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as proud of their success at that period as if they had raised a 

 Cullingfordii or a Violet Rose. The interest of the zealous 

 gardeners of England having now been excited, they were 

 induced to continue the introduction of additional sorts. Mr. 

 John Reeves, a tea buyer for the East India Company, in 

 addition to the two gentlemen already named, was among the 

 most active men in enlarging the list. About this period 

 others began to take an interest, and Mr. Reeves, who acted 

 as a correspondent at Canton of the Horticultural Society, 

 sent to England in 1820 twelve kinds, so that the next year 

 opened with good prospects for those whose interest had 

 been the cause of their advent. In the autumn of that year 

 twelve varieties, all whose habits and character of flowers 

 were then ascertained, were grown in the gardens of the Hor- 

 ticultural Society of London. Aided by the friendly exertions 

 of Mr. Reeves and the commanders of the China ships, new 

 varieties were continually being brought to England, though 

 unfortunately many entire consignments were lost on the way. 

 At the beginning of 1824, twenty-seven well known sorts 

 which had been thoroughly tested and approved, had been 

 represented in various botanical works. In 1826 the Horti- 

 cultural Society's collection comprised forty-eight distinct 

 kinds, four of which were sports which originated in Eng- 

 land. 



During the year 1824, Mr. Parks, who was sent to China 

 by the Horticultural Society, forwarded many varieties to 

 England at different times, among which was the Yellow War- 

 atah, a variety entirely different from all the others, and sup- 

 posed to be the precursor of the large-flowered anemone sec- 

 tion. Up to this date eighteen sorts had been engraved in 

 works like the Botanical Magazine and the Botanical Register, 

 but with the exception of one or two, they have gradually dis- 

 appeared. Donald Monroe, gardener to the Horticultur- 

 al Society some years later, gives a list of forty-nine dis- 



