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M oy of Liege, as a Vaccinium from Caraccas. It flowers, in a cool greenhouse, in May, and is 
Uy handsome in foliage and in flower. — Bot. Mag,, 4314. 
(nobrychis radiata. A native of stony hills, in the region of Caucasus, common about 
3, flowering in summer. It is a showy plant, conspicuous from its racemes of white flowers, 
a central yellow spot. In our gardens it is a hardy, herbaceous perennial, which grows about 
foot in height, and succeeds best when planted in a rich sandy loam, and in a situation which 
ther dry, particularly during winter. It is increased by seed, and the young plants will not 
er before the second season. — Bot. Reg., 37. 
)phrys tabanifera, and Ophrys FERRUM equinum. These two species of Ophrys were 
cc :cted by the late Dean of Manchester, were figured a day before his death, and were to have 
b< i illustrated by himself. His brief and imperfect memorandum tells us that 0. tabanifera was 
fcjl.d by his collector Yrioni, near Clarentia, a low and swampy place. 0. ferrum equinum , so 
c ad because of a horse-shoe mark on the lip, is from Corfu, where it was gathered by himself on 
tl; summit of the Garouna Pass. — Bot. Reg., 46. 
Pentstemon Gordoni. This charming species was raised by Edward Leeds, Esq., of Man- 
c' iter, from seeds given him by Mr. Shepherd, of the Botanic Gardens, Liverpool, and which had 
bfi collected by Mr. Gordon in the valley of the Platte River, on the east side of the Rocky 
H mtains. In many respects it resembles the Pentstemon speciosus, an inhabitant exclusively of 
tl Oregon territory, west of the Rocky Mountains ; but that has much narrower leaves, a less 
lly panicle, deeper coloured flowers, a larger calyx, and above all, the anthers and sterile 
nents glabrous. It seems to be quite hardy, but is impatient of much moisture, and should be 
t dry from November until February. It flowers in June, when the large sky-blue flowers 
r der the plant a very beautiful object. — Bot. Mag., 4319. 
: Puya Altensteinii ; var. gigantea. Some time ago this plant was received at the Royal 
( .’dens of Kew, under the name of Pitcairnia undulatifolia, and was published by Sir William, 
der that name, at t. 4241. — Bot. Mag. The same was afterwards sent from Berlin, under 
t| name of Puya Altensteinii ; Messrs. Lucombe and Pince, of Exeter, have since flowered 
i ind it proves to be a truly magnificent plant, sending up a flowering spike five feet high, clothed 
' h deep crimson bracts and yellowish white flowers. — Bot. Mag., 4309. 
Spiraea pubescens. A small grey shrub, with little hemispherical umbels of pure white small 
i .vers, having a slight fragrance. In habit it may be compared to a weak Spircea opulifolia. 
appears to be nearly hardy, grows about two feet high, and flowers freely in any good garden 
1.— Bot. Reg., 38. 
Salvia leucantha. This rare and remarkable Salvia possesses, in its numerous flowers, in 
! rich violet or lavender-coloured tomentum of the calyx, and the pure white of the corollas, a 
mty which cannot well be represented on paper. It is a native of Mexico, from whence it was 
roduced to the Continent in 1825, and has now been first brought to the greenhouses of this 
I ontry from a garden at Nice, by Lady Smirke, Great Stanmore, Middlesex, in whose collection 
flowered in June, 1847. — Bot, Mag., 4318. 
Trichonemata Gr^eca. Dr. Lindley regrets being unable to furnish particulars respecting 
o pretty Trichonemes, figured under the above head, which were collected by the late Dean of 
anchester. One, the T. subpalustre, with blue and white flowers, was found at Salonica, and in 
(B Ionian Islands ; and the other, T. pylium , with white and yellow flowers, was found at 
ivarino. — Bot. Reg., 40. 
Viburnum macrocephalum. This beautiful plant exists in the Garden of the Horticultural 
,'ciety, where it has flowered, having been received in June, 1844, from Mr. Fortune, who found 
, in Chusan and at Shanghae. Mr. Fortune speaks of it as follows : — “ This noble species was 
so found in the gardens of the rich in the north of China, and will probably prove perfectly 
irdy in England. There is a tree of it in a garden in the island of Chusan, at least twenty feet high, 
Inch in the month of May every year is covered with its snow-white blossoms. When grafted it 
ooms on small plants in pots, and is not unlike a white Hydrangea, by which name it is known 
nongst the Chinese.” It is certainly one of the finest hardy shrubs that have been introduced, 
ven in the greenhouse and in a pot its beauty is conspicuous. Hitherto it has been grown in a 
ixture of loam and sandy peat. — Bot. Reg., 43. 
