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PART II. 



MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE. 



Art. I. Varieties of British Plants cultivated and sold by Mr. 

 James Smith and Son, at Monkwood Grove near Ayr. By Mr. 



Smith. 



. . . Those marked with a star (*) I consider the rarest in the list. I 

 have added four or five names, as in my manuscript, for want of better 

 authority. I would have sent specimens of several of the varieties, and of 

 those named on my own authority, but could not by the present convey- 

 ance : if you think them worth seeing, after receipt of your answer I will 

 embrace the first opportunity of sending them. I have sure information 

 that the Soldanella alpina is a native of Wales : please let me know if it 

 is generally known as such. I have put in the Primula scotica, as it was I 

 who named it, and, I believe, first detected it as a new British plant. John 

 Dunlop, Esq., brother of the late General Dunlop of Dunlop House, 

 brought it to me for the Primula farinosa, as he supposed he had found a 

 new habitation for it. I said, when T received it from him, I was truly 

 obliged to him for it ; for, if not a new species, it was a singular variety : 

 this happened eighteen or nineteen years since. I am, Sir, &c. 



Monkwood Grove, near Ayr, Aug. 30. 1827. James Smith. 



This communication has been delayed, partly owing to the extreme diffi- 

 culty of deciphering the manuscript. That the very latest novelties procured 

 by Mr. Smith might be included in it, we sent him a proof, which has been 

 received, with his corrections, this 4th day of September, 1830. We re- 

 commend the first alphabet in this list to the three nurserymen who are 

 forming arboretums, viz. Messrs. Donald, Young, and Buchanan. Mr. 

 Smith mentions that he has upwards of 600 species and varieties of plants, 

 and that he is yearly making considerable additions. His son-in-law, who 

 has been all the season in Russia, is daily expected with an extensive 

 collection. — Cond. 



Hardy Trees and Shrubs. 



A^cer Pseudo-Platanus hybrida v. variegatum aureum 



v. argentissima nova and aurea .4'lnus glutindsa v. variegata 

 nova v. laciniata v. ouercifolia 



*v. variegata *v. grossulariaefolia 



*v. prae v cox Andromeda 7?olif61ia v. angustifolia 

 *v. simena [?] coccinea v. latifolia v. subulata 



campestre v. foliis variegatis Arbutus U v nedo v. rubra 

 v. macrophylla v. foliis variegatis 



^B'sculus Hippocastanum v. prse v cox v. fldre pleno v. longifolia 



*v. crispum v. elegans novum UVa-ursi v. or sp. angustifolia 



v. angustif olium v. roseum Azalea procumbens v. prostrata 



*v. hybridum v. variegatum ar- Berberis vulgaris, being without seeds 

 aenteum v. friictu albo 



