342 EXOTICS IN CORNTVALL. 



Rhododendron Lindleyi. 



,, niveum. 



„ Prince Leopold. 



,, EoUinsoni. 



,, Thomsoni. 



Ehus glabra laciniata. 

 Eomneya Coulteri. 

 Strelitzia augusta. 

 Vitis coignetae. 

 Wistaria multijuga. 

 Yucca aliofolia variegata. 



This, then, is the evidence furnished by some of the estates 

 in the Falmouth-Truro district to the paramount position 

 Cornwall should hold as a winter resort. Carefully weighed, it 

 cannot fail to help forward that recent awakening of interest in 

 our county which has recognised in the health-promoting 

 qualities of its climate, a safe refuge for such ailing ones as 

 cannot undertake a long sea voyage, and an undeveloped source 

 of wealth for its inhabitants. Meteorological statistics are 

 frequently met with the objection that figures can be made to 

 prove anything ; but this cannot be urged against the acclimatis- 

 ation of exotics. These are Nature's proofs of what Cornwall 

 is not in one winter only, but in many, and should help to make 

 the county not only the playground of England's hives of 

 industry during piping summer days, but the winter resort of 

 those who are forced to flee from the rigours of winter as it is 

 known in the Midlands and the North. On a future occasion the 

 Penzance district will be called upon to contribute its quota, and 

 from the two papers the public will be able to view the 

 dominating idea in its true bearing. 



