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their dissemination, but to its effects on botanical science. He 

 examined the herbariums at the Linnsean Society and in the 

 British Museum ; but, unfortunately, missed those of Mr. Lam- 

 bert, " dont la celebrite est devenue classique, et qui renferme 

 entr'autres les herbiers de Pursh et de Pallas." The palm- 

 house and the arboretum of Messrs. Loddiges surprised, de- 

 lighted, and instructed Dr. Courtois ; and the description which 

 he gives of them occupies nearly three pages. He does justice 

 to the Clapton Nursery, and to Mr. Low ; to Mr. Press, and 

 the grounds at Harringay, where he found Magnoh'a conspicua, 

 M. macrophylla, and M. SoulangeaV^a, each 30ft. high; and 

 Melaleuca, Eucalyptus, Acacia, and other Australian plants, in a 

 conservatory, 25 ft. high. The nurseries of Messrs. Colvill, 

 Knight, and Lee are next noticed at length ; and also the gar- 

 den of the Horticultural Society, its collection of models of 

 fruits, and its tent, under which the flower shows are held, 

 which, he says, he was told cost 900/. (about 100/., we believe). 

 At Kew, he was struck with the arboretum ; and at Lady Tan- 

 kerville's he saw " the most astonishing results of attempts at 

 acclimatising exotic trees and shrubs." He visited Hampton 

 Court, and notices the two old fig trees in the fig-house, and 

 the celebrated vine. The gardener told him that the king had 

 new grapes on his table every week in the year, except the 

 last week in March and the first two weeks in April. (Mr. 

 Arkwright of Willersby has new grapes on his table every week 

 in the year, without any exception. In fact, any gentleman 

 may who chooses to go to the expense.) In speaking of Lady 

 Tankerville's, at Walton, Dr. Courtois enumerates most of the 

 fine specimens which we have noted X. 335.; and, when at 

 Windsor, he appears to have seen a large myrtle and an Arau- 

 cdria excelsa which we do not recollect. He saw, from the 

 terrace, " de loin, dans le bois, la demeure de Penn, le fondateur 

 de Philadelphie." He should have said the residence of the 

 grandson of that Penn who was the founder of Philadelphia. 

 We have noticed this place in IX. 528. 



The park of Claremont is described; and justice is done to 

 the good taste of Mr. M'Intosh, " un horame aussi aimable qu' 

 instruit." The establishments of Messrs. Chandler, of Messrs. 

 Young of Epsom, and of Messrs. Rollison of Tooting, are noticed 

 in succession, and discriminating approbation bestowed upon 

 each. Dr. Courtois concludes with a notice of the Botanic 

 Garden of Birmingham, which, he says, resembles that of 

 Brussels. 



Among the last notices in this tenth number is one of grafting 

 the live points of the shoots of a plant of Banks/a Baxter/, which 

 was already dead at the root and up part of the stem, on Banks/a 

 grandis, by M. Makoy. In another paper, the cleft-grafting of 



