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of the climate, ^icinus communis has lived with me three successive years, 

 Aloysia dtriodora. Buddlea globosa, Caesalpinia Sdppan, Camellia olelfera, C. 

 Sasdnqua, C. japonica, C. j. fl. albo, C. j. fl. pleno, and other varieties, Clethra 

 arborea, ^Iseagnus argentea, Eranthemum pulchellum, Jasminum azoricum, 

 J^Listicza Adhdtoda, Laurus indica, L. foeHens, L. tomentosa, Leptospermum 

 pubescens, MagnoHa fuscata, Melaleuca Aypericifolia, Eriobotrya japonica, 

 Metrosideros [Eriostemon] ^alfgna, M. ['?] alba, M. [E.] lophantha, M. angusti- 

 folia, MyricsL ^uercifolia, Cerium Oleander, N. splendeiis, OMea fragrans, O, 

 americana, Pinus longifolia, Pistacia Zentlscus, Pittosporum undulatum, 

 Podocarpus elongatus, Phus lucida, R. viminalis, Royena liicida, Ed- 

 wardsia grandiflora, Fiburnum rugosum, V. odoratissimum, Littte^a gemi- 

 niflora, JnthjUis Barba Jovi;?. — Antonio ManettL 



INDIA, 



Seeds of the Prangos Hay Plant were sent by the French general Allard, in 

 the service of the Rajah of Lahore, in the spring of 1834, to the Calcutta 

 Botanic Garden ; but, though they were sown, and every care taken of them, 

 none of them came up. A bottle of the same seeds was also sent to Europe, 

 to M, Vilmorin of Paris, by the desire of the Agricultural and Horticultural 

 Society of India ; but they, also, had lost their vital principle before arrival. 

 The same Society, with that liberality which ought to distinguish every public 

 body that has for its object the improvement of the arts connected with civi- 

 lisation, sent seeds to Britain, to North America, and to Van Diemen's Land. 

 The climate of Ladak, of which country the Prangos hay plant is a native, 

 resembles that of Canada, Ladak forming part of the vast plateau of Tartary, 

 There can be no doubt, therefore, of the hardiness of this plant, if it were once 

 introduced into Europe. {Extract of a Letter from H. Peddington, Foreign Se- 

 cretary to the Agricultural and Horticultural Society of India, to M, Vilmonn of 

 Paris, dated Calcutta, May 5. IBS*.) In Vol. VIII, p. 13., there is a notice 

 of this plant, taken from Wallich's Rarer Asiatic Plants, No, 9., from which it 

 appears, that the Prangos hay plant is said to fatten sheep in an incredibly 

 short space of time, and to prevent them from being affected with the rot. — 

 Cond. 



Art. III. Retrospective Criticism. 



Errata. — In the communication of M. Klause, p, 7., for " Caralate," read 

 "Caralath;" p. 7., for " Fischals," read "Fischbach;" p. 8., for " Sidel," 

 read " Seidel; " p. 9., for " Thavant," read " Thurant; " p. 9., for "Breiten," 

 read " Breiter ; " p. 12,, for " Schnitzboor," read " Schnitzban; " p. 12., for 

 " Noar," read " Noack." 



Errata. — Vol. XI. p. 554., 7th line from the bottom, for " Mr." read 

 " Mrs. ; " and p. 556., 4th line from the bottom, for " I think in L. micro- 

 carpa," read " I think it L. microcarpa. — G. M. Elliot Ripley Castle, 

 March 19. 1836. 



The Belfast Horticultural Society. — It is only lately that my attention has 

 been drawn to an anonymous article which appeared in your Magazine for 

 March, 1835, No. 60, p. 152., under the head of Ireland, and relating to the 

 Belfast Horticultural Society; or I should ere this have taken notice of it. I 

 now beg to inform you, that this article is one tissue of calumny and misstate- 

 ment ; and, through you, to call upon the writer to come forth from his 

 ambush, and avow his real name. When I know with whom I have to grapple, 

 I pledge myself to prove, if needful, the falsity of the imputations attempted 

 to be cast upon the proceedings of the Society, which were only intended to 

 bring order out of confusion, and to place the Society on such a footing, that 

 its menibers might meet together in harmony and peace. — Michael Andrews, 

 Secretary B. H. S. Ardoyne, near Belfast, March 21. 1836. 



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