in certain British Nurseries and private Gardens. - ^^ 



^schynanthus Horsfalli/, Gesnem digitalis, Ziei7'« laevigata, Clerodendron 



/aurifolium. 



. Twelve varieties of hardy lilies, between iilinm atrosangulneum and L. 



bulbiferum : rather dwarf, with very large umbels and beautiful rich-coloured 



flowers ; some of them spotted and marked with a darker colour. 



Agwpanthus maximus. Fine blue, tall, with a very large head. 



^uonymus fimhndtus. This promises to be a first-rate evergreen shrub. I 

 have not yet tried if it is hardy in this climate. 



Iiu6ni/mus tlngens. I have only one plant of this, therefore do not know 

 much of it. 



. Tetranthera japonica. A beautiful evergreen shrub; and, if hardy, will be a 

 most desirable addition to the British arboretum. 



Gault/iena, cordata. This, I should think, is quite hardy. 

 ; Berberis sj). From India. 



New Cross Nursery ; Cormack and Oliver. — Cormack^s Prince Albert Pea. 

 The earliest and best sort we have ever seen. A quantity was put into the 

 ground on the 14th of March last, and the produce was fit for the table on 

 the 23th of April following, being only forty-two days from the day of sowing 

 to the date of gathering ; and, we think, if it were sown about the present 

 time (Nov. 14.) it would come in earlier in the season. 



The British Queen Pea; syn. the St. Helier's Pea, Lawsoji. See Saun- 

 ders's Nursery, under Jersey ; and Lawson's Nursery, under Edinburghshire. 



The Incomparable Cos Lettuce. Peculiarl}' crisp and juicy ; perfectly hardy 

 as a winter lettuce, not apt to run in summer, and requiring no tying. — 

 Cormack and Oliver. Nov, 14. 1842. 



The Deepdene, near Dorking ; H. T. Hope, Esq., M. P. — An unnamed 

 species of J'rbutus from Mexico'flowered here and at other places last autumn, 

 for the first time in England. — J. B. Whiting. Jan. 16. 1843. 



Warwickshire. 



Birmingham Botanic Garden, — Conifercs: Pines, Firs, S^c. — Pinus Hart- 

 wegii, P. Pseiido-^'trobus, P. Llaveawa, P. Teocole, and J^bies religiosa, 

 remained in the Birmingham Botanic Garden, in a rather unfavourable soil, 

 uninjured, without the slightest protection. P. Devoniaw« and P, RusselIi«Ha 

 perished more, I believe, from continued wet, and from being in a naturally 

 springy soil, than from the severity of the winter. Cupressus thurifera stood 

 ■well. — B. Cameron. Oct, 24. 1842. 



Onagrdcece. — Fuchsia macrostemon discolor Lindl.; Hort. Brit., p. 636. 

 This plant is a shy flowerer in pots, but it proves so hardy that none of its 

 most tender shoots were injured last winter, while other species were killed 

 back to near the surface. It flowered freely, and ripened plenty of seed. 

 From the form of the berries, Mr. Cameron, of the Birmingham Botanic 

 Garden, thinks it is entitled to be raised to the rank of a species. — Idem. 



'RanunculdcecB Clcmatidecs. — {Clematis Sieboldti and C azurea grandijlora 

 have stood the winter well, and the latter has ripened seeds. — Idem. 



Stoneleigh Abbey, near Coventry. — A new Pine-apple raised from seed of 

 the old Queen. The leaf is of a dark chocolate colour, the [)lant has the 

 habit of the Queen, but the shape of the fruit resembles that of the Enville. 

 Raisetl in March, 1834, and fruited in October, 1840. Likely to prove a 

 valuable variety. — John Brown, Gardener. Stoneleigh Abbey, Nov. 16. 184^. 



Yorkshire. 



Hope Nursery, Leeming Lane, Bedale ; W. May. — Quercus alba, nigra, 

 and rubra do no good in this part of Yorkshire, either as useful or ornamental 

 trees. 



A'rbutus \J^ncdo var. stricla. A compact upright-growing plant, very dif- 

 ferent from anything Mr. May has seen. Raised from seed. 



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