prove to be what we call hard-headed, that is, open badly, or not at all, like Smith's yellow Noisette, and Bourbon Tea. Athens, Ga., Sept. 20, 1847.

ART. III. Wendell's Mottled Bigarreau Cherry; with an Engraving of the Fruit. By Dr. HERMAN WENDELL, Academy Park, Albany, N. Y.

SOME time since, we noticed this new and fine cherry as having been exhibited before the Albany and Rensselaer Horticultural Society in June last, where it attracted much attention; and, in our September number, we announced that

Fig. 45. Wendell's Mottled
Bigarreau Cherry.

a description of it would soon appear in our pages. Owing, however, to some de ay, the drawing did not come to hand in season, and we now have the pleasure of presenting it with a correct description by Dr. Wendell.

This new and beautiful variety is the produce of a seedling tree grown by Dr. Wendell, of Albany. The seed was of the large white Bigarreau, from a garden of that city which has in it a collection of the finer varieties of the cherry. The seed was sown in 1840, and the tree first bore a few cherries in 1845. Dr. Wendell's description is as follows:

The mottled Bigarreau, (fig. 45,) is of large size, regular, obtuse-heart-shaped, dark purplish red, and beautifully mottled with dark points, those points becoming quite indistinct, however, when the fruit is fully ripe; the suture is distinctly marked with a dark line extending about half way round the fruit. The stalk is about an inch and a half long, somewhat stout, and set in a round and regular depression. The flesh is firm and crisp, though not tough, but juicy, high-flavored and rich. The fruit is ripe from the tenth

to the fifteenth of July, about the time of Downer's Late Red. The tree is of upright growth, quite thrifty, and an early bearer, as the seed was sown only seven years since, and this is the third time it has borne. The first year, it bore three cherries-last year, about a dozen!-and this year, (1847,) more than a quart! H. W.

Academy Park, Albany, September, 1847.

ART. IV. Floricultural and Botanical Notices of New and Beautiful Plants figured in Foreign Periodicals; with Descriptions of those recently introduced to, or originated in, American Gardens.

Mr. Beck's new Pelargoniums of 1847.-Last winter, (p. 41,) we presented our readers with an article on the Cultivation of the Pelargonium, and, at the same time, gave a full description of his seedlings, of 1845 and 1846, and which were the leading kinds exhibited the past season at the London exhibitions. We now present a full description of his newest seedlings, which have not yet been exhibited only by himself, and which attracted universal admiration at the May and June shows of the London Horticultural Society. They are offered for sale, young plants to be delivered in October 1847, at £1 11s. 6d. sterling each:

CENTURION. A flower of moderate size; deep rosy purple under petals, with a blotch on each; centre white, with richcolored top petals; prolific bloomer, and excellent habit.

CRUENTA. A high-colored flower, with broad under petals. of a rich crimson salmon color; top petals deeper in tone, with a large blotch terminating abruptly in the centre, which is white; particularly stout habit.

CAVALIER.-A remarkably bright flower; lower petals of a delicate salmon color; a scarlet hue pervades the top petals, which have a deep blotch, and are velvety in texture; a very constant and prolific bloomer, very distinct, and an excellent flower for exhibiting, though of feeble habit, and with parsleyshaped foliage.

CASSANDRA.-Dark maroon upper petals one mass of color, except a narrow clean bright margin; lower petals light pink; free bloomer, and good habit.

GULIELMA.—A very smooth, constant, and well-shaped variety; a deep lilac purple spot shades off to the margin of the upper petals; the lower ones are of a lighter color, with a clean white eye; excellent habit and bloomer.

GUSTAVUS.-Striking flower; upper petals very dark maroon blotch, with deep rose edge; lower ones rose ground, with whitish eye deeply veined down to the centre; good habit, free bloomer, and constant.

HONORA. A round, moderate-sized flower, very clean pinkish white lower petals, with steady purple maroon spot upon the upper ones, leaving a well-defined margin; not a free bloomer or strong habit.

ROSAMUNDA novel variety, of a general rich rosy purple, with striking white eye, fine dark spot terminating well at the base of the petals, and shading gradually off to the margin; good habit, free bloomer, and constant.

BLANCHE. Large pinkish white flower, with well-defined dark spot, broad petals, but not smooth on the edges; abundant bloomer, and good habit.

GRANDIFLORA-A thin, large, good-shaped, constant variety, rosy-scarlet lower petals, the upper ones of a deeper color, with dark crimson spot veining off to the edge and throat.

