136 The Palma of Messrs. Loddiges. 



hands, which is often the case with those placed in such 

 circumstances as above described; and gardeners are often 

 led away by servants and lose their places, more through 

 this than any other circumstance. 



Having Sir, intruded thus far on your notice, I hope and 

 trust that you and your numerous correspondents will en- 

 deavour to impress on the minds of noblemen and gentlemen 

 the evil effects of placing their gardeners any where else but 

 in their gardens. 



I am, Sir, &c. 



A Common Sense reforming Gardener. 

 Feb. 2d, 1826. 



Art. XI. Catalogue of the different Species of Palm culti- 

 vated in the Stoves of the Hackney Garden. Communi- 

 cated by Messrs. Loddiges. 



Dear Sir, 

 We return you our hearty thanks for your valuable Gar- 

 dener's Magazine, which we assure you has given us a great 

 deal of pleasure. The whole plan has our unqualified ap- 

 probation ; — we consider it to be just such a thing as has 

 been long wanted in this country. The quantity and variety 

 of important matter it contains cannot fail to make it univer- 

 sally acceptable. We are not aware of any thing that could 

 have been better arranged. 



Being just now engaged in making out a new catalogue, 

 we enclose you a list of all our palms. They are the most 

 important part of our collection, and as nothing is put down 

 but what really exists here, perhaps you may think it worth 

 inserting in the Magazine ; at any rate you have our full 

 consent to make whatever use you please of it. 

 We remain, Dear Sir, 



Yours truly, 

 C. Loddiges & Sons. 

 Hackney, 

 \\th February, 1826. 



Palms in the Hackney Garden. 



NATIVE COUNTRY. 



Acrocomia aculeata - - Jamaica. 



globosa - - St. Vincents, 



guianensis - - Demerara 



horrida - - Trinidad, 



minor - - St. Vincents, 



sclerocarpa - - Brazil. 



