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coxcombs, all grown in pots. We presume, however, that 

 Mr. Fortune thought it would be expected he should send 

 home something for distribution, and for want of time to 

 make a collection himself, he trusted to some of the natives 

 who duped him, as they have others, and sent a parcel of 

 little China jars, filled with useless seeds. It is to be hoped, 

 that some valuable acquisitions will be the result of his 

 tour. If he has half of the success which attended Mr. 

 Hartweg's travels in Central America, the society may 

 congratulate itself on the expedition. 



lAllum lancifbliiim and its varieties. — -Of all the objects 

 which have as yet attracted our attention, none have com- 

 pared with the display of Lilium lancifolium, in the collec- 

 tion of Mr. Groom of Clapham. We have on several occa- 

 sions noticed these lilies, and at least three- of them have 

 been described in our pages, from the journals where they 

 have been figured, and each of these have flowered in the 

 collections in our vicinity; not, however, in any thing like 

 the splendor in which they are to be seen around London 

 at this moment. What an expedition was that of Siebold 

 to Japan ! If the question were to be asked us, what we 

 consider the greatest acquisition, within the last twenty 

 years, we should say, the Japan lilies. Indeed, we would 

 almost say, that nothing but the Camellia, during the last 

 century, has been greater. But the lilies were not all: the 

 camellias, the clematises, ♦S'edum Siebold//, and many other 

 things, will long perpetuate the name of Dr. Siebold, and 

 render it familiar to all lovers of plants. The very sale of 

 the Japan plants, which he brought home, has been a com- 

 merce of itself, and has produced an intercourse with the 

 Belgian and English nurserymen, which, under ordinary 

 circumstances, would not have been effected in manj^ years. 



There are now fow varieties, called by Mr. Groom as 

 follows: — Z>. lancifolium album, punctatum, roseum, and 

 rubrum; the latter, perhaps, better known as the L. specio- 

 sum. They may be classed, in regard to their beauty, the 

 reverse of the above, viz., rubrum the most, and album the 

 least, splendid: but each of them of surpassing beauty: 

 album and punctatum are the most common, and roseum, 

 the rarest, having been recently received from Ghent. 

 Good strong flowering bulbs of each, command very high 

 prices. Mr. Groom has been highly successful in his culti- 

 vation of this tribe, and has undoubtedly the best stock. 



