14. Caméllia japónica atrorùbens. Loddiges' Bot. Cab. Loddiges' Red Camellia.

This camellia was first introduced by the Messrs. Loddiges, of Hackney, Eng., from China, and has since borne their name. It is a good variety; the flowers are crimson, and more persistent than any sort I am acquainted with, often remaining on the plant in considerable perfection for several weeks. Yours,

Dorchester, Dec. 1835.

(To be continued.)

M. P. WILDER.

ART. VI. Notices of new and beautiful Plants figured in the London Floricultural and Botanical Magazines; with some Account of those which it would be desirable to introduce into our Gardens.

Edwards's Botanical Register, or Ornamental Flower Garden and Shrubbery. Each number containing eight figures of Plants and Shrubs. In monthly numbers, 4s. colored, 3s. plain. Edited by John Lindley, Ph. D., F. R. S., L. S., and G. S., Professor of Botany in the University of London.

Curtis's Botanical Magazine, or Flower Garden Displayed, containing eight plates. In monthly numbers, 3s. 6d. colored, 3s. plain. Edited by William Jackson Hooker, L. L. D., F. R. A., and L. S., Regius Professor of Botany in the University of Glasgow.

Notes relating to Floriculture.-The British Botanist's Magazine is about to appear in London, conducted by Joseph Harrison. Also, a Companion to the Floricultural Cabinet and Florist's Magazine, by the same author. To be published monthly. The former is to contain colored plates of plants indigenous to Great Britain, with scientific descriptions, synonyms, &c. The latter to be embellished with three colored plates of the most ornamental plants.

The Journal of Botany, by Dr. Hooker, has been discontinued; and, to supply its place, the first number of the Companion to the Botanical Magazine appeared on August 1st. Each number contains two sheets of printed matter, accompanied with two plates partially colored. The price of the Magazine, with the Companion stitched in, is 4s. 6d.

PEO NIA.

DICOTYLEDONOUS, POLYPETALOUS PLANTS.

III. Ranunculacea.

Rússi Bivone Crimson Pony. A hardy perennial plant. Flowers crimson; appearing in May; propagated by division of the root. Bot. Mag., t. 3431.

This species is a fine addition to collections. The flower is single, from six to ten petals, but of a deep rich crimson, Dr. Hooker states that "so many

inclining to coral color.

kinds and varieties of the pæony are now cultivated in our gardens, that it would puzzle the most acute botanist to mark the limits of the species." (Bot. Mag., Sept.)

CAMELLIA.

XXXII. Ternströmià ceæ.

In the Floricultural Cabinet for September, another of the new kinds, raised at the seat of M. P. Campbell, in Lancashire, is figured. It much resembles, according to the colored plate, C. eclipsis, but the stripes are much darker and more distinct, running straight through the centre of nearly every petal. We have seen drawings of fine flake carnations which were not more regularly marked than this sort.

C. japónica élegans is now in flower at Hawthorn Grove, Dorchester. It is truly a most superb variety; we scarcely know of a pink flower of any kind in which the tint is so pure, deep, rich and lively. With the exception of a blossom which opened in our collection last spring, supposed élegans, this is the first that has flowered here. C. japónica Gilesii is a new variety Mr. Wilder has in his collection; the plant is yet very small. C. japónica eximia of the French and English have a great similarity of appearance in foliage; that of the former has flowered; but it does not resemble the figure in Chandler & Booth's Illustrations. It is a rose color, with a warratah centre.

Chorozema Henchmánii is figured in Paxton's Magazine of Botany for September. It is a splendid species; it was introduced into England in 1824. We wish plants of this genus were oftener met with in green-houses than they are at present.

CRATE GUS

LXXIII. Rosacea.

coccinea L. Large flowered American White Thorn. A hardy plant, growing several feet high; flowers white; appearing in May. A native of North America. Bot. Mag., t. 3432.

This "extremely beautiful plant," Dr. Hooker says, "is assuredly one of the greatest ornaments to our shrubberies, loaded, as it is in the month of May, with its large clusters of white, but scarcely fragrant blossoms." It is well known in our gardens for its highly ornamental character. (Bot. Mag. Sept.)

