ArorsT 
16, 1913. 
THE GARDENERS’ MAGAZINE. 
C21 
I NEW PLANTS AND FLOWERS. t 
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othc^ Cape plants, and is now seldom seen in 
cultivation. It is a native of South Africa, 
and is known by the Kaffirs as the Umqwa- 
shube, and by the European settlers as the 
Red Alder. The tree is remarkable for the 
hardness and the rich red colour of its wood. 
“ Rot. Mag.,” t. 8,504. 
VINCA DIFFORMIS. 
DENDROMECON RIGIDUM. 
Though by no means a new plant, this 
species is not very largely represented in 
gardens, even in the south. It is hardy if 
planted in a warm position, and will gene¬ 
rally succeed where Romneya Coulter! does 
i»ell. Tile flowers are bright yellow, poppy¬ 
like, but flatfish, and borne singly on young 
shwts. From the axil of the first leaf below 
the flower another shoot proceeds, and often 
extends beyond the flower ere the latter is 
fully open, and it in turn produces a bloom. 
The spwies is shrubby, is a native of the 
mountains of California, and has rather rigid, 
lauoe-shaped, glaucous green leaves. A.M., 
R.H.S., July 29. Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart, 
(gardener, Mr. Bain), Burford Lodge, Dork- 
RHODODENDRON AUGUSTINI. 
Named in honour of Dr. Augustine Henry, 
its first discoverer, this new hardy Chinese 
species is a promising garden plant. It 
grows a^ft. to 5ft, high, and bears large, 
showy^ purplish-lilac flowers, spotted with 
yellow or orange on the dorsal lobes of the 
corolla. The wavy corolla lobes are a con¬ 
spicuous feature. “ Bot. Mag.,” t. 8,497. 
HYPERICUM AUREUM. 
An old, but distinct species of St. John’s 
Wort, that flowers freely in August produc¬ 
ing golden-yellow flowers with ’deflexed 
petals, and a large cluster of orange-coloured 
.stamens. It is quite hardy, and forms a neat 
tw-like shrub from 2ft. to 4ft. high. Bot. 
Mag.,” t. 8,498. 
AMELANCHIER OLIGOCARPA. 
A shrubby species, rarely exceeding 5ft. in 
^‘ght. Its white flowers are generally pro- 
nucM in clusters of three, so that in this re- 
!!f^r stature, it differs 
markedly from the freer flowering A. cana- 
den«,. Mag.,” t. 8,499. 
altitude of between 4,000 and 5,000 feet, and 
is quite hardy in this country. “ Bot. Mag.,” 
t. 8,503. 
CUNONIA CAPENSIS. 
A distinct tree, bearing elegant spikes of 
This species of Vinca is a native of the 
We-stern and Central Mediterranean region, 
where it grows freely in moist and shady 
places. It is a dwarf shrublet, and of free 
growth in a genial climate, but is not so 
densis. “ Bot : 
OSBECKIA STELLATA. 
This shrubby greenhouse plant is remini- 
ef- ^ 1®^ Pleroma macrantha. It has 
leaves, and bears its flowers 
rminally. The four broad petals are deep 
hlnl stamens being yellow; each 
Ufar? ^three inches across. It ap- 
mts to have been first discovered in 1802, 
thia ^ advertised for sale in 
^ country in 1822. « Bot. Mag.,” t. 8,500. 
agave WARELLIANA. 
producing a rosette of larga 
ud a a 2Jft. long, and throwing 
dSctl S''* The lowers are pr<? 
over tl. Bpper 9ft., yellowish green, 
Cn T'ith stout violet- 
heatin» a”*f**®’ inches long, each 
Moxi^n . tawny-yellow anther. A 
“Bot allied to A. macrantha. 
Mag.,” t. 8,501. 
A di EMINENS. 
R*‘c«nhon^* composite, which thrives in the 
^bout sevA«f been in cultivation 
^**^1 AniArin ^ It is a native of Cen- 
^ 4,500 w ^ with at from 3,000 
of the sea level. The plant 
Woderate «; * forms a shrub of 
vellow dut flowers are white with 
"Bot. Maw’ ” t 8 loose corymbs. 
An int SEDUM PILOSUM. 
tjoa. terna^aWo ww”®!* biennial dura- 
The distinctness and f^granr S™*-;—^ ““ae^s pro'- and V. minor, and therefore not so useful 
in heiwht ® *'"® to throe ‘r€fl^,”t‘y “7 su^ntiriofty to for general cultivation. Canon Ellaeombe 
rt,®f ^«®^^ou;e^“flor:^"7, I^mm^at^^ie^s 'm<5^raTstatnr^^^^ has |rown it for many years in his garden 
"'‘•■'Caneasus'wh^rir is'fU^r^f:: ftTarSinThlt^that has befell iany at Bilton. “Bot. Mag.,” t. 8,506. 
DENDROMECON RIGIDUM. 
* IJ UrvatrATVA/i all rub that is hurdv in favoured situations and sheltered gardens. 
A R H.S., July 29. Sir Trevor Lawren^, Bart, (gardener, Mr. Bain), Burford Lodge, 
