NEW AND EAEE HAEDY PLANTS. 
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appear flat but to look almost cylindrical. The flowers are of the same charming 
apricot coloiu' as that which renders Darwinii so ornamental.” — See page 460, 
May lith^ 1864. 
“At p. 400, we invited attention to a hybrid Berberry. The specimens we had 
then seen proved it to be a very handsome shrub in regard to its flowers, w'hich 
were of a fine apricot colour, and produced in racemes of from three to five together 
from the leaf axils, instead of singly as in B. cmpcirifolia^ of which this new shrub has 
something the character, but it is more vigorous. From samples which have recently 
been sent us, we are able to say that the bushes are at this season laden with pur- 
plish black berries, which must add greatly to their beauty, as well as prolong 
indefinitely the period of their effectiveness as ornamental shrubs. The berries, like 
the flowers, hang in racemes of from three to five from the leaf axils, and are about 
as large as currants in the samples sent to us, but we learn that they are smaller 
than usual this year, owing to the excessive drought. When we add that this 
Handsworth hybrid is of a very hardy character, that it makes strong shoots four 
feet long in a season, that it is clothed in neat narrow evergreen foliage, and adorned 
with a profusion of gay orange-coloured blossoms in early summer, we shall have 
said enough to show that it is likely to prove a very decided acquisition, not only 
for our pleasure grounds and shrubberies, but also for our plantations and game 
preserves.” — Seepage 770, August 13M, 1364. 
CORYLOPSIS SPICATA. 
A new, hardy deciduous shrub from Japan, producing in the spnng peculiar 
catkins of yellow blossoms, which are sweet-scented, like the Cowslip. 10s. 6d. 
DELPHINIUM ALOPECUROIDES. 
This distinct and perfectly unique garden variety of Larkspur, is in every respect 
first-rate. Its habit is robust and bcalthy, glowing freely in the open border ; it 
blooms in J une and J uly ; the spikes of bloom arc generally two feet in length, and 
when well grown, the tip of the spike rises from three to four feel from the ground; 
they are densely clothed with very full and compact double flowers, the ground colour 
is of a creamy white, therefore in reality a blue-edged flower, though from its 
fulness it presents the appearance of a bright blue self, paler and somewhat shaded 
towards the centre. 
The following remarks are taken from the Florist and Pomologist. 
“This variety of Double Larkspur, which the raiser has called AUpecurokhSy 
doubtless from the close brush-like form of the principal part of the spike, was 
shown at a Meeting of the Royal Horticultural Society’s Floral Committee in July, 
1861, and was then awarded a First Class Ccrtjicate. The Specimens exhibited on 
that occasion were over two feet in length, furnished below with palmatifidly-lobed 
leaves, having incised segments and n ciliated margin, and terminated in a flower 
spiko or raceme, slightly branched below and densely covered with small double 
flowers of a bright blue, paler and reddish tinted towards the centre. It was 
regarded as a most desirable and very ornamental hardy plant." 6s. 
DEUTZIA FORTUNEir. 
One of the best spring flowering hardy shrubs fi-om Japan, producing freely an 
abundance of pure white blossoms ; this like others of the family is perfectly 
hardy. 10s, 6d. 
