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applicable to the culinary vegetables. At all events, let us 

 have no more ABC arrangements ; or, if we have, let a 

 sufficient reason, or a reason open to argument, be given. 

 We make these remarks with a view to the credit of the 

 Horticultural Society, and of the times and the country in 

 which we live. 



The garden has received various additions from corre- 

 spondents in every part of the world ; among others, Camelk'a 

 reticulata, a superb species, with large reticulate petals, from 

 China ; Azalea indica phcenicea, a new splendid variety with 

 purple flowers, from the same country. 



" But the greatest accession to the garden, consists of 

 hardy North-west American plants from Columbia, by Mr. 

 David Douglas." Among these are the following very rare 

 species : Gaultherza Shallon, Ribes sanguineum, and some 

 other species, Arbutus tomentosa and Zaurifolia, i2ubus spec- 

 tabilis, Berberis ^quifolium and nervosa. Most of these are 

 gems of the first rarity. " Many valuable herbaceous plants 

 have also been received from the same quarter." We hope 

 Mr. Prince, our old friend Mr. Cleghorn, or Mr. Hogg, of 

 New York, will present us with some of them ; and we should 

 not be sorry if Mr. Prince would add a male plant of Madura, 

 which propagates by cuttings of the roots, as fast as sea-kale. 



" Numerous and important presents have been made to the 

 friends of the Society in all countries;" 7120 articles within 

 the year. Distributed during the year, under the orders of 

 the Garden Committee, 4048 articles, independently of " the 

 supplies of cuttings, grafts, plants, and seeds, which are from 

 time to time sent to the house of the Society, for the use of 

 the members generalty, who may apply for the same." These 

 articles consist of whatever is in sufficient abundance in the 

 garden, or likely to be of use or interest. 



Visitors to the garden last year, 4740; the year before, 

 4706 : a satisfactory proof of the steadiness of horticultural 

 feeling in the public. 



The number of labourers (gardeners), and clerks, in the 

 garden have been diminished, in order to reduce the expense. 

 The number of annual "subscribers to the garden " has mate- 

 rially increased," partly by the election of " new fellows, and 

 partly by some of those who belonged to the Society previously 

 to the formation of the garden, having concurred in the an- 

 nual payment." 



Appendix, No. 1. Rules and Regulations for the sale of 

 Fruit and Vegetables from the Garden of the Society ; the 

 essence of which is, — Send or call in Regent Street the day 



