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its beauty under whatever circumstances it may be beheld ; 

 but, besides its own intrinsic beauty, it may be placed so as 

 to impart beauty to others, and, if in contact with an opposing 

 color, both are better developed, and their individual beauty 

 increased rather than diminished. 



These remarks having extended further than was antici- 

 pated, the " Notes on Plants" are reserved for a future paper. 



January, 1853. 



Art. VI. Dielytra Spectabilis ; with an Engraving of the 

 Plant. By the Editor. 



Every year adds to the importance of Mr. Fortune's late 

 visit to China, in search of new plants, under the auspices of 

 the London Horticultural Society. At first it was stated that 

 the results were not so great as were anticipated from the 

 time and expense of the visit. Perhaps they were not to the 

 English Flora ; but to that of our own country his tour has 

 proved of very great value, second only to that of Siebold to 

 Japan. More beautiful hardy shrubs and plants have been 

 added to our collections than from any other source, of late 

 years, scarcely excepting that of Douglass to tlie Northwest 

 Coast. The Weigeh'a rosea, Forsythm viridissima, and For- 

 tune's Yellow Rose, are three well known and splendid ad- 

 ditions to our hardy shrubs ; the Cryptomeria to our ever- 

 green trees ; the Anemone japonica and Calystegia pubescens 

 to our hardy plants, and the Gardenm Fortunz to our green- 

 houses. We now have to add the superb Dielytra spectabilis, 

 which has proved one of our finest hardy herbaceous flowers. 

 From the hardiness of so many of these Chinese plants, we 

 may reasonably anticipate that several others will prove equally 

 hardy — particularly the Daphne Fortune, Jasminum nudiflo- 

 rum, Edgeworthm chrysantha, the White Wistaria, Double 

 Chinese peach, (fcc, (fcc. 



Dielytra spectabilis (fig. 5,) was introduced by Mr. For- 

 tune in 1846, and was among the last lot of plants which he 



