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ance very like A. glauca of this volume, t. 46, from which it 
differs in having green leaves, and the spurs of the flowers 
strongly curved inwards instead of being straight. 
141. AQUILEGIA pubiflora; (Wall. cat. no. 4714. Royles Illustrations of 
the Himalaya Mountains, p. 35.) caule folioso plurifloro pubescente sub 
calyce tomentoso, foliis viridibus subtis petiolisque pilosiusculis, foliolis 
cuneatis trilobis: laciniis truncatis rotundatis crenato-incisis, floribus 
(purpurascentibus inodoris) pilosiusculis, sepalis acuminatis apice her- 
baceis, petalorum calcaribus circinatim involutis, ovariis glabriusculis, 
staminibus laminá parúm brevioribus. 
Another hardy perennial from the same country as the 
last, and, like it, procured by the Hon. Court of Directors of the 
East India Company. It grows about a foot high, has dull 
pale purple scentless flowers, and is a much less handsome 
plant. According to Dr. Royle it is abundant among the 
Himalaya mountains at elevations of from 6000 to 10,000 
feet. 
142. HARDENBERGIA digitata ; foliis digitatis, foliolis ovato-oblongis ob- 
tusis terminali longiüs petiolato, racemo pedunculato denso cylindraceo 
erecto foliis multó longiore. 
A handsome greenhouse twiner, raised from Swan River 
seeds in the garden of H. R. H. the Duchess of Gloucester, by 
Mr. Toward, under whose skilful management so many new 
species have been introduced. It has smaller flowers than H. 
Comptoniana, but they are more numerous, and I think quite 
as beautiful. It will be figured in the present volume of the 
Botanical Register. 
VANILLA. 
That the aromatic fruit which bears this name has been 
procured in abundance by Professor Morren, at Liege, from 
plants under cultivation, is probably known to most Horticul- 
tural readers ; but I am not aware of any one in this country 
having met with the like success until Mr. Henderson, the 
skilful gardener at Lord Fitzwilliam's seat at Milton, accom- 
plished the object, by means of artificial fertilization, in the 
same manner as Professor Morren. In April last Mr. Hen- 
derson sent me flowers of Vanilla planifolia, accompanied by 
ripe fruit which appeared to be quite as fragrant as those im- 
ported from Mexico, and they proved as fit for the purposes 
of flavouring ices.and creams. From the letter that accom- 
panied the specimens I extract the following account :— 
