582 FloricuUm^al and Botanical Notices, 



portance for some persons to know that the Pollen of most 

 (perhaps all) Plants is capable of maintaining its fertilising ipro- 

 jperties for an Indefinite Space of Time ; and, if well preserved, 

 will be as fit for use when five years old, as when only five mi- 

 nutes old : the only conditions necessary for the preservation of 

 it are, an absolute exemption from moisture, and to be kept in an 

 atmosphere above the freezing point. 



Mr. Johnson (V. 12.) is in error in supposing the petals to be 

 essential in the delicate process of nourishing the embryo seeds. 

 The service of the petals is entirely at an end the moment the 

 stigma is ready for the pollen. — D. Beaton. Haffield, near 

 Ledbury, Herefordshire, October 6. 1835. 



[Mr. D. Don has described Fuchs/a conica, globbsa, and gra- 

 cilis as varieties of F. macrostema, in the British Flower-Garden, 

 2. s. t. 216. Dr. Lindley has spoken of globosa and conica in- 

 cidentally, in his account of F. discolor, as being, " to all ap- 

 pearance, distinct species."] 



YVCHSIA, some plants of, have been raised from seeds, among which there is prospect of some 

 new varieties. 



In Mr. Dennis's nursery, Grosvenor Row, Chelsea, is a 

 number of plants of Fuchsm, which were raised, in September, 

 1834, from seeds that Mr. John Nairn, now with Mr. Dennis, 

 had supplied. Mr. Nairn has informed me that he obtained the 

 seeds from a plant of F. globosa, to the flowers of which pollen 

 from the flowers of several other kinds of Fuchsm had been ap- 

 plied. Among the plants produced from the seeds, there is 

 enough of difference in the foliage, contour of growth, and flowers 

 in some of those that have borne flowers (and most of them have), 

 to mark some of them as likely to be distinct varieties. I saw one 

 flowering on August 22., which was noticeable in the follow- 

 ing points : — two stems which had their rise in about the centre 

 of the pot, diverged oppositely, and were extended over and be- 

 yond the rim, and so much reclined as to be not much above the 

 rim; from these two stems numerous twig-like branches had 

 been produced, were pendulous, and were numerous enough to 

 fringe the pot all round beyond the rim. These twigs had 

 borne and were bearing numerous pretty flowers, and the variety 

 was, hence, ornamental, as well as peculiar in contour. The 

 flower has the cast of that of globosa, but it is smaller, and not 

 obviously globular, even in the bud. — ./. D. 



LXXIII. ^osdcecE, § KmygdalecB. 



1502. CE'RASUS. 

 12877 japi^nica ioz. Japan 36 or 3- mr.my Pa Bh China 1834? B 1 Bot. reg. 1801 

 C^rasus japdnica G. Don, in his Gen. syst. of gard. and bot. Synonyme : Primus iaponica Lindl., 

 in Bot. reg. t. 1801. 



Deemed the single state of " the double Chinese plum, or al- 

 mond, as it is often incorrectly called," and not comparable in 

 showiness of flowers with that. It is a shrub of numerous 

 slender twigs which bear in spring numerous flowers, whose 



