[From Turner's London Florist].

We offer with the new year our usual summary of the novelties of the past season. In doing this we wish it to be understood that it is the most prominent of those which have appeared in public, or have been figured or noticed in the various botanical and horticultural publications, that we here bring together for ready reference. There are, no doubt, others, which have found their way into gardens, which have not taken so prominent a position, or which we shall hear of hereafter. Greenhouse and hardy Plants. - As ornaments to the conservatory and greenhouse, we have several very choice kinds of Indian Azaleas, offering variety and advance; one or two very nice new Camellias; and some of the new Indian Rhododendrons, of which It. Nuttalli carries the palm over all previously known: R. Boothianum is interesting on account of its color - a clear primrose yellow; while the dwarf R. virgatutn is a little gem. Of another character, but possessed of considerable merit, are the Clianthus Dampieri, with its oddly-shaped richly-colored flowers; Cynoglossum nobile, the Forget-me-not of the Chatham Isles; Solanum capsicastrum, a dwarf bush studded with vermillion-colored fruit about the size of nuts; Lobelia trigonocaulis, a dwarf blue-flowered plant likely to be useful for bedding; and Darlingtonia Caliiornica, a singular and novel kind of Pitcher-plant.

To the class of hardy trees and shrubs we add - AEsculus californica, Amygdalus persica v. caryophylleseflora, and Rhododendron Bylsianuni, all charming showy flowering plants; and Ilex cornuta, I. Fortuni, Olea ilicifolia, and Torreya grand is.

The out-door flower garden has received as acquisitions the blue Pentstemon Jaffrayanum, the purple Saxifraga purpurescens, the striped Phlox I'riomphe de Twickel, and a rose-colored Solomon's Seal, among perennials; and Cosmanthus grandinorus. Oenothera bistorta v. Veithi-ana, and Tropaeolum majus, a dwarf scarlet variety called Tom Thumb.