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sent to me from tlic IMiddle Island, and two plants of it stood on my 

 liockcry all last winter. It is one of the mcjst manageable of New 

 Zealand jjlants; and is a perennial with large panicles of white flowers. 



Morina Goalteriana. — I am indebted to Sir Joseph Hooker for 

 the specific name of this yellow-flowered species of Morina, the 

 seeds of which, with the seeds of M. WalHchu and of another 

 species of Morina, were sent to me by my niece, Mrs Augustus 

 Johnstone, from Kashmir some three years ago. I understand that 

 it is wholly new to this country. It has stood along with M. 

 Wallickn in the open ground these two by-past winters, and so is 

 undoubtedly hardy. 



Thymus sp. — The plant I now direct your attention to is a species 

 of Thyme, the seeds of which were sent home from Afghanistan last 

 year as seeds of a "purple flowered Labiate." It is for you to say, now 

 it is in flower, whether it be a new species ; it is strongly perfumed. 



Along with seeds of the above, I had seeds of other very- 

 interesting things from Afghanistan. In particular I had seeds of 

 the following plants, now in fair growth with me though sown as late 

 as November 1879, viz. : — Borago, two species, Codonopsis ovata, 

 Kheum species, Liliacea^ from 12-14,000 feet, Althaea species, Wild 

 Celery, Primula species at 9000 feet, also another yellow Morina. 



Veronica Lyallii. — This pretty little shrub, which my gardener 

 uplifted from the outside border, all studded over with flowers as 

 you see it now, is Veronica Lyallii. These flowers are pure white 

 and streaked all over with pink veins, each flower being quite 

 circular and rather more than half an inch across. It is found 

 growing in the Northern Island of New Zealand at a height of from 

 2000 to 4000 feet above the level of the sea ; it seems perfectly 

 hardy in our climate in ordinary seasons, a plant of it having stood 

 on my Eockery all last winter. I sowed the seeds about three years 

 ago. It is only now about 8 inches high. One plant flowered 

 partially with me last year from a sprig of which Sir Joseph 

 Hooker figured it in the Botanical Magazine, tab. 6456. The height 

 he assigns to it in his " Flora of New Zealand " is 5 to 15 inches. 



Veronica diosmmfolia. — This shrub, with pretty decussate foliage, 

 and flowering at a height of some 8 inches, is stated by Sir J. 

 Hooker, in his " Flora of New Zealand," to attain a height of from 

 3 to 1 2 feet. But it has the great advantage of flowering early ; for 

 I sowed the seed so late as July 1877. It has another valuable 

 property of continuing very long in bloom. The true habit is best 

 shown in the accompanying plant of the same species not in flower. 

 The flowers yoii see are a pretty pink. It is also an inhabitant of the 

 Northern island of New Zealand, but is not so hardy as V. Lyallii. 



