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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 puhijlora; (Wall. cat. no. 4714. Royle's Illustrations of 

 the Himalaya Mountains, p. 3.5.) caule folioao plurifloro pubescente sub 

 calyce tomentoso, foliis viridibus subtiis 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, 

 Btaminibus lamina pariim 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. Iloylc 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 longiiis petiolato, racenio pedunculato denso cylindi-aceo 

 erecto foliis multo 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 : — 



