NEW AND RARE PLANTS. 
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FLORICULTURE. 
ARTICLE V.—NEW AND RARE PLANTS, 
FIGURED IN THE PERIODICALS FOR OCTOBER. 
CLASS I.—PLANTS HAVING TWO COTYLEDONES OR SEED-LEAVES. 
leguminos#:, the Pea Tribe. 
Lupinus nanus. Dwarf Lupine.—The flowers of this beautiful 
Lupine are azure blue, purple, and white. Mr. David Douglas found 
the plant in California, and introduced it to the garden of the Hor¬ 
ticultural Society, whence seeds have been distributed to various col¬ 
lections. It is a hardy annual, thriving in any light soil, and is 
found to produce seeds freely.— Don. Brit. FI. Gard. 
Acacia brevipes. Short pedicelled Acacia.—This species has 
been cultivated at the Royal Gardens, at Kew, for upwards of twenty 
years. It is said to be a native of New South Wales. It is a hardy 
conservatory plant,— Curt. Bot. Mag. 
ericeze. 
Rhododendron ferrugineum album, White flowered rusty- 
leaved Rosehay.—A very dwarf shrub scarcely more than a foot high, 
with pure white flowers. It is very rare, and was probably originally 
obtained from the Pyrenees, when, according to the accurate Bauhin, 
this variety is frequently found.— Don. Brit. FI. Gard. 
Azalea danielsiana, Mr. Captain Daniel’s Chinese Azalea.— 
This plant, like most of its congeners, thrives well in rough sandy 
peat earth, the pots being well drained, kept in a dry airy part of the 
greenhouse in winter, and then not over-watered. If placed in 
moist heat, previous to flowering, there is caused a more perfect 
bloom. It is probable that it may he propagated, like the other 
Chinese species, viz. by cuttings and layers. It is generally admit¬ 
ted, that the empire of China has furnished to Europe, more splen¬ 
did flowering plants than any other portion of the globe; whether 
we view the various species collected in an indigenous state in that 
extensive empire, or the more generally cultivated and selected ob¬ 
jects from the celebrated gardens of Fa-te, near Canton, where every 
plant worthy of cultivation is to he obtained. Captain Daniels, of 
the Honourable East India Company’s Service, brought home seve¬ 
ral cases of rare plants, for Mr. Tate, of Sloane-Street, in 1830, 
among which were the double red and variegated Chinese Azaleas. 
The flowers of the A. Danielsiana are large, and of a bright scarlet 
colour. We have pleasure in stating, that from Tate’s successful 
