Domestic Notices : — England. 4.5 



A^cer creticum. — If any doubt exists in the mind of any person, that this 

 species is the same as A. heterophyihim, they may satisfy it at this moment at 

 Syon, and also at Croome. At the former place, the large tree, perhaps the 

 largest and the best grown in the world, has all the leaves on its branches lobed, 

 and those on the suckers rising from the collar of the tree all oblong lanceolate. 

 At Croome the tree has been clipped, and on the upper part of it the leaves 

 are lobed, while, on all the places most cut with the shears, they are oblong, 

 twice or thrice the length of the lobed leaves, and without the least appear- 

 ance of lobes. — W. Clarice. Croome Parh, Oct. 12. 1839. 



Trees and Shrubs in Croome Park which suffered by the winter of 1837-8. 

 — Ptelea trifoliata, il^espilus canariensis [?], Shepherdea canadensis, ^laeagnus 

 argentea, Morus papyrifera, several rhododendrons, azaleas, and andromedas. 

 ^'rbutus Jndrachne much hurt. Zigustrum chinense, 15 ft. high, killed. 

 Eriobotrya japonica, against a wall in a warm situation, killed. Many common 

 and Portugal laurels and laurustinuses killed to the ground, and many alive 

 and doing well. All the large cypresses that you so much admired are alive, 

 and looking well. — Id. 



Herac/eum asperrimum. — About two years ago I received from Mr. William 

 Christy three seeds of Hevacleum asperrimum, which I immediately sowed, 

 and have now a most gigantic plant of it growing in my nursery grounds. Its 

 height is 10 ft. ; the flower stem, which supports several lateral shoots, is 16 in. 

 in circumference, producing 36 umbels of beautiful white flowers, which are 

 now beginning to set their seed. The circumference of the plant at the ex- 

 tremity of its leaves is 60 ft. The whole together forms a magnificent coup 

 d'aeil, and is strikingly grand. If you think this worth publishing in your 

 valuable Magazine, it is at your service, or if you should wish any of the seeds, 

 I shall be most happy to send you a quantity as soon as they are ripe. — 

 £e7'nard Saunders. Sept. 1839. 



We have had H. asperrimum 12 ft. high, and it has grown 14 ft. high in a 

 moist situation at Bromley Hill. — Cond. 



New Annuals raised in the Clapton Nursery. — Eu]}atbvium odoratissimum 

 Graham, raised from seeds received from Mr. Morrison, Real del Monte in 

 Mexico, along with seeds of (Salvia patens, Pentstemon gewiianoides coccinea, 

 and many other good-looking plants, which have not yet flowered. A new 

 Trachymene [Didiscus], and a new and curious Lobelw, both raised from seeds 

 sent direct to us from the Swan River by Mr. Drummond. The Trachymene 

 is a very beautiful plant, only differing from T. cEerulea in its colour, which is 

 pink ; and if sown early in the spring on a slight hot-bed, and planted out in 

 May, it will make a fine addition to our border annuals. — H. L. Clapton 

 Nursery, Nov. 23. 1839. 



Rhoddnthe Mangles'ii. — A specimen was presented to us by Captain Mangles, 

 about 18 in. high by 14 in. broad, with above a 1000 flowers expanded, and 

 twice as many in the bud. The plant was brought to this extraordinary size 

 by Mr. Goode, foreman to Mr. Henderson, of the Pine-apple Nursery, Edg- 

 ware Road. The seeds were sown April 5. in peat, with a little loam, in pots. 

 In May, the plants were transplanted, while in the seed-leaf, and they were 

 subsequently shifted six different times till about the middle of August : they 

 were in No. 1 6 pots (6 in. across), and in the degree of perfection mentioned. 

 The Rhodanthe Manglesw has a great tendency to grow upwards without ex- 

 tending in breadth, but this is counteracted by frequent transplanting, so as never 

 to allow the roots completely to fill the pot. (See Ladies' Flow. Cart?., p. 199.) 



Roses m November. — A correspondent informs us that one of the best shows 

 of roses which he has ever seen in autumn was this year growing in Messrs. 

 Lane's Nursery, at Great Berkhampstead, where they continued producing 

 their flowers contemporaneously with dahhas, till they were destroyed by frost. 

 We ourselves saw nearly 50 varieties of roses from the above nursery, ex- 

 hibited at the Horticultural Society's rooms in Regent Street on November 3.; 

 many of them were large and showy, the colours chiefly red and scarlet, or 

 red and purple, and some of them were very fragrant. — Cond. 