Anemone japónica.-This very beautiful plant is now in bloom in our collection, and it is a fine acquisition to our stock of late flowering perennials. A young plant imported last February, has grown so rapidly as to fill a pot ten inches in diameter, and, during the whole of October, it has been one of the finest objects of the conservatory. It grows about fifteen inches high, with a neat anemone-like foliage, and the pale rosy flowers, which are semi-double, and rise on tall stems, are exceedingly showy. Throughout the summer, it

has been placed in the open air.

Céstrum aurantiacum is also now flowering in the stove, where its panicles of deep yellow, tubular blossoms are highly ornamental, especially at this season of the year, when there are but few yellow flowers. The plants have been kept in the greenhouse all summer, and, now brought into a little

higher temperature, the flowers are developed in all their beauty.

Calystègia pubescens.-This beautiful plant, which we have already described, (p. 358,) and which has recently flowered in our collection, will probably prove a most valuable summer flowering plant. M. Van Houtte states that the mere figure of the plant does not give scarcely any idea of the "floral luxury which is developed under good culture. The little roots or rhizomes were left in the open ground, only protected with a good covering of leaves, and this year they flourished in a most remarkable manner. The branches were more than six feet long, and much ramified, gracefully twining round the branches of trees which had been placed in the form of a hedge, and entirely covering them with their leaves. They flowered splendidly all summer, and were, as late as Sept. 15th, covered with a multitude of blossoms, much larger in size, and more brilliant in coloring, than the English figure. The flowers are quite full and double, of a beautiful rose, and, in their form, resemble large, irregular roses, which have been fixed upon the stem of a Convolvulus. Experience proves that it will be a fine acquisition to summer flowering plants in the open air." From the success which has attended the culture of Ipomæas in the open ground, we suspected that the Calystègia would thrive well; but it has hitherto been rather too rare to spare the plants for this purpose. Another year, we shall try M. Van Houtte's plan.-Ed.

33. THIBAU DIA PULCHERRIMA Wallich Beautiful Thibaudia.

(Vacciniàceæ.)

A greenhouse shrub ; growing four to six feet high; with yellow and scarlet flowers; appearing in winter; a native of India; increased by cuttings; grown in heath soil and loam. Flore des Serres, pl. 243. 1847.

A very showy and beautiful shrub, attaining the height of four or five feet, with branches clothed with immense clusters of yellow and scarlet tubular flowers, somewhat resembling the larger heaths. The flowers appear only on the two year old wood, in pendent fascicles of from twelve to twenty each, in all the stages of development, and, from their peculiar striated aspect, present a remarkably gay appearance. It was found in the north of India, by Dr. Wallich, and it has recently been introduced to England by Messrs. Luconibe,

Pince & Co., of Exeter. The cultivation is simple, only requiring a good soil, composed of loam, leaf mould, and heath soil. The flowers begin to open in December, and bloom till spring. (Flore des Serres, July.)

34. CAMPANULA NO'BILIS Lindl. Noble-flowered Campanula. (Campanulaceæ.)

A half-hardy (or hardy) herbaceous plant; growing three feet high; with blue flowers; appearing in autumn; a native of China; increased by division of the root; grown in any good soil. Flore des Serres, pl 247. 1847.

In habit, grandeur, and the form of its flowers, this fine species resembles the Blue Bell; it is, however, perennial, and the flowers are larger than the Blue Bell, measuring three inches long, and one and a half in diameter. The leaves are deeply heart-shaped, of a bright pale green, and placed on footstalks from six to nine inches long. From among them rises the flower stem, which branches at the bottom, and bears upon its divisions several fine nodding flowers, which seem to be the largest yet found among campanulas. The corolla is pale purple on the outside, paler within, and sprinkled with bright purple dots, exceedingly beautiful.

This is one of Mr. Fortune's acquisitions in China, where he found it ornamenting the gardens of Chusan and Shanghæ. It has hitherto been treated as a greenhouse plant; but there is little doubt it will be as hardy as the other species. Our plants, which were imported last spring, were not quite strong enough to bloom, but will do so next year. When our stock is more abundant, we shall try its hardiness in the open ground. It prefers a soil principally composed of rough sandy peat. (Flore des Serres, &c., July.)

35. ACHIMENES IGNE SCENS Nob. Brilliant-colored Achimenes. (Gesneràceæ.)

A greenhouse plant; growing two feet high; with scarlet flowers; appearing in summer; a native of Guatemala ; increased by offsets; grown in peat, leaf mould, and sand. Flore des Serres, pl. 248. 1847.

New species are yearly being added to this fine tribe, and the present is one recently received in the collection of Van Houtte from Guatemala. In general habit, it resembles hirsùta, but the flowers are clear scarlet, except the throat, which is yellow. With all the brilliancy of the old coccinea, its habit is stronger, and flowers much larger; cultivated like the other species. (Flore des Serres, &c., July.)