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village, interspersed with 'towering pagodas, romantic mausoleums, and nu- 

 merous temples. The adjacent country is called the Chinese Arcadia ; and 

 surely, if any territory in China he entitled to this name, it is the tract 

 around Hang-chow and Cha-poo. It seems that the natives also are sensible 

 of their advantage, in inhabiting this romantic spot. They have tried to im- 

 prove upon nature, and have embellished the scenery with canals, neat roads, 

 plantations, and conspicuous buildings. We found nowhere so much open- 

 ness and kindness as among them. Their intelligent enquiries respecting our 

 country were endless, and they never seemed satiated with our company." 

 {Gutzlaff, p. 429., as quoted in Westminster Review, vol. xxi. p. 253.) 



Art. III. Domestic Notices. 



ENGLAND. 



"Mi'mulus Ho'dsoni. — Having raised what I think a pretty variety of il/imu- 

 lus, I send you a plant of it ; and at the same time have to request that, if 

 you think it deserving notice in the Gardener's Magazine, will you adopt the 

 name of ilfimulus Hodsoni? The plant was raised from seeds of M. roseus, 

 fertilised with the pollen of M. cardinalis. 



My reason for wishing it to be named after my respected emploj'er W. S. 

 Hodson, Esq., is, because he, for upwards oi fourteen years, has been to me a 

 " kind and gentle master; " and, although it is but a poor compliment to pay to 

 his kindness and generosity, still it is the best that I can do at present, and I 

 earnestly hope that he may receive it in the same spirit in which it is 

 tendered. — H. Turner. Botanic Garden, Bury St. Edmunds, June 19. 1837. 



We have lent the very finely grown plant (which is upwards of 2 ft. high, 

 and for which we are greatly obliged to Mr. Turner) to our neighbour, Mr. 

 Hopgood, Bayswater, a most successful propagator, who will soon have 

 plants of it for sale. — Cond. 



SCOTLAND. 



i^'estuca U^rW, lire's Fescue Grass, is another agricultural grass brought 

 into notice by Mr. Bishop, and of which some seeds have lately been distributed 

 by the London Horticultural Society. In a letter to Mr. Munro, of the 

 Horticultural Society's (Jarden, Mr. Bishop observes, " Festuca UV« has 

 the peculiar property of resisting the effects of drought beyond any other 

 grass that has come under my observation. My attention was first attracted 

 to a single plant of it, in the Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, during the dry 

 season of 18-^6, when all the varieties around it were in a sickly or burnt up 

 state, and it alone remained healthy and green. I have exhibited in the 

 Museums at Edinburgh, Stirling, &c., specimens of the root and leaves, from 

 2 ft. 9 in. to 3 ft. in length ; last year I sowed out with it some very poor 

 gravelly soil, which has taken well." We have sent a i&^ seeds of this species, 

 and of the Hudson's Bay meadow-grass (Poa pratensis nervosa), to Mr. Forbes, 

 at Woburn Abbey, and also to Kew, where, we trust, they will be introduced 

 into the respective grass gardens, as standard specimens, as well to make them 

 known to botanists as to agriculturists. — Cond. 



Art. IV. The London Horticultural Society and Garden. 



April 4. 1837. — Exhibited. En\)h6tbia splendens, E.]aci\\xmicBjldra,'RQ- 

 rbnia pinnata. Azalea indica Smithi/, -Erica pfcta. Cineraria /jopulifolia, 

 Oncidium ampliatum, and Brass/a Lance«n«, from Mrs. Lawrence. Tecoma 

 stans, from the Duke of Northumberland, yirctostaphylos ??/yrtif olia, from 

 Win. Harrison, Esq. Templetonw retusa, Tropae^olum pentaphv Hum, seedling 

 verbena, ^Iristolochia trilobata, from Mr. Labouchere. Amarjlli* sp., from 

 Sir Felix Booth. Dowler's seedling pears, from Covent Garden Market, 

 under the name of Wild Seedling. Oranges and citrons, from the Rev. J. 