CA SSIA

LXXVII. Leguminoseæ.

glandulosa L. Glandular-leaved Cassia. A stove shrub, growing four feet high; flowers yellow, appearing nearly all the year. A native of Trinidad. Propagated by seeds. Bot. Mag., t. 3455.

This is a valuable species; it is one of the few which require the heat of the stove to produce its blossoms, which it does in such situations "copiously for at least nine months out of the twelve." The branches are somewhat straggling and pendent, thus presenting the flowers to view under the highly graceful foliage. A desirable species, introduced from Trinidad. (Bot. Mag., Sept.)

AZA RA (named after Joseph Nicholas Azara, a Spanish gentleman, of whom nothing further is known, except that he was a patron of science) dentata Ruiz et Pavon. Toothed Azara. A hardy shrub; flowers yellowish; propagated by cuttings and layers. A native of Chili. Bot. Reg., t. 1788.

"A very handsome evergreen bush, with remarkably glossy deep bright green leaves." It is hardy in England, but may not prove so in our climate. The flowers appear at the axils of the leaves, rather inconspicuous, and of a dull yellow color. The driest weather does not affect it in the least; on this account it would be a valuable addition to our collections, as it would flourish finely under our scorching sun. (Bot. Reg., Sept.)

ARCTOSTA PHYLOS Adanson. (Bearberry, or Bear-grape, is a literal translation of the Greek words of which this name is composed).

tomentosa Arbutus tomentosa Pursh Downy Bearberry. A hardy evergreen shrub; flowers white; appearing in March. A native of North-West America. Bot. Reg., t. 1791.

"A curious and rare evergreen shrub, native of rocky places on the west side of North America." It is the Arbutus tomentosa of Pursh. The plate represents a terminal shoot, on which is two pendent racemes of delicate white flowers; each raceme being compound, or divided into three or more parts of about equal lengths. It has flowered this season for the first time in England, in the open air, in the collection of William Harrison, Esq., of Cheshnut, where the plant has stood for four years. At Glasgow it is kept in the green-house. It grows in peat and loam in a sheltered situation. Desirable to introduce to our gardens. Appended to this plate are some remarks, by Dr. Lindley, on the importance of introducing into England several magnificent plants of the natural order Ericàceæ. These are the genus Befaria, which contains many species more beautiful than even Rhododendron and Azalea, the Thibaudias, with their long tubular crimson blossoms and species of the Gaylassaccia. These, he states, "inhabit the Cordilleras of Peru, in the country of the Cinchonas." From the dried specimens of several plants which have lately been received from Cinchona, Dr. Lindley has described and named "a most lovely plant" in honor of the Duke of Devonshire, one of the most noble patrons of science of the present day, and whose rare and valuable collection of plants at Chatsworth is becoming the most extensive and celebrated in England. It is called Cavendishia. It is "apparently an evergreen shrub, with foliage similar to a camellia." The flowers are arranged in "terminal capitate racemes." Corolla, tubular, bright crimson, an inch long.

We hope that the wealthy nobleman of England, will be stimulated to exertion by his excellent remarks. (Bot. Reg., Sept.)

VACCIN IUM

DICOTYLEDONOUS, MONOPETALOUS PLANTS.

CLXXII. Vaccineæ.

corymbosum L. V. amænum Hort. Kew. V. dimorphum Micha. V. fuscátum Pursh. V. formosum Andr. Bot. Mag. V. virgatum Wats. Many-flowered Whortleberry. A hardy shrub; four feet high; flowers rosy white; appearing in May. A native of North America. Bot. Mag., t. 3433.

Dr. Hooker unites all these species in corymbosum, and remarks that it is "well worthy a place in the garden." It is one of our commonest species, abounding throughout the country. (Bot. Mag., Sept.)

