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valuable species which have continued to be introduced through 

 the assistance of the Society's collectors and correspondents. 



At the period of the last report, Mr. Hartweg's mission to 

 Spanish America was drawing to a close ; and in August, 1843, 

 he returned to England. In addition to the plants formerly an- 

 nounced as having been sent home by Mr. Hartweg, the follow- 

 ing, from among many others, may be more particularly men- 

 tioned. 



Fuchsia cordifolia. 



splendens. 



Aristolochia gigas. 

 Achimenes pedunculata. 



longiflora. 



. rosea. 



picta 



Stenomesson Hartwegii. 

 lochroma tubulosum. 

 Gesnera vestita. 

 Cestrum aurantiacum. 

 Thibaudia floribunda. 

 Comarostaphylis arbutoides. 

 Pinus Ayacahuite. 



filifolia. 



oocarpoides. 



tenuifolia. 



Macleania longiflora. 



Tacsonia moUissima, and 2 others 



Cotoneaster denticulata. 



Phaidranassa chloracra. Rigidella immaculata. 



obtusa. And a very considerable number ot 



Coburgia incarnata". rare and beautiful epiphytes. 



Stenomesson aurantiacum. ' 



The Fellows of the Society will recognise among these names 

 many of the finest plants now in cultivation. 



The occupation of Hong Kong and Chusan, and the opening 

 of new ports in the Chinese empire, appeared to present so fa- 

 vourable an opportunity of acquiring valuable plants, that the 

 Council deemed it advisable to send a collector to that country, 

 which has for so many years been the richest of all fields in a 

 horticultural point of view. In the spring of 1843, Mr. Robert 

 Fortune, the superintendent of the hot-house department in the 

 Society's Garden, having off"ered himself for the service, he was 

 engaged to spend two or three years in exploring such districts 

 as were accessible to Europeans. He sailed on the 26th of Fe- 

 bruary, 1843, arrived at Hong Kong on the 6th of July, 1843, 

 left it on his return to Europe on the 22nd of December, 1845, 

 and is expected home in a few days. During his residence in 

 China he received most valuable assistance from all those per- 

 sons of influence to whom he was furnished with letters of re- 

 commendation, and the Council gladly avail themselves of the 

 present opportunity of expressing the deep obligation of the 

 Society, more especially to 



His Excellency Sir John Davis, Bart., the Governor of Hong 

 Konf. 



The late G. Tradescant Lay, Esq., H. M. Consul at Amoy. 



