4 4- Floricultural and Botanical l^otices. 



armed with numerous, straight, spreading unequal prickles. 

 Leaves pale green ; petiole and rachis slender, filiform, sparingly- 

 hairy and glandular; leaflets elliptical, mucronulate, doubly and 

 sharply serrated, membranous, glabrous and concave above, 

 sparingly glandular beneath, \ in. long. This variety was 

 brought from New York, by Mr. James M'Nab, who received 

 it from Mr. Thomas Hogg, nurseryman in that city, by whom 

 the plant was raised from seeds of the single yellow I'ose ; and it 

 is known in the nurseries by the name of ' Hogg's Yellow 

 American Rose.' It is a pretty variety ; but it is surpassed in 

 the fullness of its flowers, and in richness of colouring, by 

 Williams's double yellow rose. It is of easy culture, flowers freely, 

 and may be increased by layers, or by being budded on stocks of 

 the sweet briar and dog rose." {S'wt. Brit. Fl.-Gard., Dec.) 



1522. iZO^SA 13470 Indica 



var. *BlaIri' D. Don Blair's « | or 5 jn R hybrid 1830 C p.l Swt. Br. fl.-gard. 405. 



A tall strong-growing shrub, raised about seven years ago, by 

 Mr. Blair, from the seeds of the yellow China, which has been 

 fecundated by the pollen of the Tuscan rose. Its aspect is more 

 robust than that of the other varieties of the China rose; and it 

 is remarkable for the size of its leaves and flowers. The petals 

 are yellow at the base, especially towards the centre of the flower; 

 and are, besides, frequently furnished with a white stripe along 

 the middle ; a character also present in the common blush China 

 rose. The blossoms are produced in abundance : they are very 

 fragrant, and their colour is of a rich purple. It is a strong- 

 growing kind, and there are few varieties more worthy of culti- 

 vation. It may be increased by cuttings, or budded on any of 

 the common roses. There ai'e plants at Mr. Clay's, Stamford 

 Hill. {Svjt. Brit. Fl.-Gard., Nov.) 



1515. i'PIR^'A 



*barbata Wall bearded ^ A or 4 jn W Nepal ?1835 D co Bot. reg. 2011. ' 



This is beyond all comparison the handsomest herbaceous 

 spiraea yet in our gardens ; for to all the pure and brilliant 

 whiteness of S. Filipendula, it adds the graceful plume-like 

 appearance of the American S. Aruncus. It was originally dis- 

 covered in Nepal, Gossainsthan, and Kamaon, by Dr. Wallich ; 

 and has been since introduced into Europe from Japan by Dr. 

 Von Sieboldt so that, like some other Himalayan plants, it 

 ranges to the most eastern limits of Asia. It is, no doubt, per- 

 fectly hardy. The name bearded is applied in allusion to a 

 cluster of long stiff hairs at the base of every petiole. The plant 

 is figured from the garden of Wm. Harrison, Esq., of Cheshunt; 

 and Messrs. Low and Co. of Clapton have plants for sale. [Bot. 

 Reg., Dec.) 



Lohelmcese. 



609. LOBEX/// [reg. 2014. 



*heterophylIa Lab. various-leaved ^ J^ pr 2 s B Van Diemen's Land 1837 D p.l Bot. 



