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) laro-e for the plate ; and the terminal spike and upper part of the shoot had failed, from an 
i cidental circumstance in the specimen sent.” — Bot. Reg. 9. 
Exogo'nium fu'rga.— “ Although Jalap has been used in European medicine for nearly two 
Dturies and a half, it is only within a few years that its botanical source has been correctly 
certained The plant long cultivated as yielding the true jalap, in the stoves of Europe, and 
Hong the rest in the Botanic Gardens of Edinburgh, is the Convolvulus jalapa of Linnseus and 
ildenow, or Ipomcea macrorhiza of Michaux, a native of Vera Cruz. But, between the years 
| 27 and 1830, it was proved by no fewer than three independent authorities, M. Ledanois, a 
I , enc h druggist, resident at Orizator, in Mexico, Dr. Coxe, of Philadelphia, through information 
pplied by Mr. Fontanges, an American gentleman, who lived at Jalapa, and Schiede, the 
i tan i cal traveller, from personal examination, that the drug of commerce is obtained, not from 
L hot plains around Vera Cruz, but from the cooler hill country near Jalapa, about 6000 feet 
L 0 ve the level of the sea, where it is exposed to frost in winter time ; and that the plant which 
: e ids it is an entirely new species. Schiede introduced the plant for the first time into England ; 
id it has been cultivated in various botanic gardens of Germany.” A tuberous-rooted twiner, 
ith alternate cordate leaves, bearing flowers that are between funnel and salver-shaped, a purplish- 
id colour. — Bot. Mag. 4280. 
Forsy'thia viridTssima. This is a deciduous shrub, with very dark-green leaves serrated at the 
! largin, and grows eight or ten feet high, in the north of China. Early in spring the buds gradually 
ufold themselves, and present a profusion of bright-yellow blossoms, highly ornamental. It was 
>und growing in the same garden at Chusan as Weigela rosea. It also grows wild on the 
loun tains in the interior of the province of Chekiang, where it flowers equally as beautiful as 
, hen cultivated. The plant is a free grower, and easily increased by cuttings and layers. Hort. 
I our. vol. i., p. 227. 
Hibi'scus Moscheu'tos. “ This noble plant, although one of the oldest inhabitants of our 
j ardens, is seldom seen in cultivation. According to the learned authors of the Flora of North 
imerica, it inhabits the borders of marshes, particularly near the salt water, in Canada, and 
| hroughout the United States, flowering in the months of August and September. They describe 
h thus : Stem, three to five feet high, minutely tomentose. Leaves about five inches long and 
liree wide, rather obtuse at the base, with a long acumination, oiten with three short abruptly - 
( cuminate lobes, velvety-tomentose beneath. Peduncles axillary, two inches long, articulated a 
1 ittle below the flower, often coalescing with the petiole to a considerable distance above the base. 
I Flowers as large as in the common Hollyhock, rose colour, or sometimes nearly white, crimson at 
I he centre. Petals obovate, retuse. Staminal column one-third the length of the petals ; styles 
jjjxserted. Capsule as large as in II. Syriacus” A hardy plant ; but one requiring greenhouse 
| treatment for its successful management. Syn. II. Palustris. Bot. Reg. 7. 
'Iris seto'sa. <£ This very pretty plant is said, by Dr. Fischer, to inhabit the northern part of 
Eastern Siberia, along the Lena, about Schigansk and Jakutzk, in Kamtchatka, Unalaschka, 
I Escholtz’s Bay, Chammisso’s Island, &c. Its root is said to be poisonous, but we know not on 
, what authority. It is a very hardy herbaceous species, growing from one to two feet in height, if 
planted in any good rich garden soil, and freely supplied with water during the growing season ; 
: but afterwards the plants should be kept rather dry, as they are very impatient of damp or wet 
during the winter months.” Raised in the garden of the Horticultural Society, where it flowered 
last year in the month of May. Synonymes, T. brachycuspis , cuspidata, and brevicuspis. 
Bot. Reg. 10. 
Wei'gela Ro'sea. This beautiful plant was found by Mr. Fortune, growing in a mandarin s 
| garden on the island of Chusan, in China, when it was literally loaded with its fine rose-coloured 
. blossoms, which hung in graceful bunches from the axils of the leaves and the ends of the branches. 
This plant is peculiar to the north of China, being quite unknown in the southern provinces, and 
will therefore prove hardy or nearly so ; but if it should not, it will make a first-rate greenhouse 
plant. Mr. Fortune never met with it wild on the Chinese hills ; it is therefore possible that it 
may have been originally introduced to China from Japan. It forms a neat middle-sized bush, 
not unlike a Philadelplius in habit, deciduous in winter, and flowering in the months of April and 
May. It is of the easiest culture, growing freely in common garden soil, and is increased by 
, cuttings put in during the spring and summer months. — Hort. J our. } vol. i., p. 189. 
