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the French side of the Riviera, especially the botanical 
garden of M. Thuret on Cap d’Antibes,* the nursery-gardens 
of Charles Huber & Cie., Hyéres, and that of Nabonnand, 
at Golfe Juan. In all these a wealth of exotic plants was 
grown, and the first supplies for La Mortola were drawn from 
them, as is shown by the lists of purchases made at that 
time. Some 80 varieties of Acacia, 20 plants of Callistemon, 
many Bignonia, Arbutus, Buxus, Chamerops, many kinds 
of Cistus, some 40 Eucalyptus, Cupressus, Ficus, Genista, 
Juniperus, Magnolia, Melaleuca, Yucca, Wigandia, &c., 
were then bought and planted. 
Letters, treating chiefly of the garden, were constantly 
exchanged between the brothers, and in May, 1868, Daniel 
Hanbury paid his second visit to La Mortola. On his way 
he received from the Director of the Jardin des Plantes, in 
Paris, several new plants, among them two specimens of an 
Australian palm (Livistona australis) and one of the large Chi- 
lian palm (Jubea spectabilis), which are still in the garden. 
At Montpellier he was the guest of Prof. Planchon, who gave 
him, among other plants, the little Erigeron mucronatus 
(generally known as Vittadenia triloba), which is now half- 
wild, not only in this garden, but also in many places in the 
district. Many other plants, which have now become quite 
wild in the garden, were introduced at that time, e. g. 
Ferula communis, F. glauca, the various Vincas, Antholyza 
ethiopica, &c.; whilst the interesting indigenous Euphorbia 
dendroides, then rare on the property, was propagated 
by seeds sown abundantly on rocky places. 
We can, in fact, hardly overrate what the garden owed 
to Daniel Hanbury in those first years. Through his pro- 
ficiency in botany, and his numerous botanical acquaintances 
at home and abroad, he was able to obtain rare and valuable 
plants from all parts. One of his chief endeavours was to 
procure those of economic and, especially, pharmaceutical 
importance, e.g. Styrax officinalis, Catha edulis, Illicium, 
Iris florentina, Casimiroa edulis, Argania Sideroxylon, 
Pilocarpus pennatifolius, Euphorbia resinifera, &c. 
A number of interesting forms of Citrus, among them 
the Bergamot, were also procured in 1868 from M. Sahuts’ 
* After the death of M. Thuret, his sister-in-law bequeathed the 
garden, with the means for its upkeep, to the French Government. 
M. Charles Naudin acted for long years as Director, and his successor, M. 
le Prof. Dr. George Poirault, continues the fine traditions of this 
botanical establishment, to which La Mortola owes so many interesting 
and valuable plants, 
