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boast of the thousand and one sorts cultivated by our. English 
nursery-gardeners, there are still enough to vindicate them 
from Mr. Holl's libellous statement, that ** Rosa Benghalensis, 
Pers. is almost the only Rose cultivated in the gardens.” It is 
certainly the most common one, insomuch that the Portuguese, 
by way of expressing their contempt for its vulgarity and com- 
paritive want of fragrance, style it par excellence, * Rosa 
Ingleza,” English Hose; apropriating the name of “ Rosa 
Portugueza,” to the more fragrant or rarer sorts, particularly 
to the common Damask Rose (R. Damascena ( Mill.) DC.:— 
a small trait of national vanity or assurance, very allowable 
where the grounds of self-importance are not peculiarly ex- 
tensive. 
st Potentilla anserina, Linn.” I have never met with this 
plant, though it is not one likely to escape observation. Can 
it be a slip of the pen for P. memoralis, Nestl., which is 
common in the mountains, though otherwise omitted by Mr. 
Holl? 
* Epilobium obscurum, Schreb.," E. parviflorum, ( Schreb.) 
Sm. is our commonest species. I also take it for granted that 
** E. obscurum, Schreb.,” is synonymous with E. tetragonum 
(L.) Sm. 
* Circeea Lutetiana, Linn.,” I have never seen here. 
** Lythrum flexuosum. Lag.” This is L. junceum, Sol., of 
my Primitie; and I think sufficiently distinct from Lagasca's 
plant. 
** Psidium pyriferum, Linn.” Mr. HIl’s own correct epi- 
thet of **apple-shaped," applied to the fruit, will bear me out 
in asserting that the Madera Guava is properly P. pomi- 
Serum, L, 
** Prunus Lusitanica, Linn.,” is merely found in gardens. 
* Teesdalia caulescens, Reichb., dijers from T. Iberis by a 
leafy, frequently branching stem, and a deeper notched pod. I 
cannot consider this distinct from T. nudicaulis, R. Br. (T. 
Iberis, DC.) The points above insisted on are highly un- 
certain, insignificant, and variable, as I find by a scrutiny of 
specimens, compared with some of the very individuals given me 
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