in certain British Nurseries and private Gardens. 



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ties are just as desirable as, or even more eo than, new species. 

 Hence the great number of names which Ave have admitted in 

 this Report of which we know nothing. 



Cornwall. 



Botanical Reg. for 1838. 



M.alvdcecB. — Plagianthiis Lampenn B. Booth, 

 No. 2032. ; Arb. Brit. vol. i. p. 363. fig. 89. 

 (here repeated) ; and Gard. Mag. for 1839, 

 p. 275. 



Carclew, the Seat of Sir Charles Lemon, Bart. 

 — WitJ^ the permission of Sir Charles Lemon, 

 Bart., I forward to you the accompanying spe- 

 cimens of Plagianthus Lampenn, an interesting 

 shrub from Van Diemen's Land, which, in my 

 opinion, deserves to be better known. It was 

 described some years ago in the Botanical Re- 

 gister, from specimens communicated to me 

 by the Rev. Robert Lampen, vicar of Probus, 

 near Truro, and is noticed in the Gardenei-'s 

 Magazine, vol. xiv. p. 275. It was at first con- 

 sidered to be the same as Sida pulchella of 

 Bonpland ; but, although greatly resembling 

 that plant, it is unquestionably very distinct, as 

 may be seen by comparing the specimens now 

 sent, with the figure of the ^ida pulchella in 

 Loddiges's Botanical Cabinet, t. 1841. [The 

 figure above given, fi-om the Arboretum Britan- 

 nicum, is from a drawing by Mr. F. Ranch, 

 from a specimen taken from a plant at Spring 

 Grove ; and it so closely resembles the speci- 

 mens sent us by Mr. Booth, as to leave no 

 doubt of the identity of the species.] You 

 have not mentioned it in the abridged edition 

 of your Arboretum Britaiinicum, on account, I suppose, of its being considered 

 not sufficiently hardy for an English climate. In Cornwall, however, it thrives 

 beautifully in the open border. There are plants of it here from 6 to 8 ft. 

 high, nearly evergreen, and at this season covered with flowers, which renders 

 it a desirable plant for the shrubbery, or for training against a conservative 

 wall in those places which have not the advantages of a Cornish climate. 

 — W. B. Booth. Carclew, Dec. 4. ] 842. 



Fig. 1 



?sida pulcMlla Bonpl. 



Devonshirk. 



Exeter Nursery ; Lucombe, Pince, and Co. — We looked into this nursery 

 twice in the course of September, 1842, and were much delighted with it. 

 The entrance is commanding from the disposition and substantial appearance 

 of the buildings, the gates, and the plant-houses, as seen from the road. We 

 shall first notice the plant-houses, next the collection of specimens of rare 

 hardy trees and shrubs, and the arboretum, and lastly the general nursery 

 stock. 



The Camellia-house we have noticed in our Volume for 1842, p. 652., as the 

 finest thing of the kind we have ever seen. Though it has only been planted 

 four years, many of the camellias are now from 12 ft. to 16 ft. high. 



The Stove, which is a span-roofed house, contains many rare and valuable 

 plants, among which we observed iVepenthes distillatoria running at least 30 ft. 

 along the rafters, with pitchers of extraordinary sizej and C'ejihalotus foUi- 

 cularis, a very rare plant, in vigorous health. 



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