WE take from the National Garden Almanac, (London,) the following concise descriptions of the more important new plants introduced into England in 1854, some of which have already been noticed in previous numbers of this journal:

Abies Kampferi

A beautiful tree of deciduous habit; supposed to be quite hardy, having been found in the central, northern, and eastern provinces of China. Mr. Glendinning.

Acacia Drummondii

Showy and of neat habit; flowers yellow, in large oblong heads. Swan river. Greenhouse evergreen shrub. Messrs. Veiteh.

Acrolineum Roseum

A beautiful new annual, bearing "everlasting" flowers, which are of a lively rose color. South-west Australia. Greenhouse, or half-hardy annual with greenhouse cultivation. Kew Bot. Gard.

Alloplectus Chrysanthus

Probably a fine showy species; flowers golden yellow, with a red velvety calyx, the leaves glossy velvet-like purple beneath. Columbia. Stove perennial, if. Linden, Brussels.

Amomum Danielli

Curious; one of the Mellagetta Peppers; flowers red and whitish, tinged with rose and yellow. Western tropical Africa. Stove perennial. Kew. Bot. Oar.

Anoectochilus Albo-Marginatus

One of the variegated-leaved dwarf terrestrial Orchids; requires a hot damp stove. Messrs. Jackson.

Anguloa Ruckeri Sanguinea

A fine variety of a fine and well known Orchid; flowers uniform rich chocolate brown. History not stated. Stove perennial. Messrs. Rollisson.

Aphelandra Lateritia

Handsome; flowers dull scarlet, with yellowish tube, arranged in a cone-like head. Guatemala. Stove shrub. Messrs. Weeks & Co. \

Aphelandra Squarrosa Leopoldi

A bold and showy variegated-leaved shrub, bearing handsome spikes of yellow flowers; the deep green leaves are marked by well defined broad whitish veins. Brazil.' Stove soft-wooded shrub. M. Van Houtte, Ghent; and Messrs. Veiteh. \

Astrocaryum Rostratum

A noble Palm, which has flowered at Kew; it has leaves 6 - 8 feet long; flowers whitish. Brazil: Stove tree. Kew Bot. Gard.

Azalea Indica Beali

A very showy native variety from China; flowers striped with bright vermilion on a white ground. Greenhouse evergreen shrub. Standish & Noble.

Azalea Indica Narcissiflora

Singular as well as handsome; flowers white, double. From China. Green-house evergreen shrub. Messrs. Standish A Noble.

Begonia Opuliflora

Said to be an ornamental plant; flowers pure white, with golden stamens, in heads resembling the Gueldres Rose. New Grenada. Stove soft-wooded sub-flhrnb. M. Linden, Brussels.

Begonia Prestoniensis

A variety of this fine hybrid scarlet-flowered Begonia, bearing the name of superba, has been exhibited during the summer. Like the original, it is a very showy plant Mr. Epps.

Boronia Drummondii

A gay dwarf shrub; flowers lively rose pink. West Australia. Green-house evergreen shrub. Messrs. Low & Co., and others.

Buddleia Crispa

An interesting and fragrant plant; flowers pale purple. Western Himalaya. Half-hardy shrub suitable for a wall. Glasnevin Bot. Gard.

Calyeanthus Occidentalis

Very handsome, the wood fragrant as in the allied Carolina Allspice; flowers large, dull purplish red. California. Introduced in 1881, but little known. Hardy shrub. Horticultural Society.

Calyptraria Hamantha

Splendid both in foliage and flower, the latter of which are said to be not fugitive as is common among Melastomads; flowers large, rich purple crimson. New Grenada. Stove shrub. M. Linden, Brussels.

Gampanumoea Lanceolate

Curious and interesting; flowers cell-shaped, greenish out-side, purplish and mottled within. Japan. Green-house climber, M. Van Houtte, Ghent.

Cassiope Fastigiata

A charming little evergreen shrub, with the leaves closely imbricated in four rows, and with drooping white bell-shaped flowers. Himalaya. Hardy evergreen shrub, requiring a cool moist peat bed. Glasnevin Bot. Gard.

Ceanothus Floribundus

Beautiful, and of neat habit; flowers rich deep blue, in dense globular heads, which are thickly studded over the branches and branchlets. California. Hardy evergreen shrub. Messrs. Veitch.

Ceanothus Lobbianus

Distinct and showy; flowers deep blue, in stalked oblong or roundish heads. California. Hardy evergreen shrub. Messrs. Veitch.

Cerent Lemairii

A very fine new night-blooming Cactus; flowers very large, twelve inches long and nine in breadth, outside yellow, tinged with red, inside white. Supposed to be a native of Antigua. Dry stove shrub of straggling habit Kew Bot Gard.

Cestrum Begeliv

Exceedingly ornamental, rivaling the well-known C. qurantiaeum; flowers bright orange. Central America. Cool stove or green-house shrub. It belongs to the Habrothamnus group, and has the habit of H. elegans. Zurich Bot. Gard.

Choetogastra Lindeniana

A fine ornamental species; flowers large, blackish-purple. Alpine districts of the Columbian Andes. Cool stove or green-house shrub. M. Linden, Brus'ls.

Chlonanthus Retusus

A shrub with white sweet-soented flowers. China. Probably hardy or nearly so. Messrs. Standish & Noble.

Clematis Barbellata

A rather pretty species; flowers large, chocolate, bordered with cream color. Western Himalaya. Hardy climber. Glasnevin Bot Gard.

Clematis Lanuginosa Pallida

A fine Clematis in the way of C. patent (coerulea). The species has ©cerulean-blue flowers; the variety much paler, grayish, almost white. North China. Hardy climber. Messrs. Standish el Noble.

Clematis Patens "Sophia"

C. patent is the proper name of what is called in England C. coerulea. The plant named Sophia is a fine large-flowered variety of it, having a broad green band down the sepal. M. Van Houtte, Ghent.

Clerodendron Bungei

Showy under good management; in the way of the single-flowered C. fragrant; flowers rose-colored. Northern China. Shrub, hardy at the root. Messrs. Standish & Noble.