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1. On protecting the Blossoms of Fruit-trees on Walls from Frost, 

 vol. viii. 



2. Account of the effects of the last winter (1837-38) on the 

 Trees and Shrubs of the Botanic Garden, Birmingham, vol. xiv. 



3. Account of the preparatory operations made in the Birmingham 

 Botanic Garden previously to planting the Arboretum there; with 

 the dimensions which some of the trees have attained in seven years, 

 vol. XV. 



Besides the above, he continued to forward from time to time for 

 insertion in the same Magazine, notices of the new, rare, or other- 

 wise interesting additions which were continually being made to the 

 valuable collection under his care ; and of the effects produced by 

 hail-storms, unusually severe frosts, &c. &c. After the death of 

 Mr. Loudon and consequent termination of the ' Gardener's Maga- 

 zine,' Mr. Cameron became an occasional correspondent of the 

 ' Phytologist,' to which he was one of the earliest contributors. 



His communications to the 1st vol. are — 



1. Note on (the culture of) British Orchideae, p. 62. 



2. Notes on the cultivation oi Lycopodium clavatum and L. Selago, 

 p. 63. 



3. Note on Dianthus plumarius and D. Caryophyllus, p. 63. 



4. Note on Cibotium Barometz, p. 427. 



5. Note on AnagaUis arvensis and A. ccsrulea. 



6. Note on the Irish Furze {Ulex st rictus). 



7. Warwickshire locality for Equisetum fluviatile, p. 555. 



The 3rd vol. of the Journal of the Horticultural Society (of which 

 he was a Corresponding Member) also contains two papers by him : 



1. On the cultivation of British Orchids, and 



2. On the cultivation of Hardy Heaths. 



Mr. Cameron appears to have been unusually successful in culti- 

 vating at Birmingham our terrestrial Orchklece ; owing, probably, to 

 the excellent opportunities which he must have possessed of becoming 

 acquainted with their habits, during the time of his residence among 

 the chalk hills of Surrey. He never communicated any paper to the 

 Linnean Society ; but he frequently contributed to give additional 

 interest to our Meetings by forwarding for exhibition fresh speci- 

 mens of plants likely to attract attention, either from their rarity or 

 beauty ; many of which, proving new to our herbarium, have been 

 dried and preserved. He continued to hold the office of Curator to 

 the Birmingham Botanic Garden until the end of 1847 or beginning 

 of 1848, when he removed to Shrawley in Worcestershire, where he 



