An Address delivered at the Eighth Session of the International Medical Congress, Copenhagen, August 12, 1884.
Della influenza dei boshi sulla malaria dominante nella regiona marittima della provincia di Roma. Annali di Agricoltura, No. 77, 1884. Roma: Eredi Botta.
HALESIA HISPIDA.
HALESIA HISPIDA: HARDY SHRUB: FLOWERS WHITE.
This fine hardy shrub is perhaps best known under the name of Pterostyrax, but we think gardeners will, quite independently of botanical grounds, be inclined to thank Messrs. Bentham and Hooker for reducing the genus to the more easily remembered name of Halesia. Halesia hispida is a hardy Japanese shrub of recent introduction, with numerous white Deutzia-like flowers in long terminal racemes. A peculiar appearance is produced by the arrangement of the flowers on one side only of the branchlets of the inflorescence. The botanical history of the plant is well known, and our illustration is sufficient to show the general appearance of the plant. It is decidedly one of the best recent additions to the number of hardy deciduous flowering shrubs. For the specimen whence our figure was taken we are indebted to W.E. Gumbleton, Esq.—The Gardeners' Chronicle.