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an abundance of white blossoms, which are succeeded by fruit of unusual size, and 
of the colour of the golden pippin apple. It is a native of the table lands of 
Mexico, whence it was introduced from seeds received by Mr. Lambert, in 1829. 
The tree flowered for the first time in the garden at Boynton House, Wilts, in 
the summer of last year, and ripened its fruit the following- November. It is 
found to be quite hardy, and may be increased by budding on stocks of the common 
hawthorn. Brit. Fl. Gard., 300. 
PROTEA TRIBE (PROTEACE^). 
Hakea ferruginea. Rusty-stalked Hakea. This rather handsome and 
free-growing species has been raised from seeds sent to the Botanic Garden, Edin- 
burgh, under the names of Hakea elliptica, and H. emarginata. The blossoms 
are produced in clusters at the axils of the leaves. It flowers very freely in the 
greenhouse, and probably will thrive upon a south wall. Bot. Mag., 3424. 
WHORTLEBERRY TRIBE (VACCINES). 
Vaccinium albiflorum. White-flowered Whortleberry. This was received 
at the Glasgow Botanic Garden, from North America : the flowers are a dingy 
white; and the whole plant very nearly resembles the Corymbosum. Bot. Mag., 
3428. 
Vaccinium cjespitosum. Dwarf tufted Whortleberry. This very pretty 
dwarf species of Whortleberry was introduced to our gardens by Mr. Drummond, 
from the east side of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The flowers are 
small, and rose-coloured ; and the fruit purple. Both this and the V. albiflorum 
are perfectly hardy, and grow freely upon the American border, in peat soil. 
PLANTS WITH COMPOUND FLOWERS (COMPOSITE). 
Lasthenia glabrata. Smooth Lasthenia. A new hardy annual; a native 
of California, whence it was introduced by the Horticultural Society, in 1834. It 
flowers in May and June, if sown very early in spring, or in the previous autumn; 
and forms a pretty gay mass of yellow in the beds of the flower-garden. It seeds 
profusely. Bot. Beg., 1780. 
Dahlia — Duke of Sutherland. A very beautiful crimson-flowering kind, 
too well known to need any description ; but which is described, and much added 
on the culture, propagation, impregnation, &c. in the Florists' Magazine, in which 
the flower is figured beautifully. 
THE ROSE TRIBE (ROSACEA). 
Tourterella Rose. A shrubby close-growing plant ; forms a beautiful head 
for a standard, sweetly diversified with mellow purple flowers, very double and 
perfect in their forms. 
Rose celestial is a looser growing variety, and presents, when grown as a 
standard, a graceful head of semi-double flowers. 
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