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what the real climate of the plant is, since this is a fact not 

 always regulated by the geography, still less what natural differ- 

 ences, as to physiology or constitution, different plants may 

 possess ; even where the climate is absolutely the same, for all. 

 That the pine-apple plant should actually pass a Guernsey winter 

 out of dcors, is a proof that we have much yet to learn on this 

 subject. 



Of the half-tender plants, I must remark here, that the Cobea 

 scandeus, which should have stood in the former list, is quite 

 hardy in this climate ; as the Phormium tenax, sufficiently hardy 

 I believe, with ourselves, is so vigorous as to tempt us to try it 

 as an object of economy. The Ipomeas are, similarly, no other- 

 wise remarkable than for their vigour. The common Gnapha- 

 liums of the greenhouse prove also to be perfectly hardy ; while 

 the Lobelia cardinalis, hardy with us, is noted, like the Fuchsia 

 and others, for its magnitude and beauty. 



I am not aware of the relative tenderness of the several 

 liliaceous and analogous plants which, in Guernsey, are remark- 

 able, not only for their magnitude and the profusion of their 

 flo\vers, but for their absolute vulgarity ; and shall therefore give 

 the catalogue of those which struck me, without a comment. 

 Polhos cordifolia not exactly in this division Agapanthus 

 umbellatus, Antholyza spicata, and another whose specific name 

 I forget ; Tritonea uvaria, Gladiolus cardinalis, Ferraria undulata, 

 Polyanthes tuberosa, Amaryllis vittata, undulata, formosissima 

 belladonna, and Sarniensis, of course ; the latter of which, so 

 long supposed to have arrived from Japan, is at last known to be 

 a native of Buenos Ayres. I should add here, that every one of 

 the Ixias propagates in the ground, without care, so as to become 

 perfect weeds. The Mimulus glutinosus, Gorteria ringens, Dra- 

 cocephalum canariense, might, with many more, have been added 

 to this list, for various purposes not now worth repeating ; but 

 it has already swelled to such a length, that it is time to conclude 

 it. Yet not without adding that while every Geranium has been 

 found hardy, there are singular differences in their apparent 

 relative resistance, and consequent luxuriance, even where they 

 are, as far as we know, all natives of the same exact spot and climate. 



