THE HISTORY OF THE BOTANICAL MAGAZINE xli 
(pl. 4429), Vanda tricolor, one of the most majestic of 
Orchids, and Sobralia macrantha (pl. 4446), immediately 
followed by the beautiful Chilian Lapageria rosea, which 
was first sent to Kew in 1847 by R. Wheelwright, an 
American gentleman; and the following year successfully 
imported by Messrs. Veitch through their collector, Thomas 
Lobb. This year (1849), too, the most gorgeous of all the 
Leguminose, Amherstia nobilis, a native of Burma, flowered 
for the first time in this country, and found a place in the 
Magazine (pl. 4453). Mrs. Lawrence, of Ealing Park, had 
the good fortune to beat the Duke of Devonshire in the 
cultivation of this noble plant. 
Passing over a volume, I note the singularly marked 
Thibaudia macrantha (pl. 4566) from the mountains of 
Moulmein, discovered and introduced by Thomas Lobb for 
Messrs. Veitch. The famous Dragon’s-blood tree is the 
subject of plate 4571; and the figure is accompanied by a 
history of the remarkable example at Orotava, which has 
since perished. Cantua buxifolia, Ixora javanica, the 
beautiful West Australian Acacia hispidissima, Allamanda 
neriifolia, Cathcartia villosa, and the valuable hardy For- 
sythia viridissima, and Berberis Darwinii are some of the 
numerous noteworthy plants. The last-named shrub was 
another of the very many and very valuable plants intro- 
duced by William Lobb for Messrs. Veitch. 
The remarkable Puya chinensis (pl. 4715) calls to mind 
the bold paintings of this and the equally handsome blue 
Puya Whytei in the “ North Gallery” at Kew. Bougain- 
villea spectabilis (pl. 4810) deserves notice. 
THe Mammoru TREE or CALIFORNIA. 
William Lobb, though not the actual discoverer of the 
Sequoia gigantea (Wellingtonia), was probably the first 
person having a technical knowledge of plants who 
encountered it, and it was he who introduced it into 
Kurope, having sent seeds to Messrs. Veitch in 1853. In 
1854 a figure, prepared from dried specimens, appeared in 
the Magazine (pl. 4777-8), and now there are trees in this 
country not less than 70 feet high. This tree caused a great 
sensation, and has been so extensively propagated, and so 
much written about, that few trees are more familiar. 
HIMALAYAN RHODODENDRONS. 
[ have already alluded to Sir Joseph Hooker’s missions 
