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front of Mr. Yates's villa, and, as far as we can remember, with only 

 the road intervening between it and the sea-beach. 



Since that period Salcombe has increased in population, in houses 

 and villas, and no doubt in Agaves : for our valued friend John Lus- 

 combe, Esq., of Combe Eoyal, in the same neighbourhood, himself a 

 great lover of plants, has sent us photographed portraits of no less 

 than four different Agaves at this time (November, 1855) in full flower, 

 in three different localities, at Salcombe. All are photographed by 

 Mr, E. P. Yeo. 



One is on the property of Mrs. Prideaux, Cliff House; and is re- 

 presented within a wall on a small promontory, apparently jutting into 

 the sea. It is twenty-six years old, and had attained a height of tiventy- 

 six feet. (Photographed November 1, 1855.) 



A second and Ihird are represented upon the side of a rough hill, full 



of wild plants, and seemingly not in any garden or enclosure : these 

 are respectively twenty-six years old and twenty-five feet high ; and 

 thirty years old, twenty-eight feet high. Other flowerless Agaves growing 

 close by, and the broad sea visible over the edge of the hill, give the 

 scene the appearance of a coast of the Mediterranean about Nice. 

 These are on the property of Mr. Strong. (Photographed November 2, 

 1855.) 



The fourth is in the grounds at "the Molt," the property of Lord 

 Courtenay : the height not given ; — but judging from the size of the 

 tasteful residence adjacent, and the neighbouring trees, altogether form- 

 ing a most charming subtropical landscape, it must be the tallest of 

 the four, (Photographed October 27, 1855.) 



Our greenhouse Agaves, as is well known, flower so rarely as to 

 have given rise to the saying— and which everybody believes— that the 

 American Aloe is a plant which blossoms only once in a hundred years : 

 here again we suspect horticulture is at fault. 



Flora India Batavce. 



We are glad to see announced a * Flora Indiae Batavse 

 von Niederlandisch-Indien, von F. A. W. Miquel,' vol. iii. 

 with 50 plates and a map. Subscription price, 24 dollars. 



