supplementary to the Encyc. of Plants and Hort. Brit. 475 



height of 2 ft., is very hardy, and flowers profusely, under com- 

 mon treatment, in October. Mr. Maund states that it was intro- 

 duced into British gardens so lately as " 1835?" We have not 

 seen the plant ; but Mr. Maund says it is " a most desirable 

 addition to our autumnal gaieties." {Bot. Gard., Aug.) 



Loranthdcece. 



Aucuba japonica. Mr. Forrest, gardener at Kinmel Park, 

 Flintshire, finds this shrub remarkably hardy, and considers it 

 much superior to the rhododendron as undergrowth in woods 

 for the protection of game. It flourishes, he says, best in shady 

 situations, and succeeds well under deciduous trees. It will 

 grow in almost every kind of soil, "provided it be well 

 shaded by trees." " It is with the greatest confidence," he 

 adds, " that I recommend the plant in question, as twenty years' 

 experience has convinced me that it is one of our hardiest ever- 

 greens ; for, while most of our other evergreens have suffered 

 more or less from the late severe winter, the Aucuba japonica 

 has sustained no injury whatever." It is readily propagated by 

 cuttings, which, if planted in sand under a hand-glass, will seldom, 

 if ever, be found to fail. {Caernarvon and Denbigh Herald^ 

 July 28.) 



^ubidcece. 



352. SPERMACOTE L. 3087 riibra Jac. 



Synonymes : S. strigbsa Sims Bot. Mag., t. IS58. ; Criisea rilbra Cham. ^ Schlect., Linn., 5. p. 165., 

 Dec. Prod., 4. p. 567., Botanist, No. 82. 



A stove annual, erect, and rising to the height of 5 or 6 

 feet, with pinkish flowers, somewhat resembling those of a 

 pimelea. A native of Mexico; introduced into Europe in 1797, 

 and flowering profusely in October and November. A specimen 

 raised by Mr. Niven of the Glasnevin Botanic Garden, from 

 Mexican seed, was " a plant of very handsome growth, being 

 regularly furnished with opposite side shoots from the surface of 

 the pot upwards." The plant produced upwards of 300 heads 

 of flowers, of great beauty. It seeds freely, and may be struck 

 from cuttings." [Botanist, Aug.) 



Compositce. 



+ Vicris harbarbrum Lindl. An erect branched plant, 

 nearly 3 ft. high, used parboiled as food by the natives of the 

 interior of Australia. It was raised in the Horticultural So- 

 ciety's Garden, from Major Mitchell's seeds. [B. M. B., Sept., 

 No. 107.) 



+ Ficris asperrima. A native of Van Diemen*s Land, with 

 long narrow leaves, large flower-heads, and an exceedingly 

 rough surface. {B. M. B., Sept., No. 108.) 



+ Carpesium pubescensWnW. Cat., No. 3199., Dec. Prod., v. 

 281. " This plant has lately flowered in the garden of the Horti- 

 cultural Society, where it was raised from seeds received from Dr. 



