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liable addition to our agricultural products. Those who 

 have obtained seeds should give it a trial, and report upon it. 



195. Centrosole^nia bracte'scens Hook. Bractescent 

 Centrosolenia. (GesneracecB.) New Grenada? 



A £reenhou^'e plant -, growing two fi-et hijh ; wiih white flowers ; appearing in summer ; in- 

 creased by cutlinijs ; grown in li^ht rich soil. Bot Mag., 1S53, pi. 4675. 



Resembles some of the gesneras, having an erect, simple 

 stem, with opposite leaves, and axillary clusters of large 

 white tubular flowers, surrounded with very large bractae, 

 from whence its specific name. It flowers freely in the sum- 

 mer, and will be a pretty addition to the greenhouse at that 

 season. [Bot. Mag., October.) 



196. Rumbus biflo^rus Buchanan. Twin-flowering Rasp- 



berry. (RosacecB.) Nepaul. 



a hardy or half lianly shrub ; growing ten feet high ; wiih wliite flowers -, appearing in summer : 

 propagated by suckers ; grown in a good ricli soil. Bot. Reg., 1H53, pi. 46'8. 



A new and "really handsome bramble from Nepaul," which 

 will probably prove hardy in our climate. It grows to the 

 height of ten or twelve feet, and the stems of the ])lant are 

 so white that they look "exactly as if they had been white- 

 washed." The floAvers are small and white, but are copiously 

 produced in clusters all along the stems, and are succeeded 

 by the good sized and well flavored orange or rather deep 

 amber-colored fruit early in the autumn. Dr. Hooker thinks 

 its "agreeable fruit will be worth cultivating for the table." 



It grows just like the common raspberry, the suckers 

 springing from the ground in clusters or fascicles, erect, 

 branched, with many small slender side branches, the epi- 

 dermis everywhere covered with a very white pulverulent 

 coat, easily removed by passing the hand over it. 



In England it has proved quite hardy ; and with the same 

 care we take in covering the raspberry, will undoubtedly 

 prove hardy here, as it comes from a high altitude in Nepaul. 

 {Bot. Mag., Nov.) 



197. Fortune's Double Yellow, or Wang-Jang-ve Rose. 



This elegant rose, already considerably disseminated in 

 our collections, does not seem to be fully appreciated. We 



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