HORTICULTURAL JOURNAL. 221 
DICENTRA SPECTABILIS. 
" Honor to whom honor is due." We see several complimentary com- 
munications in the Horticulturist, about the figure of the above plant and 
the great credit the publisher deserves for its introduction. 
It may be well for us to say, that in May, 1852, at least two years ear- 
lier, the Florist published a very good figure of this plant, then a new one. 
NEW ROSE— ISABELLA GREY. 
The Yellow Rose of which blooms were shown at a meeting of the Penn- 
sylvania Horticultural Society, under this name, is certainly the finest of 
the roses of that color which have been raised in this country. It is a Koi- 
sette of fine shape, tea-scented, and the color is deeper than that of Chro- 
matilla, Solfature or Augusta. Having been presented by Mr. Jas. Ritchie 
of this city, with several blooms of it, we had an opportunity of seeing it by 
daylight, when it appeared of course to greater advantage. It is, we repeat 
by far the best yellow rose out. 
HORTICULTURAL NOVELTY. 
The Agricultural branch of the Patent Ofiice has taken steps to procure 
seeds of the bunya-bunya, a tree of the fir genus, which grows in Australia 
and bears a cone nearly two feet in diameter, filled with seed the size of an 
olive, and of flavor more rich and delicate than that of the pine apple. 
There have recently been imported from France the cuttings of several 
varieties of the prune, which have been distributed by the department, in 
Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Northern New York, Michigan, Wiscon- 
sin, Minnesota, and several points on the Allegheny mountains, to be en- 
grafted on the common plum tree. — Farm Journal. 
The Practical Fruit, Flower, and Vegetable Gardener's Companion. By Patrick 
Neill, LL.D., F.R.S.E., &c. Adapted to the United States, by Gr. Emer- 
son, M. D. New York : C M. Saxton & Co. Price il.25 
We have received a copy of this work, which appears to be a very useful 
one. The field seems to us, however, to be rather too large for the size of 
the book. 
