The Gardener’s monthly and horticultural advertiser . a different look. By tho cntcrprize of the Vcitchcsof London, it has been recently brought into cultiva-tion, and is already commanding great nitention. Sir\Y. Hooker says, it is assuredly liighly ornamen-tal ; and the Cottage Gardener says :— TheFernor Lycopod-lookingcvergrecn,close-grow-ing shrub called Chaiixcbatia foliolosa, is really a gemof a thing, but is up at astiffish price yet. Mr. Veitchexhibited dried specimens of the flowers of this lit-tle charmer at the Crystal Palace, and you wouldtake them for Mays or Hawthorn blossoms in
The Gardener’s monthly and horticultural advertiser . a different look. By tho cntcrprize of the Vcitchcsof London, it has been recently brought into cultiva-tion, and is already commanding great nitention. Sir\Y. Hooker says, it is assuredly liighly ornamen-tal ; and the Cottage Gardener says :— TheFernor Lycopod-lookingcvergrecn,close-grow-ing shrub called Chaiixcbatia foliolosa, is really a gemof a thing, but is up at astiffish price yet. Mr. Veitchexhibited dried specimens of the flowers of this lit-tle charmer at the Crystal Palace, and you wouldtake them for Mays or Hawthorn blossoms in thatdried-up state. The flowers are white. Nevidsi.\ Al.\—Our young botanistswill have a new incentive to their exploring laborsin the older settled States, by the discovery of an en-tirely new genus in the State of Alabama, of whichthe cut annexed is a an ornamental foliaged stove plant allied toCaladium,with large, shining, bronzy leaves covered with asingularly beautiful metallic bloom; Spha-roslemamarmoratum, a silvery white motlled-leaved climb-ing stove plant, which will form a good companionto the well-known Cissus discolor; Anaclochilus Pe-tola from Java, with dark green leaves, beautifullytraversed with pale yellowish veins; Plocostemmalasianthum, a waim greenhouse shrub, with those of Cyrtoceras reflexum; and thepretty little Borncan Fern called Lindsmi Louii. Gtnerium argentecm—Tlie Pampas Grass.—(SeeFrontispiece.)—We had the pleasure of seeing lastseason, on the grounds of Mr. Alfred Cope, near Phil-adelphia, a beautiful specimen of this noble grass, ofwhich tho engraving, from tho Floricvllurul Cabinet,is a correct representation. Mr. Copes plant had notquite so many spikes of flowers as the one had stood out (he previous severe winter, by hav-ing some dry leaves piled over it, and s
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