THE FLORIST 



AID HORTICULTURAL JOURNAL. 



Vol. II.] Philadelphia, December, 1853. [No. 12. 



ROSE QUEEN VICTORIA. 

 The Rose which we figure in this number is a seedling raised in 

 France, and named in honour of his Queen by Mr. Paul, the cele- 

 brated English Horticulturist, who obtained the stock of the plant. 

 M. Yan Houtte, says of it that " it places itself in the first rank 

 among Hybrid Perpetuals ; nothing equals the softness of the 

 colour of these large (lowers so delicately shaded with rose on a 

 white ground, and even the fact of its being less full than the Rose 

 de la Heine, turns to its advantage, because it renders more easy 

 the symmetrical opening of its flowers." The place of its nativity, 

 whether near Paris or at Lyons is uncertain. 



DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES OF THE PACANE NUT. 



By John Le Conte. 



This species of Hickorea, which I found cultivated in Georgia, is 

 a native of the State of Texas. The small, altitude which it attains, 

 the later period of its foliation, and the very different form of the 

 nut, readily distinguish it from every other hitherto described. I 

 have adopted %*Rafinesque's name, Hickorea, for the genus, in 

 preference to Mr. NuttaTs Carya, on the ground of priority. What- 

 ever may have been the errors or aberrations of Rafinesque, Nut'tal 

 was not justified in changing a name proposed by the former, years 

 before any publication of his own. 



Hickorea texana.— Tree about ten feet high. Leaves 13 inches 

 long, frequently rather over than under this measurement* eom- 

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