and of a new Wistaria. 401 



but the thing went altogether out of my head till the other day, 

 when, in looking over a collection of dried Mexican plants by 

 M. Hartweg, I found a nice specimen of it among the rest, marked 

 No. 13. 



The reason for the specific name glauca is not sufficiently 

 obvious : my foreman, an intelligent young man I had from 

 Mr. M'Nab, tells me he had seen it last season in Edinburgh, 

 under the name of Malpighia glauca. It is a malpighiaceous 

 plant ; and, if I had had the first naming of it, I certainly would 

 have called it Malpighia spicata. It is an upright, much- 

 branched, slender-growing shrub, with terminal spikes of small 

 yellow flowers ; the spikes are from 4 in. to 8 in. long, and, 

 being produced on the top of every shoot however small, they 

 have a light graceful appearance* The more the plant is pruned 

 the more shoots it makes, and, consequently, the more it flowers. 

 Two or three plants of it would keep a regular supply of blos- 

 soms in a collection all the season, if cut in at different times. 

 It likes loamy soil, as do all woody plants that produce a long 

 succession of flowers. It will flourish equally well in the stove 

 and green-house ; and, being from the same locality as most of 

 our Mexican salvias, I have little doubt of its flowering well out 

 of doors in the autumn. It is rather hard to strike; but a brisk 

 bottom heat, bell-glass, and two months' patience and attention, 

 are all that is necessary to propagate it. It will also produce 

 seeds, though rather sparingly, and the flowers ought to be 

 dusted with their own pollen, by way of encouraging it. It will 

 be found a good trade plant, and well worthy of general culti- 

 vation. 



The new species of Glycine, or Wistarm, from Moreton Bay, 

 which I exhibited last year to the Horticultural Society, is now 

 making an extraordinary sensation in the London trade. I have 

 it in all sizes and shapes, and in all temperatures, from our 

 hottest stove to the open air. I shall certainly have " bad luck," 

 if I do not flower it first. I have had many enquiries respecting 

 it; and this general notice must suffice for all. It is an ex- 

 ceedingly easy plant to manage, and not difficult to propagate ; 

 but, being in such extraordinary demand, it must be a dear plant 

 for two or three years to come. Its foliage is much stronger 

 than that of WistarzVz sinensis, and consequently less liable to 

 injuries; yet it is fully as handsome. I never rightly heard the 

 exact colour of its flowers. It was sent home under a very 

 flattering character by a good English botanist, Mr. Backhouse, 

 brother to the celebrated nurseryman of that name at York. 

 Mr. Low procured the stock of seedlings, which were only two 

 plants : I got one of them, which soon developed its characters, 

 and grew away freely. Being thus necessarily more acquainted 

 with its habits than any British cultivator, it only remains for 



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