A dark green handsome bush, with somewhat glaucous branches. The leaves are pinnate in from two to five pairs and an odd one, quite smooth on the upper side, but slightly covered on the under side with very fine hairs, attached by their middle; the leaflets are exactly ovate, with a short bristle at their end, between 1 1/2 nnd 2 inches long, of a very dark green color; and to each pair there are two short bristle-like stipules. The flowers grow from the axils of the leaves in horizontal racemes much shorter than the leaves themselves; they are of a light rose color and very handsome. The calyx is a flat membranous five-toothed cup, with the two upper teeth very far apart. The standard of the corolla is oblong, nearly flat, very slightly keeled behind, nearly white, but pencilled with delicate crimson lines near the base; in length it is equal to the wings and keel, and forms with them an angle of about 45° when expanded; the wings are narrowly lanceolate and ciliated, of a pale bright rose color; the keel is rather paler, and bordered with a woolly or very downy upper edge. It is a greenhouse plant which will grow freely in almost any sort of soil, especially sandy peat. In summer an ample supply of water is required, and air at all times when the weather is favorable.

To prevent the leaves from being scorched by the sun, it will be necessary to use shading. In winter, water should only be given when the soil becomes dry. It strikes freely from cut* tings under ordinary treatment.

The Japanese Wind Flower.

[This is one of the prettiest plants brought from China by Mr. Fortune. We saw it in the garden of the London Horticultural Society, last year, blooming very freely, and thought it one of the loveliest of the new hardy plants. It had stood the winter on a piece of dry rock work, and there can scarcely be a doubt of its hadiness here. Ed].