LIVES OF TRAVELLERS 



With the natives of China Maries did not succeed so well as 

 with the Japanese, he was not sufficiently gentle, and was 

 often threatened and occasionally robbed of his baggage ; in 

 the summer of 1879 he returned to Japan. 



On this trip seeds of many Japanese Oaks were gathered and 

 the beautiful dwarf Bamboos, including the square Bamboo, 

 which he successfully introduced. Altogether about 500 living 

 plants were sent home, and large quantities of seed of various 

 Conifers and other fine trees ; thirty-eight new plants are 

 recorded by Bretschneider as being first discovered in China 

 by Maries. 



In British gardens he will always be remembered by the 

 following, which he was fortunate to be able to introduce 

 to this country : 



Abies Veitchii, A. sachalinensis, Daphniphyllum glaucescens, 

 Acer polymorphum varieties, several new and distinct forms 

 of Hydrangea rosea, Styrax obassia, Lilium auratum glorio- 

 soides, L. a. platyphyllum, Spiraea palmata alba, Conandron 

 ramondioides, Primula obconica, Platycodon grandiflorum 

 Mariesii, Iris Kaempferi (many varieties), Davallia Mariesii, 

 Osmunda japonica corymbifera, and many others hitherto 

 very scarce in Europe. 



Maries returned to England in February 1880, when his 

 herbarium was sent to Kew, the Conifers brought from Japan 

 being dealt with by Dr. Masters, Conifers of Japan, Linn. 

 Soc.'s Jour, xviii. 1881, 473-541, and in Veitchs' Manual 

 of Conifer se, ed. 2, 1900. A collection of insects was accepted 

 by the British Museum. 



In 1882 Maries was recommended by Sir Joseph Hooker 

 for the post of Superintendent of the gardens of the Maharajah 

 of Durbhungah, in India, where he laid out the very extensive 

 grounds which surround the palaces. 



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