16 New or rare Hardy or Half-hardy Trees and Shrubs. 



the two plants are so striking, that no one who has ever seen the 

 Catalpa need be deceived by it. Any one doubting the size of 

 the leaves of Paulownm may, by paying a visit to the Messrs. 

 Rollison, at Tooting, have their doubts dispelled. They have a 

 leaf for public examination. 



Mr. Paxton, in the Gard. Chron., vol. i. p. 718., seems to be 

 of opinion that it will not prove hardy in this country, because 

 of its rapid growth. But we have instances of other rapid- 

 growing trees resisting our winters, such as elder, which in a 

 young state makes shoots sometimes 12 ft. long, yet it is not 

 much hurt by our winters ; and the near ally of Paulownm, the 

 Catalpa, I have often seen produce shoots 6 ft. to 8 ft. long; of 

 course these had their tips killed. The same would, or might, 

 happen to Paulownm ; but the tree as it advanced in growth 

 would eventually produce less and less vigorous shoots, which I 

 have no doubt would resist our severest colds. 



From a letter received from Mr. Newman, I learn that the 

 plants of Paulownm in the Jardin des Plantes have stood unpro- 

 tected. One which was planted out whilst I lived in the 

 garden stood the winter of 1838-9 without any covering, and I 

 am told it has now attained the height of 20 ft., producing leaves 

 2 ft. in diameter. Those at the Trianon are much more rapid 

 in their growth, having made shoots from 12 ft. to 14 ft. long 

 this year ; the soil there being much better than it is in the 

 Jardin des Plantes. That it will ultimately become, by its 

 foliage, a "striking feature" in our landscape scenery, I do not 

 for a moment doubt. It is easily propagated by cuttings of the 

 roots put into thumb pots, under a hand-light : those put in 

 here in the end of October are now commencing to push, and 

 by May will make fine plants. 



Prote^ v C£^E. — Qiiddr'm heterophylla R. et P. Fl. Per. 1. t. 99. 

 f. b. (Syn. Guevhia ^vellana Mol.) Chile. Leaves pinnate. 

 Leaflets ovale acute, subcymseform, sharply toothed, terminal, 

 one often trilobate. Altogether a beautiful shrub for a con- 

 servative wall with slight protection. A plant here, planted 

 against a south wall, has not had the youngest leaves in the 

 slightest degree hurt, although the thermometer stood this 

 morning (Nov. 17. 1 84-1) as low as 24° Fahr., and it has had 

 the sun shining directly against it nearly all day. Easily pro- 

 pagated by cuttings put in, under a hand-light, at any season. 



Plumbagi'ne^e. — Stdtice monopetala. Good for a conserva- 

 tive wall with protection. 



JEuvhorbIsTcEjE. — Sdpium heterophyllum. A good plant for 

 a conservative wall with protection. 



Cupuli'feRjE. — Quercus confertifblia H. et B. Arb. Brit., 

 abr. ed., p. 904. fig. 1686. A fine hardy species, with long 

 rugose entire leaves, wavy at the margins, which turn back. 



