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NEW PLANTS IN THE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY S GARDEN. 
infinitely excels in its delicious odour. — 
North of China, Mr. Fortune. 
Hoo-sung, or Oo-sung. — This is a lettuce- 
like plant, from Shanghae, seeds of which 
were sent from thence in a letter by Mr. 
Fortune, and received at the Garden, January 
9th, 1845. It is possibly the Youngia dentata 
of De Candolle, or Prenanthes dentata of 
Thunberg. Stems cylindrical, two to three 
feet high, erect, light-green, with a green 
succulent pith, which is the part used. Leaves 
denticulate, or slightly serrated ; the lowest 
oblong and tapering to the base, the upper- 
most stem-clasping, somewhat lanceolate, and 
taper pointed without being acute. The 
flowers are small, yellow, in panicles slightly 
drooping. The plant is tolerably hardy, and 
may be cultivated in the manner of lettuces. 
Mr. Fortune recommends it to be planted "in 
rows thinly, say one foot and a half between 
each plant. It is fit for use when the stem 
has grown to its full size, which is early in 
the spring at Shanghae." He also states that 
it is a vegetable much esteemed by the Chinese, 
and refers to the following " Mode of Dress- 
ing the Hoo-Sung. — Pare off the outer skin, 
cut off the leaves, and take the stalk ; 
either simply boil it with salt, and eat it with 
pepper ; or stew it with a few spoonfuls of 
soup, or with a little soy, salt and pepper. 
The last'is the preferable way of dressing this 
vegetable." It would probably form a good 
preserve, similar to that made of the stems of 
lettuces when running up and before they 
become hollow. 
Jasminum nudiflorum, (naked - flowered 
Jasmine.) — This is a shrub with angular 
deep-green trailing branches, which have little 
disposition to branch in the first j'ear of their 
growth. The leaves are shining, deep green, 
and each consists of three sessile leaflets of 
an ovate form. They fall off early in the 
autumn, soon after which they are succeeded 
by large yellow scentless flowers, which grow 
singly from the buds formed in the axils of 
the leaves that have previously dropped. The 
limb of their corolla is about an inch in dia- 
meter, and divided into six broad, oblong, 
blunt, flat segments. The species, although 
new to gardeners, is not entirely unknown, 
for it has been distributed in a dried state 
from the Imperial Russian-Chinese Her- 
barium, under the erroneous name of J. 
angulare. It appears to be a green-house 
plant, and grows freely in almost any sort of 
soil, especially rough sandy peat. During 
summer an ample supply of water should be 
given to its roots, and it must be syringed 
over head once or twice a day. In consequence 
of its slender habit it is necessary either to 
train it on a trellis or to induce it to form an 
upright stem three or four feet high, so that 
the young twigs may hang down as they may 
be naturally inclined. Being a free winter 
bloomer, and continuing in flower for a 
length of time, it will doubtless prove a good 
addition to our green-house plants. — Ninkin, 
Mr. Fortune, July, 1844. 
Firms cembroides, (Cembro-like Pine.) — 
Received from Mr. Hartweg, who found it in 
the cold districts of the mountain Orizaba, 
near the village of Chichiquila, attaining a 
height of thirty feet, at an elevation of 10,000 
feet above the sea. Leaves in threes, from an 
inch to an inch and a half in length (on the 
wild specimens), rather rigid, slightly twisted 
at the base, triquetrous, very dense, and of a 
light-green colour. Sheaths short, and soon 
falling off or curling up. Seed-leaves on the 
young plants from ten to twelve in number 
when they first come up. Branches vertical, 
mostly in fives, but sometimes more numerous 
in the whorl, rather slender, slightly incurved 
and spreading, with tolerably smooth bark 
and remarkably small buds, which are imbri- 
cated and non -resinous, or nearly so. Cones 
single and sessile, from two inches and a half 
to three inches in length and one inch and 
three quarters broad at the base, with six or 
seven rows of scales, and tapering but slightly 
to a blunt point ; the scales are rounded at 
the margins, three quarters of an inch broad, 
slightly elevated and nearly all of a size, ex- 
cept those close to the base, which are very 
much smaller and rather hooked. Each scale 
contains within it two wingless seeds, which 
are top shaped, slightly angled at the smaller 
end, and about half an inch in length. This 
Pine much resembles Pinus Llaveana in 
foliage and general appearance, but it differs 
in having smaller leaves and cones three or 
four times the size. Mr. Loudon, in his 
last edition of the Arboretum Britannicum, 
p. 993, identifies this pine with Pinus 
Llaveana of Schiede ; but Pinus Llaveana has 
no resemblance whatever with Pinus Cembra, 
either in habit, foliage, or cones. The cones 
of Pinus Llaveana have but three rows of 
scales, while those of Pinus Cembra have 
eight, and those of Pinus cembroides six or 
seven scales each ; the two latter, however, 
much resemble each other in their cones 
(whence the name cembroides), and chiefly 
differ in Pinus Cembra, or the Siberian Stone 
Pine, having cones rather larger than those 
of Pinus cembroides, with five leaves instead 
of three. Judging from locality and appear- 
ance, this pine is likely to prove hardy in 
England, and is quite new to the collections 
of this country. 
Pinus Orizabw, (Orizaba Pine.) — Received 
along with Pinus cembroides from Mr. Hart- 
weg, who collected it on the mountain of 
Orizaba, where it forms a tree pf moderate 
