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3. I. decora. Described as " a dark-green handsome bush, 

 with flowers in large pendulous racemes of delicate pink or rose 

 colour." Plants were introduced by Mr. Fortune from China 

 some years ago into the Agri-Horticultural Society's Gardens, 

 but did not thrive there, and have since perished. 



Psoralea. 



A genus of Cape plants, bearing racemes of beautiful deep-blue 

 flowers. Dr. Voigt says : " Several species have been cultivated 

 here repeatedly, but without success." At Ferozepore, however, 

 I raised plants of two or three species, which blossomed prettily 

 within a few months from the time of sowing. 



Amorpha. 



A. fruticosa. A small indigo-like shrub, bearing in March 

 racemes of small, dark, bluish-purple flowers ; met with in the 

 Gardens of the Agri-Horticultural Society. 



Tephrosia. 



T. Candida. A shrub of moderate size, with soft agreeable 

 foliage of pinnate leaves, with fourteen or more pairs of smooth 

 leaflets, of an ashy-grey colour on their under surface ; exceed- 

 ingly beautiful when in full blossom in September and October, 

 with numberless large, drooping, white, butterfly-like flowers. 

 Propagated from seed. 



Wistaria. 



W. Sinensis. A large, strong-growing, climbing shrub, and 

 well-known ornament on houses in England, with handsome, 

 pinnate foliage ; leaflets in four or five^ pairs, oval, acuminate, 

 smooth, those at the base three, and those at the apex four inches 

 long; bears in the Hot season large racemes of large pale-purple 

 flowers. In the climate of Calcutta it thrives indifferently, the 

 stems being very apt to die back. Sir J. Paxton says that rigid 

 pruning is indispensable to make it bear, on spurs instead of on 

 big branches, and that plants, cut down to within a short distance 

 of the ground acquire a shrubby habit, and then produce flowers 

 abundantly, having a most interesting and beautiful appearance. 



Agati. 

 A. grandiflora Buko. A small, very common tree, unsightly 



