135 



Mor 



The first 



of the series was Senecio Haworthii (vol. 99, t. 6063 . .„.„„ „ 

 flowering specimen of which was sent to Sir J. D. Hooker by 

 D. Hanbury, who obtained it from the garden of his brother 

 T. Hanbury. The next to appear is given in the volume for 1891, 

 and the subjoined list, showing this and all that have appeared 

 since, is of interest and may be useful for reference purposes : 



Vol. 117 : 1891. t. 7194. Citrus Aurantium. 



„ 120 : 1894. t. 7.'5I53. Kalanchoc mannorata. 



„ " 122 : 1896. t. 7473. Pittosporum eriocarpum. 



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123 : 1897. 



t. 7516. Bignonia buccinatoria. 



t. 7521. Grevillea Hill tana. 



t. 7529. Tristania laurina. 



t. 75G8. Quillaja Saponaria. 



t. 7655* Dahlia Maximiliana. 



125 • 1KQ9 J t# ^2. Yucca Whipple*. 



t. 7667. Aloe Schweinfurthii. 



t. 7670. Ephedra altissima. 



„ 128: 1902. t. 7837. Aloe pendens. 



129 : 1903. t. 7882. Aloe vulvouiolacea. 



130 • 1Q(U } t# ^48. Aloe Baumii. 



t. 7988. Cydonia sinensis (fruit). 



n 



n 



ii 



„ 132 : 1906. t. 8065. Poly gala apopetala. 



133 • 1907 i t- ^122. Aloe pallidi flora. 



8134. Aloe campi/losiphon. 



The one hundred and nineteenth volume of the Botanical 

 Magazine was dedicated by Sir J. D. Hooker to Hanburv. the 

 letter of dedication being worded as follows : 



" My dear Hanbury, — It is no less a duty than a pleasure to 



M, 



ure 



in creating a garden of Exotic plants at Mentone which, in point 

 of richness and interest, has no rival amongst the private collec- 

 tions of living plants in the world ; and in munificently founding 

 the ' Istituto Botanico Hanbury ' in the Botanical Gardens of the 

 University of Genoa, the early years of which are already so full 

 of promise for the future of Scientific Botany in Europe/' 



In 1882 Her Majesty Queen Victoria, during her stay at Mentone, 

 paid two afternoon visits to La Mortola and sketched the views 

 from the windows of the Palazzo Orengo. In 1898 His Majesty 



, then Prince of Wales, visited La Mortola in company 

 Grand Duke Michael of Russia, and in the same year 

 Her Majesty the Empress Frederick paid several visits to the spot 

 during her stay at Bordighera. In 1901 the King honoured 



Victorian Order. 



him 



Royal 



Great as is the sorrow which Sir Thomas Hanbury's death 

 ings to all those who knew him intimately, it may be confidently 



