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fling remark, it may be added, that the buds or caissons 

 are here tied with worsted threads. 



Before leaving the nursery, I was assured, that, on ma- 

 king application to M. Bosc or M. Hervy, the Caledonian 

 Horticultural Society would be supplied with such plants 

 as they might at any time wish, precisely on the same terms 

 as any similar institution in France ; and it is to be hoped, 

 that the Society will soon be in a situation to avail itself of 

 this liberal disposition. 



Roule Nurseries, 



1821, Aug. 26. — In compliance with a kind invitation 

 from M. Du Petit-Thouars, to breakfast with him, and 

 taste of the fruits of his Nursery, Mr David Don and I 

 this morning went to the Pepiniere du Itoi, at No. 20. 

 Fauxbourg du Rule, (i. e. Regulus). — Immediately con- 

 nected with the house of the director is an inclosure cal- 

 led the Garden, containing somewhat more than an acre. 

 The Nursery, which extends perhaps to five acres, is al- 

 most adjoining to the garden, being separated only by 

 the lane called Rue de Courcelle. Mr Du Petit-Thouars 

 received us with polite attention, and himself accompanied 

 us through both inclosures. 



In the garden there is an orangerie or greenhouse, and 

 a tolerably good collection of plants, but nothing very un- 

 common or rare. Large specimens of Grewia orientalis 

 were now in full flower, and set out in the open air ; while 

 with us this species is treated as a stove plant, and seldom 

 produces its flowers. Echium simplex has generally been 

 accounted a biennial plant, but it has here endured for 

 eight years : the flowers, which are pure white, now appear- 

 ed in large dense pyramidal panicles ; the leaves are lanceo- 

 late, very entire, smooth and glaucous. Against different 

 parts of the garden-wall are trained some of the more ten- 



