. The Annals of Horticulture and Year-Book of Information on Practical Gardening. It is a perennial, with trailing stems, whichcreep along the surface of the ground, rootingas they go. It is clothed with glutinous hairs,both on the stems, on the margins of theleaves, and on the stalks of the leaves andblossoms. The stems are furnished withopposite leaves of ovate-obtuse form, and asomewhat fleshy texture ; they are about aninch and a half in length, and attached to thestem by erect stalks, as long as, or longerthan, themselves. The flowers grow at theaxils, in close umbels, much like a head of
. The Annals of Horticulture and Year-Book of Information on Practical Gardening. It is a perennial, with trailing stems, whichcreep along the surface of the ground, rootingas they go. It is clothed with glutinous hairs,both on the stems, on the margins of theleaves, and on the stalks of the leaves andblossoms. The stems are furnished withopposite leaves of ovate-obtuse form, and asomewhat fleshy texture ; they are about aninch and a half in length, and attached to thestem by erect stalks, as long as, or longerthan, themselves. The flowers grow at theaxils, in close umbels, much like a head of Verbena blossoms, and stand on erect stalks,three or four inches long ; the flowers consistof a long slender tube, with a flat five-cleftlimb, the lobes of which are very regularlytwo-parted ; they are of a rosy-violet colour,and agreeably sweet scented, especially in theevenings. The blossoms are individuallyabout the size of those of a Verbena. This species has been introduced to Eng-land by the Horticultural Society of London,through the instrumentality of their collector,. Mr. Hartweg. The seeds appear to havebeen received in January, 1848, and plantsraised from them blossomed towards the endof the summer of that year. Mr. Hartwegmet with it on the sands near the sea-shore, atMonterey, in California. It appears fromMr. Hartwegs published Journal, that twospecies were met with ; the present, which hecalls Abronia rosea, having pink flowers, andanother mentioned, Abronia mellifera, withorange-coloured flowers ; both are spoken ofas spreading on the sands by the sea-shore,and delightfully scenting the air with theirperfume towards evening. Mr. Hartweggives the locality as Carmel Bay, an easytwo hours walk from Monterey. Coming therefore from the very shores ofthe Pacific, in the latitude of Monterey, itcannot be expected to prove perfectly hardyin England. It is, however, sufficiently so toflourish in our climate during the summermonths ; and, in fact, should have treatmentso
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