254 THE GREEN-HOUSE CATALOGUE. 



HiBi^scus acerifoliuSj maple-leaved Hibiscus^ a shrub 

 introduced from China in 1798, and flowering from March 

 to June. 



H. specidsus, superb Hibiscus, B. M. 360, a perennial, 

 introduced from Carolina in 1778, and flowering from June 

 to August. 



H. heterophy^llus, various-leaved Hibiscus, B. R. 29, a 

 shrub introduced from New South Wales in 1803, and 

 flowering in August and September. 



H. scaber, scabrous Hibiscus, a perennial introduced from 

 Carolina in 1810, which flowers from July to September. 



H. pentacdrjjos, angular-fruited Hibiscus, a perennial 

 introduced from Venice in 1752, and flowering from July to 

 September. 



The green-house species of Hibiscus are of no great 

 beauty, and much inferior as ornamental shrubs to the hardy 

 and hot-house kinds. They are, however, of easy cul- 

 ture in any rich light soil, and they often ripen seeds, from 

 which, or from cuttings, in sand under a hand-glass, they 

 may be abundantly increased. 



I^AYO^fiiA prcemdrsa, bitten-leaved Pavonia, B. M. 436, 

 B.C. 371, a spongy-wooded shrub, introduced from the Cape 

 of Good Hope in 1774, and flowering from June to August. 

 A plant of no beauty, but of easy culture in rich light soil: 

 ripening abundance of seeds, from which or from cuttings in 

 sand under a hand-glass, it may be readily propagated. 



TERNSTRCEMIAXE^. 



GoRDO^NiA Lasianthus, smooth Gordonia, B. M. 668, a 

 shrub, a native of North America, introduced in 1739, and 

 flowering from August to November. 



G. pubescens, a frame shrub, a native of Carolina, intro- 

 duced in 1774, and flowering from August to September. 



These are very hardy plants, and will sometimes bear the 



