue bells. It is a great acquisition. 



Yelloio Tree Paony. — Owing to the non receipt of some of 

 the numbers of our foreign periodicals, we have deferred no- 

 ticing this great acquisition until we could give a full descrip- 

 tion of such a novelty. In our next number, we hope to be 

 able to do so. A true yellow pgeony has been at last discov- 

 ered. It was introduced to England in 1842 from the Crimea, 

 and such a rarity is it that 25 guineas have been offered for a 

 single plant in some of the continental nurseries. It is figured 

 in the Botanical Register. 



Aqnilegia Skinneri and glandidbsa var. are both in flower 

 in our collection ; the former we have already noticed, (Vol. 

 IX. p. 418.) It is a very fine species, quite distinct ; growing 

 to the height of three feet, with strong spreading stems, much 

 branched and rather pendulous, and terminated with very 

 large flowers, having long spurs, which are of a brilliant 

 scarlet. It is quite hardy, having been planted out last year 

 when just received from England, and was slightly protected 

 with a covering of two inches of strawy manure. 



A. glandulosa var., plants of which we raised from seeds 

 procured in the autumn of 1844, in London, is just showing 

 a few flowers ; the plants are still in pots, and are not three 

 inches high ; supposing it might not be perfectly hardy, and 

 being very rare and beautiful, we kept the plants in thumb 

 pots, in a frame, during the last winter. They will not flower 

 strong till another season. The flowers are blue and white, 

 and when of full size, nearly as large and spreading as the 

 passion flower ; it grows to the height of twelve inches. If 

 hardy, of which we have no doubt, it will be a great acquisi- 

 tion to our hardy perennials. 



