THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST. 
[ January, 
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space to record, and these are real floral gems. The first is the dwarfest and 
largest-flowered of its genus, the delicate rosy flowers bearing on each petal a 
prominent crimson spot; the second is a slender plant like L. luteus, but with 
flowers of a pretty tint of rosy-pink. 
Finally come the Hardy Trees and Shrubs, amongst which we notice Quercus 
Libani and Q. Libani pendula , two handsome deciduous Syrian Oaks ; Ccitalpa 
synngcefolia aurea, a fine golden-leaved variety ; and Alnus glutinosa rubronervia , 
a variety with leaves of a dull bronzy-red,—all of them deciduous trees. Of 
deciduous shrubs, the most distinct is Xanthoceras sorbifolia , a native of China 
and Mongolia, which has pinnate leaves, and terminal racemes of white flowers 
with a purple eye ; it belongs to the Sapindaceae, and is quite of an ornamental 
character. Dimorphanthus mctndchuricus is a fine, erect, palm-like shrub, in the 
way of the compound-leaved Aralias, to which it is related ; Weigela Lavallei is 
a beautiful French garden variety, a showy shrub, with deep crimson flowers, 
yellow in the throat; and Philadelphus primulceflonis is another French garden 
variety, with pure white semi-double sweet-scented flowers, which look like double 
white primroses. Among evergreens, the first place must be given to Cilpressus 
Laivsonicina erecta viridis, for its refined habit, and its vivid green colour. Thuja 
orientalis semper aurea is said to retain its golden hue throughout the year, and if 
so, is an acquisition. The Versailles Laurel, Cerasus Laurocerasus latifolia wants 
proving; it produces enormous leaves on young vigorous plants. More certainly 
an acquisition is C. Laurocerasus rotundifolia , which has leaves shorter and 
rounder than usual, and is of close compact habit. Yucca patens and Y. gloriosa 
minor are both plants of the French gardens, and belong to a group which is of 
the highest value for decorative purposes. 
Here, for want of space, we must break off. Many more names might have 
been cited, and fuller particulars respecting those we have alluded to might have 
been given ; but we have preferred the rather to select the choicest gems from the 
plant wealth of 1870, and trust our compendium may be found useful as a 
guide to selection by many of our readers.—T. M. 
THE NEW FRUITS AND VEGETABLES OF 1870. 
[CQUISITIONS in the Fruit department have not been quite so numerous 
nor so important as usual. We have, nevertheless, obtained a few valu- 
able additions. In respect of Grapes , the leading fruit of this our “ bonne 
p et paisible Angleterre,” we have again something worth chronicling, not 
perhaps such nuggets as the Madresfield Court or the Golden Champion, which, 
especially the former, have so well sustained their reputation, but still extremely 
useful sorts. That long-desired white companion to the Black Hamburgh, Mr. 
Pearson promises to give us in his Chilwell White , a hybrid from the Frankenthal, 
and like it, only that the colour is white. Mr. Pearson’s Ferdinand de Lesseps has 
also won the highest honours during the past season. We have another valuable 
