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sixteen and a half feet in circumference, fills every 

 beholder with admiration. To me, it is the won- 

 der of wonders; and truly a befitting object to fill 

 the mind with reverence and awe towards the Al- 

 mighty." 



Besides the establishments which we have noticed, 

 wherein the Victoria has flowered, it is also now 

 growing in many other gardens in England, partly 

 from plants distributed from Chatsworth, through 

 the kindness of his Grace the Duke of Devonshire, 

 and partly from those sent from Kew. Only one 

 Scottish garden can as yet boast of it that at Dal- 

 keith Palace, the seat of his Grace the Duke of Buc- 

 cleuch, where the enterprise of Mr Mackintosh has 

 secured ample accommodation for the Eoyal plant. 

 We hope that he may soon be rewarded for his un- 

 wearied exertions by the distinguished honour of 

 being the first gardener in Scotland to flower the 

 magnificent Victoria. 



From a paragraph by Mr Paxton, in the " Gar- 

 deners' Chronicle" of 28th September, 1850, we 

 learn (as these pages are going through the press) 

 that the original plant of the Victoria received at 

 Chatsworth from the Royal Gardens at Kew has 

 produced its 140th leaf and 112th flower-bud a 

 few of the flower-buds produced during its partial 

 torpidity having been removed at an early stage of 

 their growth, lest so constant a succession of flowers 

 should debilitate and prove otherwise detrimental 



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