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mentioned to us, that he found great difficulty in propaga- 

 ting the E. malaccensis ; but that he had succeeded by pass- 

 ing wires firmly around the lower branches, so as to pinch 

 them, and then laying them in the earth along the sides of 

 the pot or tub, and securing them by pegs in that situa- 

 tion. 



In one of the greenhouses were several excellent speci- 

 mens of Cape of Good Hope plants ; particularly a very 

 large fan-aloe, Aloe plicatilis, var. major ; and Aspalathus 

 Chenopoda, of great size, being one of Thunberg's original 

 plants. The green-tea and the bohea-tree plants were not 

 only in flower, but some of them shewed the fruit, which 

 we had never before met with. The plants were now sha- 

 ded from the scorching rays of the sun by means of light 

 canvas screens, and in one instance by an upright partition 

 of deal-boards placed in the middle of the house. But ? 

 influenced perhaps by the practice of our own country, we 

 were inclined to think that all the greenhouse plants would 

 be much the better for being placed abroad in the open air 

 during the summer months, instead of being confined un- 

 der glass, as here practised. 



A separate smaller greenhouse, appropriated to Ameri- 

 can plants, has likewise been completed ; and it is already 

 stored with several transatlantic rarities. Most of the wall- 

 trees and many standard fruit-trees were destroyed ; but 

 young ones have been planted, and are now making rapid 

 progress. 



Most noblemen, we are persuaded, would have begun 

 by rebuilding the mansion-house, and treated the garden 

 as a secondary object ; and very possibly the expences 

 of the one might long have prevented the accomplish- 

 ment of the other. While, however, the Due d'Arem- 



