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NEW PLANTS, ETC., FEOM THE SOCIETY'S 

 GARDEN. 



4. Spiraea pubescens. Bunge, in " Tiirczaninow* s Decades 

 Plantarum Chinensium, 11." 



Received from Mr. Fortune, in 1843, as a " dwarf shrub 

 from Chusan." 



This is a small grey shrub., with little hemispherical umbels 

 of pure white small flowers, having a slight fragrance. In habit 

 it may be compared to a weak Spiraea opulifolia. Its leaves, 

 when full grown, are about an inch and a half long, much 

 wrinkled, wedge-shaped, and entire at the base, unequally ser- 

 rated towards the point, and covered beneath with wool, which 

 becomes cinnamon coloured as it grows old. The uppermost 

 leaves beneath the umbels are oval or oblong, and less unequally 

 serrated. 



It appears to be nearly hardy, grows about 2 feet high, and 

 flowers freely in any good garden soil. We may expect this 

 to prove an ornamental shrub for planting in sheltered situa- 

 tions and warm districts. 



March 4, 1847. 



5. Forsythia viridissima. Supra, vol. i. p. 226. 



This species, which has already been described in the place 

 above quoted, has now flowered, and proves to be a plant of ex- 

 traordinary beauty. Its branches are loaded with deep golden- 

 yellow blossoms, and although they appear before the leaves are 

 fully grown, they are by no means rendered unattractive by that 

 circumstance. 



The specimen now referred to has been kept in the green- 

 house, but the plant is quite hardy. It grows freely in any 

 good common garden soil, and is easily increased by cuttings of 

 the half-ripened shoots put in sand with a little heat. It flowers 

 freely, grows from 3 to 4 feet high, and will probably remain 

 nearly a month in bloom. 



March 13, 1847. 



