220 Floricultural and Botanical Notices. 



yet small, not more than six inches high ; but small as they 

 were, they had one or two wreaths of its snowy flowers. If 

 it prove hardy it will be, midoubtedly, one of the most ele- 

 gant shrubs which have been added to our collections, not 

 even surpassed by the >S'pir8e^a prunifolia pleno. It has a 

 very slender habit, well deserving its name. 



The Augusta Rose. — A reference to our advertising sheet 

 will show that this fine rose is now ready for delivery. 

 We have seen only specimens of the rose, which were 

 brought from Syracuse, and therefore were not in fit con- 

 dition to form an opinion ; but, so far as we could judge, we 

 consider it quite an improvement upon Solfitaire, as it is said to 

 bloom more freely, and to be of a deeper yellow. As soon 

 as we have flowered it in fine condition, we shall notice it 

 again. 



203. Bego^nia ru^bro-ve^ina Hook. Red-veined Begonia. 



{Begonikcesd.) Bootan. 



A greenhouse orstove plant ; growing one foot high ; with striped flowers ; appearing in spring ; 

 increased by cuttings ; grown in loam, leaf mould, and sand. Bot. Mag., 1853, pi. 468U. 



Another very beautiful addition to this very fine tribe, 

 received, along with the B. xanthina, from Bootan. Its habit 

 is like B. albo coccinea, having a short, thick stem, bearing 

 but few leaves ; petioles red ; leaves obliquely ovate, six 

 inches long ; under surface dull purple, and the upper, deep 

 satiny green, glossy, and marked, and dashed with white 

 blotches. The flowers are white, deeply veined with rose. 

 A very desirable species. {Bot. Mag., Jan.) 



204. Bego^nia ThwVitesii Hook. Mr.Thwaite's Begonia. 



(JSeo-omaceae.) Ceylon. 



A Btove or greenhouse plant ; growing ten inches high ; with blush flowers ; appearing in 

 summer ; increased by ciUlings ; grown in light leafy soil. Bot I\Iag., 1853, pi. 4692. 



" Among the many handsome species of this most extensive 

 genus," says Dr. Hooker, " I scarcely know one with more 

 richly colored foliage than the present." The flowers are 

 moderately large, and tinged Avith piuk, " but they are quite 

 thrown into the back ground by the comparatively large, 

 highly colored cojipery leaves, clothed on both surfaces with 



