62 Floriailtural and Botanical Notices 



LeguminbscB. 



HOVE.l 



ilicifdlia All. Cunn. Ilolly-leaved Hovea. A greenhouse shrub ; growing two feet high ; with 

 purple /lowers; appearing in April ; a native of Swan River; increased by cuttings and seed; 

 grown in heath soil and sand. Bot. Reg. t. 58, 1844. 



Very few of the Hoveos are known in our collections, 

 though many of them are peculiarly splendid plants ; this 

 absence is to be attributed, no doubt, to the difficulty of their 

 importation ; we should be glad, however, to see the variety 

 of our greenhouse plants extended, and among them to in- 

 clude the hoveas. H. ilicifolia is less attractive than some 

 others, but it forms a pretty plant, with rather small purplish 

 blue tlowers and holly-like foliage. It is increased by seeds 

 and cuttings. (^Bot. Reg., Nov.) 

 ^axlfragacea;. 



HYDR'ANGEA 



ia^iimca Siebold .Tapan Hydrangea. A half hardy shrub; growing two feet high; with rosy 

 flowers; appearing in July ; anatiye of .Japan; increased by cuttings; grown in peat and loam. 

 Bot. Reg. t. 61, 1844. 



Less beautiful than the old H. hortensis, which it resem- 

 bles in habit and growth ; the flowers are of a rosy shade, 

 and are produced in flat dense cymes. It grows about two 

 feet high, and branched from the bottom. The Chinese cul- 

 tivate it in their gardens. Siebold enumerates fourteen Japan 

 specimens of hydrangea, and many of them bear a near rela- 

 tion to our North American species; probably none are so 

 showy as the old hortensis. The present species requires the 

 same treatment as the hortensis, and should be potted in loam 

 and peat. It roots freely from cuttings, {Bot. Reg.., Nov.) 



H. japonica we have now budded in our collection, and an 

 opportunity will soon be offered to see the flowers. 

 TremandracecB. 



TETRATIIE'CA 



hirsuta Lindl. Hairy Tetratheca. A greenhouse plant : growing two feet high ; with rosy pur- 

 ple flowers; appearing in March ; increased by cuttings; grown in peat, loam and sand. Bot. 

 Reg. t. 67, 1844. 



" A very nice greenhouse plant," of a neat and pretty habit, 

 with hairy branches, small oblong opposite leaves, and an 

 abundance of bright rosy purple showy blossoms, which have 

 a peculiarly gay appearance. The plant flowered in the col- 

 lection of Messrs, Rollison, of Tooting, in the summer of 

 1843, and was received from Baron Hugel, of Vienna, It 

 grows freely in peat, loam and sand, and requires the general 

 treatment of a heath or an epacris. Propagated by cuttings. 

 A desirable plant. {Bot. Reg., Nov.) 