CXCV. Asclepiadeæ.

CALOTRO PIS (literally "beautifully tinted," apparently in reference to the corolla of C. gigántea.) procèra R. Brown Asclepias procèra Hort. Kew. Asclepias giganten Andr. Reposit. Tall Calotropis. A stove shrub; growing ten or more feet high; flowers purplish red, appearing in April. A native of St. Jago. Introduced in 1832. Lot. Reg., t. 1792.

This very singular plant "was raised in the garden of Sir Charles Lemon, Bart., M. P., at Carcleu, in June, 1832." The stem is round, pale green; leaves opposite; about five inches long. Flowers appear in terminal panicles, seven to ten in each; they are slightly campanulate, about an inch in diameter. The petals outwardly are of a pale silvery color, inside deep purplish red. Remains in flower several weeks. The juice of this plant is stated to be administered successfully in ringworm and other cutaneous affections. It flourishes freely in a soil of sandy loam and vegetable mould. (Bot. Reg., Sept.)

GESNE RA

CCIX.

Gesnereæ.

faucialis Lindl. Wide-Mouthed Gesnera. A green-house plant; with deep red flowers ; propagated like the other species. Introduced in 1834. Bot. Reg., t. 1785.

The Hon. and Rev. Mr. Herbert considers this as the "finest of the genus.' It is similar to G. bulbosa, but more brilliant. The flowers are terminal, about six, springing out in a raceme form, the penduncles of the lower ones gracefully pendent. It is a native of Brazil. (Bot. Reg., Sept.)

CCXVII. Bignoniaceæ.

CRESCE NTIA (so named in honor of Peter Crescentio, an Italian writer on agriculture). cujète Linn. Calabash tree. A tree growing twenty or more feet high, requiring the heat of the stove; flowers white. A native of the West Indies. Bot. Mag., t. 3470.

This is the calabash tree of which we hear so frequent mention, and the fruit of which is used for so many purposes by the natives of the West Indies. It has been cultivated in England ever since 1690, but has not flowered until the present year. These specimens were from the garden of Charles Horsfall, Esq. Pieces of the tree are frequently sent to England with epyphytes attached to them, and they easily grow when placed in the earth. The wood of the tree is used for innumerable purposes. (Bot. Mag., Sept.)

REVIEWS.

ART. I. Chemistry applied to Agriculture. By JOHN ANTONY CHAPTAL, Count of Cantaloup, Peer of France, Member of the Institute, &c. First American, translated from the second French, edition. 1835. 12mo. pp. 365. Boston.

THIS work is laid before the American public as a more modern and perfect treatise of agricultural chemistry, being the results of the labors and studies of an eminent French chemist during many years' experience in such pursuits. Sir Humphrey Davy's Lectures were published in 1813, and ten years afterwards, appeared the first edition of the present work; and, in 1829, a second edition, increased in several particulars. Although almost entirely of a local character, there are, nevertheless, several points of interest to every agriculturist applicable to all countries; and some subjects, though often treated before, yet deserving renewed attention. The atmosphere and its influence on vegetation; the nature of soils, and their action; the nature of manures; the vegetable economy and laws relating to the physiology of plants; improvement of soil; succession of crops; treatises on the products of the farm; cultivation of the beet for sugar, are all particularly considered. One great merit is its simplicity and great plainness-the reduction of philosophical theory to simple truth.

Chemistry, as indeed the other sciences, have been too little regarded in connexion with the culture of the soil, and yet thousands are the errors which a better knowledge of what concerns the material on which we expend our labor, might be avoided by a better and closer attention to them. Seldom any thing but long experience, and this too often by the result of costly experiments, acquaint us with the nature of the soil, and what crops will best succeed on this or that land; or whether it be more or less favorable to the increase of some insect or deleterious parisitic plant, which effects the produce. We could wish that different notions respecting this subject existed, and a yet more general diffusion of the correct and modern system of husbandry. Nor do these remarks apply only to our agriculturists, in the common meaning of the term, but those who minister among the more delicate productions of the garden, would do well to make themselves acquainted with the secret laws which govern the subjects of their care. Invested with these, they may render the barren wilderness a garden,