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NOTES OX FLOWERS. 
Living specimens of the following have not 
been seen by the writer, though it is believed 
.some of them have found their way into Eng- 
land :— 
P. contorta, Douglas (twisted-branched 
Pine). — Leaves two together, about two inches 
long, in a dark short sheath. Cones rather 
longer than the leaves, which resemble those 
of P. austriaea. 
A tree found by Douglas in swampy ground 
not far from the sea coast, near Cape Disap- 
pointment in North-west America, and thought 
to be hardy enough for the climate of this 
country. Cones were sent by Douglas to 
England in the years 1825, 6, and 7, but 
from those no plants were raised. A cone is 
figured in Loudon's Arboretum Britannicum, 
p. 2292. 
P. squatnasa, is a plant noticed by Bosc j 
but several botanists consider it only one of 
the numerous varieties of P. sylvestris, and 
most probably P. sylvestris uncinata. It is 
cultivated in the French nurseries; but in 
England it has failed to attract attention unless 
amongst those few cultivators who are fond of 
slight varieties. 
P. turbinata is another of Bosc's varieties, 
instituted from his having seen a plant in the 
garden of Petit Trianon. The leaves are 
two in a sheath, scarcely one inch long, 
glaucous, and thickly set on the branches. 
The cones are in groups, longer than the 
leaves, with square spineless scales. Accord- 
ing to Bosc, it is probably a native of North 
America. 
The foregoing section includes some plants 
remarkable for their beauty and grandeur. 
As many of them are of recent introduction, 
it would be premature to pronounce any 
opinion as to how far they may prove of real 
use for the various purposes to which pine- 
timber is applied in this country. Their 
ornamental character has been already suffi- 
ciently tested. As many of the species are 
from Mexico, inhabiting alike the valleys and 
mountains, it has been thought by several 
botanists that on account of the great disparity 
of climate in which the trees stand, the pro- 
duce from such trees must present a like dif- 
ference in the constitution of the plants 
raised, some being much hardier than others. 
At any rate, it has been clearly proved in 
several pinetums, and especially in that of 
Rozelle, in Ayrshire, that amongst various 
individuals of the same species some have 
withstood the winters without protection, whilst 
others are with the greatest difficulty pre- 
served with the closest shelter. The inference, 
therefore, is, that before any opinion should 
be pronounced as to their fitness for the open 
air in this country, a fair trial should be given 
to several plants of the same species. Similar 
remarks apply to those pines from the Hima- 
layan districts. Whilst on elevated parts, near 
to the tops of the mountains, there is biting 
frost, in the valleys the climate is insufferably 
hot ; and it so happens, that from the trees 
which are of easiest access, in valleys and in 
slopes, our supply of seeds is taken. 
One of the great trees of commerce is included 
in this section — the TTeymouth pine, flourish- 
ing throughout the vast countries bounded on 
the south by New Jersey, and on the north by 
a part of Nova Scotia. Throughout North 
America a great proportion of the houses of 
settlers is built entirely with its wood ; and 
in this country, along with its kindred 
from Nepal, it forms a beautiful park 
ornament. 
NOTES OX EL WEES AXD ELOTVERIXG 
PLAXTS. 
Clinto:nta phlchella, Lindley (pretty 
Clintonia). — Lobeliaceas § Clintoneag. — A 
pretty dwarf annual plant, forming a little 
tuft of a few inches high, or when grown in 
pots, hanging over the sides; the leaves are 
small, linear, and stalkless ; the flowers are 
shaped like those of a lobelia, large for the 
size of the plant, and grow singly in the axils 
of the leaves, on rather long stalks ; the two 
upper petals are clear rich blue; the three 
lower ones yellow at the base, then white, and 
the remainder — about half — blue: the seeds are 
very minute. A native of North-west America. 
Introduced in 1831, by Douglas, to the garden 
of the Horticultural Society. Flowers in July 
and August, when sown in March. Culture. 
— Should be sown in pots set in feeders of 
water, and placed in a hot-bed, in September 
for spring flowering, and in March for the 
summer ; light rich moist soil ; propagated by 
seeds. 
Euthales 3IACROPHTLLA, Lindley (large- 
leaved Euthales). — G-oodeniaceas § Goodenieaa. 
— A perennial with an erect herbaceous stem, 
which attains the height of three feet or more, 
and branches out in a forked manner into a 
loose spreading panicle, which often forms a 
mass of flowers as wide as the height of the 
plant ; the leaves are oblong, coarsely toothed, 
large at the base, but gradually lessening up- 
wards. The flowers are very handsome, about 
an inch across, with a short tube, divided into 
five obcordate segments of a bright yellow, with 
a dash of crimson in the centre of the two upper 
divisions ; each division has a thickened lance- 
shaped centre, bordered by a thinner wavy mar- 
gin. A native of South Australia. Introduced 
1839. Flowersin June, and generally continues 
blooming on till November. Culture. — Re- 
quires a greenhouse, grows well in loam and 
peat ; propagated by cuttings placed in slight 
heat. 
