Reviews and Extracts. 
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Hon. Rob. Gordon. Azalea Calendulacia, var. Stapl€tonidna;—Lsi.dy Harriet 
Stapleton’s Highclere Azalia ;—(so called, in compliment to the daughter of 
the Earl of Caernarvon)—the flower is of a rich deep rose colour, Trifo- 
liam Vesiculdsumy Bladdery Trefoil;—a neat perennial, discovered by M. 
Robert, in Corsica. Jnsminum Dr, Wallich’s Nipal Jasmine;-— 
this nearly resembles the J. Revoluttim, it is hardy, and an acquisition to the 
flower garden. Alstromeria Pulchella, x^x.Pilosa; —Red-Speckled-Flowered 
Alstromeria, hairy variety ;—this is a rich flower, of a bright orange colour, 
mixed with red, it is nearly hardy, and easily cultivated; ve would recom¬ 
mend it to every lover of plants; it is said to be subject to variation, and the 
present plate. Mr. Bindley has figured, to show a slight difference that exists 
between one represented in the same work, (fol. 1008) and the present one; 
but we think it advisable not to put the subscribers to the expense of a plate 
for the information which might have been conveyed in two lines of letter- 
press, and as the editor of the Botanical Register possesses the privilege of 
figuring all the new and rare plants in the Horticultural Gardens, it cannot 
be for want of subjects ; yet notwithstanding, we believe the Botanical 
Register to be, by far, the best work of the kind published. Gaultheria Shal- 
the Shallon Gaultheria;—a dwarf shrub, with some share of beauty, it 
grows in the woods of North-west America, and was introduced by Mr. Doug¬ 
las, in 1826. The fruit is made into cakes and eaten by the native Indians, 
but is not very palatable to an English stomach, Potenfilla Missourica, Mis¬ 
souri Cinquefoil;—a hardy yellow-flowering perennial, from North-America; 
the seeds were collected by Dr. Richardson. Also the letter-press of the Iris 
lUcolor, figured in No. 2, for April, (page 1404) this is one of the gayest of 
this beautiful tribe of plants; it is treated as a half-hardy, and planted during 
the summer, on a north aspect, where it greatly flourishes; its origin is 
unknown. 
No. 4, FOR June, contains, 
Turroea Pinndta] —a tender stove plant, with light rose-coloured flowers, 
was brought to England, by Dr. Wallich, in 1828, and pi’esented to the 
Horticultural Society, in wdiose gardens it flowered in March, 1830, but as 
the learned Doctor’s acquaintance with the shrub was very limited, its 
genus is scarcely determined. Rhododendron Alta-Clerense, Highclere Rho¬ 
dodendron;—this is an hybrid of the most exquisite beauty, its flowers are 
of a transparent crimson colour, rendered still more bright by a few distinct 
spots of a darker hue; its foliage too is very handsome; it was raised at 
Highclere, the seat of the Earl of Caernarvon, and is intermediate between 
the R. Arbdreum of Nipal, (which is known to be rather a tender plant, 
bearing flowers of a deep carmine colour and growing to the height of a small 
tree) and a seedling from R. Catawbiense, which had been fertilized by the 
pollen of R. Ponticum; it is quite hardy, and of extremely vigorous 
growth, and is by far the handsomest variety that has yet appeared. Epi- 
dindrum Odoratissimum, Sweet-scented Epidendrum;—this fragrant plant is 
a native of the woods near Rio Janeiro, from whence it w'as introduced a few 
years since, and flowered in the Society’s garden, at Chiswick, last summer; 
the flowers have no particular beauty, being small, and of a greenish-yellow 
colour, it grows freely in decayed moss and wood, well drained, and placed in 
a hot damp part of the stove. Crocus Vernus,\. leucorhyncusy Pheasant’s-fea- 
ther Crocus;—a pretty variety, raised by Mr. Williams, of Turnham Green, 
who gave it its name; the colour of the petals are a pale blue, except the 
