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distributed under the name of Hedychium flavum, 

 when to our great astonishment in the following 

 year it grew to twice its former height, and turned 

 out to be no other than our old acquaintance H. 

 coronarium with a white flower at least three times 

 the size it had before produced, — a result which I 

 assure you will render me very diffident in future 

 in deciding on the species of this beautiful genus. 



And now, my dear friend, I think it is high time 

 I should inquire after your health and present 

 avocations ; and particularly how Lady Smith and 

 yourself intend to dispose of your time during the 

 ensuing summer (for in Lancashire it is not yet 

 begun). 



Adieu, my dear friend, and believe me, with the 

 most affectionate respect and kindest remembrances 

 to Lady Smith and yourself, 



Your ever faithful 



W. Roscoe. 



Mr. Coke to Sir J. E. Smith. 



Holkham, August 10, 1825. 



Shame would justly, my dear Sir, attend me, if I 

 delayed answering your kind letter the first moment 

 I could snatch from the whirl in which I have been 

 writing. 



Lady Anne accompanied me to Norwich assizes 

 on Monday. We took up our residence at the Pa- 

 lace, where we were most hospitably and kindly in- 

 vited; and I am sure it will give you and Lady Smith 



