FROM THE SOCIETY'S GARDEN. 



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A plant was presented to the Society by Mr. J. A. Hen- 

 derson, of the Pine-apple Nursery, in the Spring of 

 1849. 



A shrub with a compact habit, and dark-green, convex, ever- 

 green leaves, obovate, crenated near the point, and netted on the 

 under side with green veins on a pale ground. The flowers grow 

 singly in the axils of the leaves, on cinnamon-brown stalks an 

 inch long. The corolla is about the same length ; tubular, 

 curved and rich scarlet, with a projecting style. The calyx con- 

 sists of five straight, narrow, sharp lobes, not unlike five brown 

 needles, whence the generic name has arisen, 



A dwarf shrub, requiring a temperature intermediate between 

 the greenhouse and stove. It is easily increased by cuttings 

 treated in the usual way, and grows freely in a mixture of loam, 

 peat, and leaf-mould. 



A very neat and pretty little plant, remaining a considerable 

 time in bloom. 



Aug. 4, 1849. 



9. Pentstemon cordifolius. Bentham, Scroph. Ind., p. 7. 

 Be Cand., Prodr., 10, 329. 



Raised from seeds brought home by Mr. Hartweg in June, 

 1848, and said to be a shrub 4 feet high, from the moun- 

 tains of Santa Ines, in California. 



A downy-stemmed half-shrubby plant, with a trailing of 

 spreading habit, so that it is well suited to hang down over stones 

 or rocks. Leaves dark green, shining, cordate, serrate, slightly 

 downy. Flowers in one-sided, narrow, leafy panicles, which 

 sometimes measure more than a foot in length. The branches 

 of the panicle are hairy, and bear each from three to five flowers 

 when the plants are vigorous. Calyx covered with glandular 

 hairs ; corolla not quite an inch and a half long, rich dull red ; 

 the tube almost cylindrical ; the upper lip straight, nearly flat, 

 slightly 2-lobed; the lower three parted, spreading at right 

 angles to the upper. 



It has so little the appearance of a Pentstemon that it may 

 be expected to be regarded hereafter as a distinct genus. 



A hardy little shrub, growing freely in any good rich garden 

 soil, and easily increased by seeds or cuttings in the usual way. 

 It flowers freely, one year from seeds, and lasts in flower from 

 June to October. 



It is a very desirable, hardy plant. 



Sept. 12, 1849. 



