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THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST. 
[January, . 
variety, -which was raised from the Pitmaston Orange, Dr. Hogg observes :—“ It 
has the same yellow flesh as its parent, and is much richer in flavour, in that 
respect partaking somewhat of the fragrancy of that of the Pine-apple.”—T. M. 
NEW PLANTS OF 1871. 
^OMMENCINGr with the hardier series, we purpose here to pass in review 
some of the more important acquisitions of the year which has just passed 
away. The number of the New Plants which annually come to the front 
is really astonishing, and we can do no more than briefly indicate those 
which in our opinion are the most desirable amongst them. 
In the group of Hardy Evergreen Trees and Shrubs we find Quercus striata , 
a Japanese tree, half-hardy, or possibly hardy in sheltered places. This is 
pyramidal in habit, and its ovate lanceolate, toothed leaves are distinctly banded 
with oblique lines of green and gold. The French gardens have Wellingtonia 
giganteci pendula , a drooping-branched variety, said to be well-marked and 
ornamental. The Juniperus chinensis aarea is probably one of the finest of recent 
evergreens, being hardy and free-growing as the type, and well-marked with a 
thoroughly fixed golden variegation. Amongst Deciduous Trees Maackia amurensis 
is the most decided novelty. It comes from the valley of the Amoor, bears pinnate 
leaves, and produces long, dense, spike-like racemes of white papilionaceous 
flowers. The ever-blooming Robinia Pseud-Acacia semperjlorens of French gar¬ 
dens, which is said to continue flowering on from April till autumn, must be a 
fine ornamental tree. Albizzici rosea , a North American tree, hardy in Paris, is 
very floriferous, and its heads of long crimson stamens are very showy. Then 
we have two more of the pretty Japanese Maples in Acer palmatum ornatum, and 
A.palmatum crispum. Passing on to Deciduous Shrubs, we find Cerasus Siebolclii 
roseoplena , a beautiful shrub with pendent branches, and double rose-coloured 
flowers ; and Cerasus pendula rosea , slender and drooping, the branches profusely 
laden with blossoms of a delicate pink, both Japanese; Rhus Osbeckii , also 
Japanese, with handsome pinnate leaves having winged rachides; two Mock 
Oranges— Philadelphus rubricaulis , and P. parvijlorus , both Chinese, and said to 
be of ornamental character; Rhododendron (Azalea) molle , a fine Japanese 
shrub, with bold deep orange-yellow flowers, and likely to be the parent of a 
numerous progeny of garden varieties like the hardy Azaleas of America ; Rosa 
rugosa , at first called R. Regeliana , a dwarf and very distinct Japanese species, 
with large crimson flowers like single Pseonies ; and Lonicera Periclymenum 
aureum , with golden variegated leaves. 
The Hardy Perennial . group has yielded the following subjects of merit:— 
Primula japonica, the finest plant of the season, with its tall, whorled scapes of 
rich magenta blossoms ; Linum campanulatum, a very much improved L. jlavum, 
from the south of Europe ; Litliospermum petrceum and L. Gastoni , also Euro- 
paeum, two dwarf plants, with charming blue flowers ; Androsace carnea eximia , 
in which the umbellate flowers are rosy-purple ; Baptisia leucophcea , with trifo- 
