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Theodor Hartwcg. Pinus Benthainiana, Pinus Dcvoniana and 

 others ; also Lupines, Berberries, and Fuchsias, and several 

 Achinienes were discovered by him. 



Perhaps the most successful of all adventurous collectors 

 was Robert Fortune. He was born in 1813 and died in 1880. 

 He first entered the Edinburgh Botanical Gardens, and was 

 subsequently superintendent of the hot-houses at Chiswick. In 

 1842 he started for China, and during the years which followed 

 he was constantly sending home fresh treasures. Some of the 

 best known garden ilowers we owe to him : — Anemone japonica, 

 Dielytra (or Dicentra) spectabilis, Kerria japonica, varieties of 

 Prunus, Viburnum, Spirea and many Azaleas and Chrysanthe- 

 mums, Gardenia F^ortuniana, Daphne Fortuni, Berberis Fortuni, 

 Forsythia viridissima, Weigela rosea, Jasminum nudiflorum, 

 the white variety of Wistaria, and many other valuable plants. 

 His greatest feat was to go to Loo Chow, disguised as a China- 

 man, and there he obtained the double yellow rose, and the fan- 

 leafed or Chusan palm, which bear his name. Since then this 

 work of discovery has been carried on by able hands. The 

 two brothers Lobb collected for \'eitch for over twenty years, 

 and introduced many new things. Thomas Lobb confined his 

 researches to the Old World, in India, Burmah, and the Philippine 

 Islands, and discovered many new orchids. William Lobb worked 

 chiefly in South America and California, and sent home for the 

 first time a plentiful supply of the cones and seeds of many of 

 the Conifers discovered by Douglas, besides finding new ones, 

 particularly the Thuia which bears his name. He succeeded also 

 in obtaining Lapageria rosea, Escallonia macrantha, Desfontainea 

 spinosa, Berberis Darwinii and many other new plants, now 

 well known. To Sir Joseph Hooker we owe the Sikkim 

 Rhododendrons and a large number of Himalayan plants. 

 Mr. F. C. Burbidge, especially in Borneo, has brought to light 

 many treasures: Mr. Edward Whittall, at Sni\riia. has sent 

 manv charming hardy bulbs from Asia Minor, and there are 

 numerous other workers still active in this branch of science. 



The number of roses in our gardens now is infinite, and a 

 very large proportion has only been known in this country during 

 this centurv. In addition to the old-fashioned species, the 



