582 Short Communications. 



" The lists are inserted in separate forms, as they have 

 been drawn up, the first from the garden of Miss Southcote; 

 and the second from that of Mrs. Johnes. The plants in 

 these lists are cultivated under the management of two very 

 intelligent gardeners : the first of Mr. Thomas Ingram ; the 

 second, of Mr. John Gullet." [In case any one should com- 

 pare our copy of the lists with the lists given in the Panorama, 

 we had better state that we have substituted the modern 

 names of the plants for the obsolete ones.] 



" The citron mentioned in the first list has been cultivated 

 with great success for fifteen years, at Myrtle Cottage, the 

 residence of Miss Southcote. It has produced fruit mea- 

 suring 24f in. in circumference: in 1824, two specimens of 

 its fruit bore off the palm at the exhibition of the Horticul- 

 tural Society in Regent Street, London. Pelargoniums, and 

 myrtles of all kinds, grow luxuriantly in Torquay : the latter 

 are frequently trained along the walls of houses, in different 

 parts of the town, and require no shelter in the winter. The 

 Ferbena triphylla [Aloysia citriodora] also attains a con- 

 siderable size, resembling the arbutus in the strength and 

 power of its growth. At Ladyday, in the present year, 1832, 

 we observed, on Park Hill, iLathyrus odoratus, the sweet pea, 

 which had stood the preceding winter, and was then showing 

 for bloom. The orange flourishes in great beauty at Tor- 

 quay ; but as it has never been exposed during the winter, as 

 the citron and the lemon mentioned in the first list, it cannot 

 be included in the list of exotics growing in the open air. 

 There can be no doubt that it would succeed ; for, as Mr. 

 Lioudon has observed, the orange is much less tender than 

 the lemon. The cottages in the neighbouring villages are 

 frequently overgrown with roses, which run to a considerable 

 height, and require no shelter in the severest winters. In 

 summer evenings the water of Torbay flashes with the oar, 

 as in tropical climates, and the effect produced by the phos- 

 phorescence of the waves, wherl beating against the walls of 

 the pier, is truly beautiful." As this last sentence suggests 

 warmth of climate, we have, although it says nought on 

 plants, retained it in the quotation. — J. D. 



An Accumulation of Facts on the Results of Experiments on 

 acclimatising Exotic Plants suggested. — Sir, In the early 

 volumes of this Magazine there were several articles on the 

 subject of acclimatising plants : see Vol. I. p. 213. for one 

 from the Horticultural gardens; Vol.11, p. 123. for one 

 from Rusticus in Urbe ; and at p. 239. one from the Botanic 

 Garden, Edinburgh ; and in Vol. III. p. 48. from Mr. John 

 Street, at Biel, in East Lothian, who has given the names of 



