. The Cottage gardener. Gardening; Gardening. WoonY-LEAVED Myetle (Mijrtus tomontosu).—Gar- dener's Magadne of Botany, vol. ii. p. 105.—This Myrtle is a native of the Neilgherry Mountains, in India, and of China and Coohin-China. It has been known to gardeners and botanists for many years, being introduced from China, by Mrs. Norman, as long since as 1776. It is a shrub, and its flowers are more beautiful than those of the Common Myrtle (M. com- munis), inasmuch as that its bright purplish-|)iulf flowers become white after a few days, and thus its sprays are adorned with blossom of many shades
. The Cottage gardener. Gardening; Gardening. WoonY-LEAVED Myetle (Mijrtus tomontosu).—Gar- dener's Magadne of Botany, vol. ii. p. 105.—This Myrtle is a native of the Neilgherry Mountains, in India, and of China and Coohin-China. It has been known to gardeners and botanists for many years, being introduced from China, by Mrs. Norman, as long since as 1776. It is a shrub, and its flowers are more beautiful than those of the Common Myrtle (M. com- munis), inasmuch as that its bright purplish-|)iulf flowers become white after a few days, and thus its sprays are adorned with blossom of many shades of colour between the two extremes we have named. It is now becoming more common, yet is of such rare occur- rence tliat it may be included among New Plants. It requires to be grown in the 5!) Jasmine-like Rhynchospermum (Rh/nchospermum jasnunoidenj.—Oardenm-s Magazine of Botany, vol. ii. p. 114.—Mr. Fortune, during his "Two years in China," discovered this plant at Shanghai, iu the year 1844. It was first made known to the public in the Journal of the Horticultural Society (vol. i. p. 74), and is, as there described, a slender climbing evergreen shrub, rooting along its branches wherever it touch esa damp surface, like Ivy. The leaves are deep green and glossy like those of the Camellia, and its flowers are white, very like those of the Jasmine, and deliciously sweet-scented. In habit it is like an Aganosma. It is a greenhouse plant, and requires a trellis. " It is to the greenhouse and conservatory," says Mr. Ayres, " what Bcn/uJaria odoratissima is to the plant ; Pueple-floweeed Cuphea (Cuplica purpurca).- Fhre dcs Scrres, t. 412.—A hybrid perennial sub- shrubby plant, seemingly suitable for bedding out, raised about 1848, by M. Delache, of St. Omer, from G. ininiata, by the pollen of O. viscosissima. The flowers are rosy tinged with purple, large, and appear through- out the summer. De. Wallioh's Beebeeey (Berherris Wal
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