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ritima major. P.. P.. nepalensis,, 9. ft. high,. P. P. M-assonidne, 3 ft. h'gh^ 

 P. Pinea, P.. halepefisis, P. briitia, P. nootkatiensis, 2 ft. high, P. montsn^ 

 P. urulensis, Ia ft, high, P.,romana, 6 ft. high, P.,echinata, P. monteriensis [?], 

 6 ft. high, P. embrunensis [?],.4ft.high, P. Mcemdsai P. Pae^da, P. rigidajP. Sa- 

 biniaWmajor, 4 ft. high, P^S. minor,, 2 ft. high,,P..S<,var. IJft. high, P. Coul- 

 ter?, 3 ft. high,, P. longifolia, 4 ft. high, P. Gerard?'a??«,,2 ft. high, P. austrah"s, 

 P. excelsa, 2 ft. high, P,.canar,iensis,, P.. sinensis, ]2_rt. high, P. insigr.is, 

 2 ft. high, P. L\aved7ia, ]i ft., high. P.. MichaiixH,. 4.ft. high, P. Cembra, 

 P. 5!tr6bus, P.S. compressa", Uft. high, P. 5'...elata, 2 ft., high, P. 5'. excelfa, 

 2 ft. high. P..!?. Lambertiawff, lift., high,. P. ^..mont{cGla,rift. high. J'bies 

 excelsa, A.e. pendula, A. e. Clanbrasil/ano!, J. alba, A. a...n.ana, A. nigra, A. v. 

 rubra, A. n. caerulea, A. Smithf«wa, 2 ft. high, J. orientalis, 2,ft^ high, A. Dou- 

 glas24.2 ft.. high, A. Menzies«, 2 ft. high, A. canadensis,. A, monocaulon [ ?], 2^ ft. 

 high,.Piceapectinata,. P. cinerea, P. Pichta,2 ft.. high, P. balsamea, P. Fraserz, 

 P. nobilis, l^ft.,liigh, P. Webb/ana, 5 ft ...high, P. PzWrazy, 3 ft. high, P. reh- 

 gi6sa,,2 ft.high. P.. Novas HoHandi^, 2 ft...high, P.Forsteri, 2 ft..high„ P, 

 Hudson2«?zff„ 3 ft. high, iarix europae^a, i. e.. pendula, i. e,. fl,,rubro,. L, 

 e. fl. albo, Z^. e. sibirica, L. e. dahurica, 2 ft. high, L. americana, 12 ft.high, 

 L. a. pendula, 2 ft..high. Cedrus Libani, C Deoddra, 4 ft. .high. Araucaria bra- 

 siliana,. A.,ex.celsa. (Alting2« excelsa). A.. Cunningham/a.. Cunninghamfa si,, 

 nensis. Lhav^e givea.the height of those orjj' which L consider the most rare. 

 The Marquis Gosmo Ridolfi of Florence continues to obtain abundant 

 produce fromthe batata (Convolvulus Batatas, vel Ipomoe ^a Batatas), so much 

 so, that this year he has sold some hundred pounds' vsreight of them. He has 

 besides found that this climber is very useful as fodder, as its numerous 

 branches,. which contain a great quantity of starch, furnish. abundant and ex- 

 cellent faod,, best adapted for cows, as, it considerably, augments. the quantity 

 of railk,,at the same time rendering it of better quality... — -Giiisepge ManettL 



RUSSIA. 



Riga, Dec. 15, 1839. — With regard to what is; new in horticulture and 

 botany,, you are too well informed of all that is interesting on these subjects, 

 for me to, furnish you any thing worthy of notice. However, I cannot help 

 mentioning a, shrub which we received from the Caucasus a year ago. It is a 

 Ribes, which an officer, a friend of ours, sent us; and he says the fruit is black, 

 like that oi liibes nigrum, with the taste of the common currant (Ribes rii- 

 brumji. V/e have not yet been able to prove the veracity of the assertion, as it 

 has not yet borne fruit j^but, as the person who sent it can have no motive for 

 leading, us into error, we feel inclined to give credit to it. I hope it will have 

 fruit next year, and, as I know that such a shrub is not yet cultivated inEurope» 

 we will be most anxious to send you a detailed description of it, so that yoia 

 may insert it in your Magazine. With respect to the leaves, and. the general 

 appearance of the shrub, it is exactly, a medium between R. nigrum ^nd R, 

 rubrum j and- the leaves have a great resemblance to 72. nigrum, but they have 

 not the same smelL I will send you a full description of it, if it answers our 

 expectations.. We have received some other plants which I do not remember 

 to have seen in London, but they may have been introduced since I was there; 

 such as Caryopteris mongolica, a beautiful undershrub, said to have blue 

 flowers, resembling those of the Titex .^'gnus castus,. We have also two 

 lysimachias, I do not know if they are natives of Russia i iysimachia atro- 

 purpurea [Lubinz'a atropurpiirea, a Cape perennial figured in Sweet's B. F. G.], 

 with purple flowers;, and iysimachia brachjstachys, fcom China, with white 

 flowers. We are so far behind England in point of culture, that it is out of 

 my power to communicate any thing of the most trifling interest, but there is 

 one kind of cultiu-e that I did not see so successful as with us; and that is 

 of the Cheiranthusannuus. When travelling thro.ugh France and Germany, I 

 never saw such fine stocks as those belonging to my father, who bestows the 

 greatest care upon them. He is. now very celebrated for them, and we send 

 some of them to England, and to Scotland particularly, every year. There 



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