616 ■ Retrospective Criikhm. 



■ 87. PIMELITA. 

 IXb mtermhdia. Lindl. intermediate «. l_1 or 9 mr Wsh Kg.G.'sSdl825. C s.p Bot. reg. 1439. 



1262. PULTEN^M. 



mucroiiata Lo. C. mucronate-forf «L i_J or 2 ap Y N. HoU. ... S p.l Bot. cab. 1711. 



1637. iJANU'NCULUS 14573 creticus L. 



2 macrophjfllusDe*/. large-leaved ^ A or 2 my Y TenerifFe 1658. D 1 Bot. reg. 1432. 



334. RIVrNA 

 2805a tincforia Hamilton MSS. dyeing « n dy 4 my W Caraccas 1830. S p.l 



Dr. Hamilton's " Rouge Plant." May be distinct from all species in Britain, but near can^scens. 



1522. RO^SA. 

 13470? (Garden variety) Clare's tt wall or 6 all sea Dp.C Italy ... C co Bot. reg. 1438. 



1714. SALPIGLO SSIS. 



ii8397a Barclayana Cameron MSS. Barclay's £21 or 3 jn.s Br.Y Eng. hybrid ... S It Sw.fl.gar.2.s.ll2 

 intermedia Sweet's Hort. Brit. ed. 2. p. 594. 



76. SA'LVIA. 



foli6sa Bentli. leafy iDJ or 1| all sea. B Mexico 1827. S co Bot. reg. 1429. 



' 446. TOURNEFO'RT/^. 

 3732a Aeliotropioides 2/oo/t. Heliotrope Ik «-□ or 2 my Pa. Li Bu. Ay res 1829. C l.p Bot. mag. 3096. 



118. TRl'LLIUM. 



9140a discolor Wray two-coloured A A fra f my G Georgia 1831. D p.l Bot. mag. 3097* 



Art. III. Retrospective Criticism, 



The Manchester Garden. — Sir, Although I never expected you would 

 write any flattering account of our garden, I did expect a fair statement of 

 what was done, an outline of the divisions of the garden, and the progress 

 made, &c. But I find in your Number of yesterday, before you give any or 

 very little account of the garden, you set out with some very unfair state- 

 ments ; and in speaking of the plants for shelter, or nurse plants, say " that 

 they are composed of one common mixture throughout the garden." I 

 know that you had that impression at first entering ; but I well recollect 

 pointing out to you that it was not the case : and you must remember my 

 saying so, and showing you the tulip trees among the magnolias especially, 

 the common alders with the collection of that genus, the common acacia 

 with the family to which they belong. The Caprifoliaceae, the Oleinae, the 

 ^etulinae, the BerbeiidecB, the JShodoracese, the Pomacege, and many others, 

 have scarcely a plant near them but of the family to which they belong. 

 Many genera, as iS'pirae^a, Ribes, Cistus, &c. &c., have not another shrub in 

 the same clump. The Pinus family, although so difficult to grow near 

 Manchester, is sheltered with larch, spruce, and Scotch pines.* The col- 

 lection of elms is sheltered principally with elms. The oaks are in a bad 

 part of the ground for soil, and I consider that the common oak wants 

 shelter as much as many of the Americans. This we have an example of 

 in Dunham Park, where such fine oaks grow; all of which were sheltered 

 when in a young state. Our fine collection of the Twelfth Class plants 

 has scarcely another plant in the belt than the Pomaceae, the -4mygdalin£e, 

 &c. ; and, after all the pains which we have been at, to be thus misrepre- 

 sented is, I think, a very hard case. — William Mowbray. Botanical and 

 Horticultural Garden, Manchester , Aug. 2. 1831. 



The wretched StoJce-holes of the Comte de Vandes's Garden (p. 414.). — In 

 the hurry of writing our first article in last Number, we spoke of these 



* There may have been larch, spruce, and Scotch pines among them ', but, 

 imless our impression is very erroneous indeed, these were very few in 

 compai'ison with the common mixture of broad-leaved trees. A plan of 

 this part of the arboretum, and of some of the other parts mentioned, with 

 the situation and name of every particular tree and shrub indicated, as 

 requested (p. 537.), would set the matter at rest. — Cond. 



