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Mr. James Drummond, curator of the botanic garden, Cork, 

 by whom it was discovered. It has received its name in record 

 of the merits of the late Mr. James Dickson, an indefatigable 

 investigator of British botany. Flowers dark red, middle- 

 sized, appearing in June. — iJosa Banksz'.^, garden variety 

 flava. A very handsome variety of R. Bankszrt?, brought from 

 China, in 1824, by Mr. John Damper Parks. This variety 

 flowers in the open air in the beginning of May, is perfectly 

 hardy, and strikes easily from cuttings. It is said that it 

 strikes so freely from cuttings, that it is common with the 

 Chinese gardeners to engraft a cutting of JR. Banks/*^ with 

 any other kind they wish to propagate, and then to plant 

 the cutting so grafted, which will readily take root. — Rhsu 

 alpina, garden variety speciosa. This is supposed to be 

 a hybrid, between R. alpinum and R. indica. The flowers 

 are semi-double, of a very brilliant carmine, fading into pale 

 rose colour as the blossoms approach decay. This was 

 raised by Mr. Drummond of Cork. The flowers appear in 

 June and July. It goes under the name of Drummond's 

 Thornless Rose, and is one of the most striking of the tribe. — 

 Pyrus ttrbutifolia. Several plants are cultivated under this 

 name, which Mr. Lindley particularises. This was presented 

 by Messrs. Loddiges, under the name of iiiespilus ^yrifMia. — 

 Pyrus floribunda Lind. This species was presented by Messrs. 

 Lioddiges, under the name of iliespilus floribunda. It has 

 long been in English gardens, especially those of P. Collinson 

 and Dr. Fothergill. — Pyrus depressa. Received from the 

 same source as the preceding, under the nameofP. j^runifolia, 

 a very different plant. 



{To be continued.) 



Art. II. Transactions of the Botanical and Horticultural Society 

 of the Counties of Durham, Northumberland, and Neiucastle ufon 

 Tyne. Vol. I. Part I. Newcastle. 8vo, pp. 76. 2s. 6d. 



[^Concluded from p. 27.) 



5. On the Culture of Sea-kale. By Mr. Thomas Smith, Gardener 

 to Matthew Bell, Esq., Woolsington. 



The sea-kale being little known or cultivated in the district 

 of this Society, Mr. Smith's paper becomes the more desirable, 

 and will no doubt be the means of extending the culture of 

 this most agreeable vegetable. 



