An account of some delicate Plants cultivated 

 in the open air, in the Island of Guernsey ; 

 with Hints on the means of naturalizing tender 

 Exotics. 



By Dr MACCULLOCH of Woolwich. 



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In a letter to Mr NEILL, Secretary. 



SIR, 



HAVING visited the Island of Guernsey some 

 years ago, I was much struck with the peculiar 

 luxuriance exhibited by many plants, which 

 either grow with reluctance, or refuse to grow at 

 all, even in the mildest counties of England. 

 The variety and splendor of these productions, 

 give a character to its horticulture, which is 

 very impressive to an English visitor, and which 

 excites surprise, when compared with the very 

 slight advantages of climate this island appears, 

 from its geographical difference of position, to 

 possess. As some of these facts seem capable of 

 leading to useful results in this valuable art, I 



