GLEANINGS AND ORIGINAL MEMORANDA. 



Cestbum calycinum. Willdenow [alias C. viridiflorum, Hooker) . A greenhouse shrub, 

 from Buenos Ayres, with deliciously scented green flowers. Belongs to the Nightshades. 

 Flowers in October. (Fig. 94.) 



This charming shrub would be passed by without notice if it were not for the exquisite fragrance of its green 

 flowers. Out of flower it looks like an Oleaster {Elceagnus). It was originally introduced through the Glasnevin 

 Garden. With the exception of 

 the upper side of the leaves, the 

 whole plant is covered with a grey 

 starry down, which gives it a dull 

 appearance. The leaves are ovate- 

 oblong, slightly heart-shaped at 

 the base, on short stalks. The 

 flowers appear in short axillary 

 spikes, with a calyx much wider 

 than the narrow tube of the downy 

 corolla, which, however, widens 

 upwards into a true funnel-shaped 

 figure. The filaments are not 

 toothed. The fragrance of the 

 flowers is perceptible both day and 

 night, but most so in the day. 



Sir W. Hooker, in naming it 

 C. viridiflorum, was not' aware 

 that it had been previously called 

 G. calycinum by Willdenow. 



Salvia plans. Sir J. 

 D. Hooker. This handsome 

 perennial is from Kashmir, 

 and is a welcome addition 

 to this showy genus. It 

 bloomed out of doors at Kew 

 in the July and August of 

 1880. Its blue and white 

 flowers are very effective, 

 and when better known it is 

 likely to become a favourite. 



No doubt it will succeed with the ordinary treatment found to suffice for other species 

 that will thrive outside in summer. 



A perennial, two to three feet high, with stout, erect, four-angled stems. Leaves three to five inches long, 



