372 General Notices. 



and the throat of a golden orange ; these colors combined, 

 rendering the plant exceedingly beautiful. It grows freely 

 with the same treatment as the Gardenm florida. [Flore des 

 Serres, January.) 



131. AscLE>iAS DouGLA'sii Hook. Douglas's asclepias. 

 (Asc/ejomdacese.) North America. 



A Iiaidy herbaceous plant ; growin:; three feet hish ; with pink flowers ; appearing in summer ; 

 cuUivated in rich soil ; increased by dividing the roots. Flore des Serres, 1S50, pi. 4-'6. 



A fine hardy species of the asclepias, discovered by Doug- 

 las on the Rocky Mountains, but not introduced till 1846, 

 when it was raised from seeds at Kew. It has a simple 

 stem, with numerous large flowers of a pale rose, which re- 

 main in beauty a long time. It is a fine addition to our 

 hardy plants. [Flore des Serres, January.) 



MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE. 



Art. I. General JKhtices. 



Rare ConifeRjE and Improvements in the Cairnies, at Perth- 

 shire. (Concluded from p. 229.) [The following is the concluding portion 

 of the excellent article on the Coniferae, which we have copied in our last 

 volume and in the present. In the increased interest which cultivators have 

 given to this tribe of plants, the articles are rendered particularly valuable 

 at this time. — Ed.] 



CUPRESSINJi. 



There are here of this tribe — 



1. Ciipressits tondosa, a Himmalayan species of much interest. It is not 

 many years since this species became known in this country, and the doubts 

 at first entertained of its hardiliood, operated much against its diffusion over 

 tlie country. Even now that these have been ascertained to be groundless, 

 — for it has been proved at the Cairnies, as at other places, to be equal to 

 our climate, — its other claims have been neglected or forgotten. It is found 

 in the Bhootan Nepal ranges, at an altitude of 8500°, attaining a height of 

 40 feet — a tree of the fairest proportions, pyramidal, much branched, witli a 

 brownish bark, apt to scale off. There has been another condition of this tree 

 observed, inhabiting still loflier elevations at tlie Fountains of Gumpty and 

 the river Buspa, between 31° and 31° 20' of north latitude, ranging from 

 11,000 to 16,000 of altitude, inclining more to a frutrescent habit, in which 

 form it is known as the Chtpressus Himalayemis of some : but in no obvious 

 respects is it to be distinguished from the true C. torulosa. While, like the 

 Pinus Gerardiana it affects the driest, rockiest, sunniest exposures, it also 



