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Campanula sp. (lilac). 



Fortunsea chiueusis 



Lycopodium Willdenovii. 

 „ csesiiun. 



Gardenia florida, var. Fortuniana. 



Pinus sp. from Japan 

 „ „ Ningpo. 



Jmiiperus sp. North of China. 



Bamboos (northern varieties) 



Viburnum sp. These are fine 

 shrubs, with large round heads 

 of flowers like the Gueldres rose. 



Shanghai peach — a fine large var. 



Tree pseonies, with purple and lilac 



flowers, &c. (20 plants). 

 Spiraea prunifolia fl. pleno. 



„ sp. 

 Callistegia pubescens fl. pleno 

 The Chinese five-coloured rose 

 Rosa sp. (a curious anemone flowered 



kind). 

 Edgworthia chrysantha. 

 Hydrangea sp. from the woods of 



Tein-tung. 

 Rhynchospermum jasminoides. 

 Acer sp, from Japan 

 Mandarin orange (true) 



and several other plants to which I cannot at present give any 

 names. These, of course, will be published, when they flower, 

 in the ' Journal of the Horticultural Society,' 



The last shipment at this time was made on the 31st of De- 

 cember, 1844. As it was still winter in the northern provinces, 

 and as nothing could be done in the south, I determined to go 

 over to the Philippine Islands for a few weeks, and accordingly 

 sailed for Manilla in the beginning of January, 1845. As far as 

 I had an opportunity of judging, the vegetation of Lu^onia has a 

 great resemblance to the Island of Java and other parts of the 

 Malay Archipelago. In the woods I was surprised to find so 

 many species of the genus Ficus ; I should imagine that nearly 

 one-half of the indigenous trees belong to this family. 



After some trouble I discovered the locality of the beautiful 

 Phalcenopsis amabilis, and procured a large supply of the plants 

 for the Society. As my visit here was a secondary object, I had 

 very little time to spare, and therefore took every means in my 

 power to make the most of my time. I was in the habit of making 

 an Indian's hut in the wood my head-quarters for a certain 

 time, where I held a sort of market for the purchase of orchi- 

 daceous plants. The ground in front of the hut was generally 

 strewed with these plants in the state in which they hatl been cut 

 from the trees, and often covered with flowers. The Phalcenopsis^ 

 in particular, was very beautiful at this time. I was most anxious 

 to get large specimens of this plant, and offered a dollar, whicli 

 was a high sum in an Indian forest, for the largest specimen which 

 should be broughr, to me. The lover of this beautiful tribe of 

 plants will easily imagine the delight I felt when I saw two Indians 

 approaching with a plant of extraordinary size, having ten or 

 twelve branching fiower-stalks upon it, and upivards of a hundred 

 flowers in full bloom. "There," said they, in evident triumph, 

 " is not that worth a dollar?" " You have gained the dollar," 

 said I, as I paid them the money and took possession of my prize. 

 This same plant is now in the garden of the Horticultural Society ; 



