The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects . f its wood are rich in alkali, yielding largequantities of potash. Sargent, Catalogue of the ForestTrees of North America, p, 13. One of the noblest of North American trees byreason both of the beauty of its form and the Kew plant the leaves are smooth, darkgreen above, paler below with rusty tomentum in Var. FLORIDANUM, Chapman, Flora of the SouthernUnited Statesy p. Si. A small tree. Leaves, flowers, and fruits, scarcelyhalf as large as those of the ordinary form. This verydistinct variet
The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects . f its wood are rich in alkali, yielding largequantities of potash. Sargent, Catalogue of the ForestTrees of North America, p, 13. One of the noblest of North American trees byreason both of the beauty of its form and the Kew plant the leaves are smooth, darkgreen above, paler below with rusty tomentum in Var. FLORIDANUM, Chapman, Flora of the SouthernUnited Statesy p. Si. A small tree. Leaves, flowers, and fruits, scarcelyhalf as large as those of the ordinary form. This verydistinct variety has not yet found its way into Britishgardens. G. Nicholson, KevK CALCEOLARIA FUCHSIA-FOLIA. This fine shrubby Calceolaria (fig. 49) appears tohave been first cultivated in this country by , but it was only on its reintroduction,three or four years ago, by Messrs. Rodger, McClel-land & Co., of Newry, that it was offered to thepublic. I then gave it the name of C. fuchsisefolia,*believing it to be distinct from any describedspecies, though identical with specimens in Kew. Fig. 48.—leaf ok Acer saccharinum, var. nigrum. he concluded by remarking that there was not a fruitor seed even of our commonest plants which wouldnot amply justify and richly reward rhe most carefulstudy. Those who might never have the opportunityof devoting themselves altogether to a scientificcareer, must feel that whatever their profession oroccupation might be, a love for science not only didmuch to lighten their leisure hours, but also helped tonerve and strengthen them for the business of life. THE KEW ARBORETUM. The Maples.— saccharinum, Wang. ; Gray, Manual ofBotany, p. 119. Figs. : Emmerson, Treesand Shrubs of Massachusetts, p. 558 ; Loudon,Encycl. of Trees and Shrubs, pp. 85, loS,109. A. loriaccum, Hort. Sugar Maple, Rock Maple. Northern NewBrunswick to the western shores of Lake Superior,southward through the Northern States and along axils of veins ; in size they are 3 or
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