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26. 



maximum . - . Pink. 





album - White. 



30. 



roseum - . - Rose. 



;.18. 



anthopogon, second time of flower- 





ing - - - - Pale yi 



I may observe, in conclusion, that the time of flowering varies much accord- 

 ing to the season. 



Dysarl House, near Kirhaldy, May, 1843. 



[The above communication Mr. Blair kindly promised to prepare for us 

 when we paid a visit to Dysart House in September, 1841 : it was read at a 

 meeting of the Caledonian Horticultural Society in June, 1843, and forwarded 

 to us afterwards by the Secretary.] 



Art. X. Notice of a Collection of Spirceas, North American Oaks, 

 Abietince, and Cupressince, made in the Spring of 1843. By the 

 Conductor. 



Being desirous of having immediately under our eye as many species and 

 varieties as we could get of the genera mentioned in the following list, and in 

 particular of the North American oaks, the yibietinag, and the Cupressinas, in 

 order to study these tribes in a young state, we procured from the Horticul- 

 tural Society's Garden, from Messrs. JLoddiges, and fi*om some other nursery- 

 men, plants of the kinds enumerated below. We have given the names which 

 we received with the plants, and those of the parties from whom we received 

 them, for the benefit of other collectors, as well as to show what a very con- 

 siderable number, of Cupressinae for example, may be obtained in British 

 nurseries. We have not included in the list the higher-priced species of pines 

 and firs, because plants of these we did not think it right to request from 

 parties possessing them, except in the case of the Horticultural Society. 

 As the nomenclature of spiraeas is in a state of some confusion, we are 

 very anxious to increase our list of that most beautiful genus, and shall 

 feel particularly obliged to any person who will send us plants which appear 

 from their names to be of different kinds from those we have got. There are 

 also some of the low-priced /Ibietinae which we do not yet possess, and which 

 we should be glad to receive from those who can spare them. For the plants 

 already in our possession, we beg to return our best thanks to the Horti- 

 cultural Society, to Messrs. Loddiges, to Mr. Knight, Messrs. Lee, Messrs, 

 Whitley and Osborn, Messrs. P. Lawson and Son, Mr. May, Mr. Charlwood, 

 Mr. Rivers, Mr. Low, Messrs. R. Donald and Son, and Messrs. C. Sclater 

 and Son. 



SPIRiEAS. 



."?. opulifoHa L. (Lodd.) S. inflexa H. S. G. (Lodd.) 



S. o. nana Lodd. (Lodd.) S. argentea Lodd. Coll. (Lodd.) 



S. chamaedrifolia L. (Lodd.) S. nana Lodd. Coll. (Lodd.) 

 iS". c. subraceraosa Ser. (W. and O.) S. k. ^halictroides Pall: (Lodd.) 



S. c. idmifolia Scojj. (Lodd.) S. nutans Royle. (Lodd.) 



S. c. flexuosa Fis. (Lodd.) S. corymbosa Rafin. (Lodd.) 



S. c. sMx'\(i2i Hort. (Lodd.) iS. !;acciniif61ia Z>. Z)o?z. (Lodd.) 



S. c. daiirica Hort. (Lodd.) S. laxiflora Lindl. (H. S.) 



S. c. ietulsefolia Lodd. (Lodd.) S. bella Sims. (W. and O.) 



S. trilobiita L. (Lodd.) S. salicifolia L. (Lodd.) 



■S'. alpina L. (Lodd.) S. s. carnea Ait. (W. and O.) 



S. /iypericiolia Bsc. (Lodd.) S. s. paniculata Willd. (W. & O.) 



