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ance of the under side of the leaf, I think was Magnolz'a g. elliptica. Besides 

 these, he had received from America Magnolia glaiica, and a fourth variety, 

 which, if I remember right, was M. auriculata. The two latter plants had then 

 been but lately received ; but, as they were in good health, I have no doubt 

 they have also been propagated and distributed, and now are, as well as the 

 twoforraer, established in China. — J. Reeves. Clapton, June 3. 1835. 



Salisburia adiantifolia. — In answer to your queries, I have a plant of the 

 Salisbury planted by myself twenty-six years ago, which has never flowered ; 

 and I went to Cypress Grove, soon after receiving your note, to examine the 

 oldest plant I am acquainted with in Ireland, which has been planted at least 

 forty years, and, I believe has never yet flowered : it certainly has not done 

 so this year. — J. T. Machay. Dublin, June 29. 1835. 



Yiscuni album {the Mistletoe) in Ireland. — With respect to the mistletoe, I 

 have the best specimen I am acquainted with in Ireland. It was sown by 

 myself, on a Siberian crab tree, about twenty-six years ago : it is a male, and 

 was the only one that grew out of above a hundred that I sowed on different 

 kinds of trees ; some upon the oak. I have been lately informed by the Arch- 

 bishop of Dublin, who imported seeds this year, that the probable cause of the 

 failure has been owing to their being too early sown, and that the spring is the 

 best time for sowing them to insure success. When I first came to Dublin, 

 there was a fine mistletoe on an apple tree in the garden of Dr. Rennie, at the 

 Royal Hospital near Dublin ; but the tree died about ten years ago, and the 

 mistletoe, of course, died with it. This specimen was mentioned by a M'riter 

 (I believe Rutley) above ninety years ago. I have heard of plants of the mis- 

 tletoe existing in other parts of the country, but they certainly are of rare 

 occurrence in Ireland. — Id. 



The largest flowering Tulip Trees, near Dublin, are at Cypress Grove, and 

 Leixlip Castle, the Honourable Mr. Cavendish. I have observed them to 

 flower regularly for the last thirty years ; and they have, probably, been planted 

 at each place above sixty years — Id. 



Ronce d'Hongrie. — When in the south of France, I heard much of the 

 merits of a plant called there the Ronce d'Hongrie ; but I failed to procure a 

 specimen: could any of your correspondents inform me whether it may be the 

 J?iibus sanguinolentus, introduced from the Isle of France in -1824? — E. 

 Llandovery, Jidy 4. 1835. 



The Double Yellow Rose, I find, blooms well in the hills of Caermarthen- 

 shire, dressed with bog earth, against a south-east wall ; but it is subject to 

 occasional blight. — Id. 



The Rosa Bdnhs\?&, also, throws out in Caernarvonshire, when much clipped 

 (even with common shears), an increased quantity of blossom. — Id. 



Evei'green Shrubs are stated to be planted in the floors of the towers of 

 Lougharne Castle, in Caermarthenshire, by Major ^tavke. {Beauties of England 

 and Wales, Caermarthenshire, p. 379.) Can any of j'our readers inform me of 

 the effect of these shrubs ; whether they still exist, and whether this kind of 

 improvement is desirable ? I ask this question, because I happen to be the 

 proprietor of a great mass of ruins of no architectural interest, and I am desirous 

 of making something of them, so as to render them ornamental as well as 

 venerable. — J. W. C. Cavan, Dec. 1833, 



Art. V. The London Horticultural Society and Garden. 



Of the Exhibition at the Garden, on Saturday, Jidy 4, 1835, the following is 

 the award of the judges : — 



The Gold Banksian Medal. 1. For pines, from J. J.'Guest, Esq., F.H.S. ; 

 2t For black grapes, from Mr. Dowding, gardener to Lady Clarke ; 3. For 

 orchideous plants, from the Messrs. Loddiges ; 4. For a miscellaneous col- 

 lection of plants, from Mrs. Lawrence, F.H.S. ; 5. For garden roses, from 

 Mr. S. Hooker, F.H.S., of Brenchley, near Lamberliurst. 



