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Asia, Africa, and America. Near the mansion, and com- 
municating with it by an arcade, in which stood oranges, 
lemons, and myrtles, loaded with flowers and fruit, was 
another conservatory, where the plants of more temperate 
climates were judiciously selected from the general collec- 
tion, so that, even in winter, there might be seen a constant 
succession of the choicest blossoms. There the Camellia 
and the Jndian Chrysanthemum displayed their endless 
varieties. In the open borders of the garden, besides 
numerous plants derived from countries whose latitudes are 
similar to our own, the visitor was struck with a great pro- 
fusion from latitudes bordering on the Tropics; which, 
during the summer season, flourished in a peat soil and in 
sheltered situations, as if they were in their native regions, 
Many Mexican plants were thus treated, especially the 
Maurandia Barclayana, whose numerous lovely-hued 
blossoms, backed by the abundant and vigorous foliage, 
showed how well both the climate and the soil were suited to 
its nature. 
The gardens at Buryhill were not thus richly stored with 
plants, except through the medium of a most extensive cor- 
respondence. From Mexico, Mr. Barclay received frequent 
and important communications, as well as from Peru and 
Chili. With Dr. Fischer of St. Petersburgh, he held a 
constant intercourse by letters. But the individual through 
whom. Mr. Barclays gardens derived their choicest 
treasures, was unquestionably Charles Telfair, Esq. of the 
Mauritius, who has rendered the most important services to 
humanity and to science, by his residence in that fertile spot. 
Not only were seeds and roots of the native plants of that 
Island frequently transmitted ; but also vegetating fruits of the 
famous Coco de Mer, (Lodoicea Sechellarum,) or double Cocoa- 
nut, from the Seychelles Islands, the Colombo-root, which yields 
50 precious a medicine, and the Telfairia pedata, a cucurbita- 
ceous plant, whose seeds are esculent, and also contain an 
abundant oil: the two latter from the East coast of Africa; 
from Madagascar: Nor were Mr. Telfair’s communications 
