508 I'^loricullural and Botanical Notices. 



to Kew, where it flowered in June last. It succeeds well in 

 a cool frame. The flowers are spreading, lilac, spotted with 

 deep purple, and are solitary, terminal, and drooping. {Boi. 

 Mag, Aug.) 



230. Yacci'nium ovaVum Piash. Ovate-leaved Whor- 

 tleberry. (Vaccinieae.) North West America. 



A hnrdy evergreen shrub; Ejrowin? three feet hijh; with blush-colored flowers; appearing in 

 June; iucreased by layers; grown in fine peaty soil. Bot. Mag. 1653, ii\. 4732. 



A beautiful evergreen shrub, originally found by Menzies, 

 and introduced by Douglas. It grows on the North West 

 Coast, from lat. 40° to 49°. The leaves are small, glossy, 

 and the flowers, which are concealed somewhat from the 

 foliage, are of a waxy, yellowish white, delicately tinged with 

 pink. Coming from so far north, we think it will prove 

 hardy, and become a valuable shrub. {Bot. Mag., Aug.) 



231. Phile^sia BuxiFo^LiA Lam. Box-leaved Philesia. 



(Smilaceae.) Straits of Magelhaens. 



a half-hnrdy plant; growing three feet hi?h; with scarlet flowers; appearing in summer; in- 

 creased from cuttings; grown in rich peaty soil. Bot. Mag. 1853, pi. 4'i38. 



A most beautiful plant, found in Valdivia, " at the summit " 

 of the Cordillera there, in marshy places under Alerse trees." 

 It has long been a desideratum, till recently introduced by the 

 Messrs. Yeitch, who received it from their collector, W. Lobb, 

 and exhibited by them at the June show at Chiswick, where 

 it was greatly admired. It is a branching shrub, with ever- 

 green, narrow leaves, and covered with bright crimson corols, 

 nearly two and a half inches long, which depend from the 

 end of every shoot. It has proved quite hardy at Exeter, 

 but will probably require the greenhouse or frame in our cli- 

 mate. {Bot. Mag., Sept.) 



232. Impa^tiens Jerdo'ni.e Wight. Mrs. Jerdon's Bal- 



sam. (Balsaminaceae.) Madras. 



A stove plant; growing six inches high; with yellow, green and crimson flowers; appearing in 

 Eummer; increased from seeds and cuttings; grown in light rich soil. Bot. Mag. Ib53, pi. 4739. 



A new and curious Balsamine, with thick fleshy stems, not 

 unlike the Cacalia articulata, and terminated with a large 

 cluster of " strikingly formed flowers, which have a mixture 



