LETTERS FKOJl COLLECTOES, 293 



things I Ixave jet seen are the different species of Bignonlads, and of most of 

 these I hope hereafter to he able to send home seeds, if they should be con- 

 sidered desirable. 



I 'w^as glad to learn through Mr. Eyles that the plants in the cases got liome 

 in good condition. 



The letter to Mr. Fox will, I have no doubt, be useful to me ; I have 

 already met with him ia St. Jaurs, but the letter will be a more formal 

 introduction. 



I am, sir, your obedient servant, 



John Wetr. 



To the Secretary op the Ecyal HoRTrcrtTtrRjvii 



Society. 



II, — Fiioii Mr. Thomas Cooper, Collkctor ik South Africa. 



Hnrnsmitli, 0. F. State, Jan. 25, 1S62. 



Sir, — I have sent you two cases, numbered 1 and 2, of bulbs, seeds, &c. 

 I regret that I have not been able to collect larger quantities of seeds ; I shall 

 be able to get more as the season advances. There are 52 bags of seeds, 

 biilbs, &c. Bag 89, specimen 907, tubers of a beautiful climbing plant (I 

 have not examined the specimen) ; it was literally covered with pendent 

 racemes of whitish flowers ; the dried specimen will give but a poor idea of its 

 beauty. It grows among rocks in rich veget-able mould, » 



Bag 40, bulbs ; the flowers, I ara told, are white and very beautiful, 

 among bushes on the bank of a stream sheltered h^ rocks, in very light rich 

 vegetable mould. I expect it is constantly moist. Some tubers of a fine 

 Pelargonium, flowers buff and purple, sandy loam ; tubers of another, with 

 flowers sometimes white, sometimes yellow, and sometimes pink. Specimeu 

 795, sandy loam, flowers numerous, handsome. 



■ I have sent several varieties of Gladiolus, tubers of Zantedeschea spathe, 

 white at the bottom, inside purple ; some have two spathes, others (bag 46) 

 have variegated leaves (there maybe diifevent varieties), banks of streams; 

 a few seeds of a Sparmannia, all I could find ; it differs in some I'ospects from , 

 Sparmannia Africana ; a few seeds (I will send more) of a Thunbergia ; some 

 seeds of a pink-flowered Dais, which I think must be new ; it is a very hand- 

 some flowering tree 8 to 9 feet high, stem 4 to 5 inches in diameter. Specimen 

 849 ; it grows among rocks that have fallen from the mountains, the soil is 

 principally rich vegetable mould ; it seems to be scarce ; I have seen only tv/o 

 trees. 



In bag 31, specimen SSO, are some tubers of a Polygonafcum, flower ricli 

 orange, the ends of the leaves arc cirrhiferous, found in similar situations as 

 the Dais ; a few tubers of Testudiuaria, male and female ; some bulbs of a blue 

 Omithogalum ; tubers of blue Agapanthus ; bulbs of pink Brunsvigia (this 

 agrees in some of its characters with Crinum and Euphone) ; some varieties of 

 Orchis, some good, especially two varieties of Enlophia ; seeds of a blue or 

 white flowering plant (Acanthacea?), showy. 



" Bag 19, specimen 841, some seeds of Trifollura, which may be useful, 

 flowers bright purple ; two varieties of Declensia, &c- &c. 



Among the others are some that have not much to recommend them, b«t 

 I hope some will be acceptable. I hope to And some good things on the 

 Drachensberg. 



Yours respectfully, 



Thos. CooPEfi* 



To the SeGRF.TARV of the RoTAL HoKIICrtTURAL 



Society. 



