rally of lighter green and less substantial, and the bloom 
odorous. Miller made three species of them, of which the 
double variety of odorum constituted one. 
The present plant is a straight branching shrub, remind- 
ing us of the Osier, seldom exceeding 7-8 feet: stem round, 
bark brown: Jeaves firm narrow-lanceolate, 3-6 inches long, 
%-1 inch broad, generally in threes :; cymes terminal, many-. 
flowered, loose: corolla much multiplied, peach-coloured, 
becoming redder when exposed to the open air for any time; 
scent resembling that of bitter almonds, or rather the 
peruvian Heliotrope, but still more powerful, 
Cultivated in the Chelsea physic-garden in 1683; but 
had either become very rare or been entirely lost: for, on 
the return of an intercourse with France,. plants. of -it 
brought from thence were regarded as novelties by our 
gardeners, and supposed to be different from those formerly 
in the country. But this is a mistake, the present be- 
ing certainly the variety cultivated by Miller, as we have 
proved both by the description in his dictionary and 
the specimen in the Banksian Herbarium. However, this 
will not depreciate its worth, since there cannot be a more 
desirable plant for our collections. ’ 
It is known in the West Indies by the name of the South 
Sea Rose, and was much cultivated there for ornamental 
fences, till having been found noxious to the cattle that) 
browzed it, it was confined to 'the garden. Both this and’ 
Oleander have the reputation of being poisonous. 
From size well suited to the border of the conservatory; 
will do in the greenhouse, but we have never seen it in 
such perfection as in the hothouse, where it will continue 
to bloom till winter sets in, Multiplied by cuttings. 
The drawing was made at Mr. Knight’s nursery, King’s 
Road, Little Chelsea. The plant is now in almost all the 
principal nurseries near London. 
