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to him in 1809, and in 1810 he raised another white 

 one himself. He mentions that in the Catalogues of 

 the Nurseries at Berlin, from 80 to 100 sorts are 

 enumerated for sale, but he considers the really good 

 ones to be about thirty. 



In our own country we had an early promise of great 

 success, and had we hit upon the right plan of ma- 

 nagement, in keeping the plants when produced, there 

 is no doubt but we should have been as equally suc- 

 cessful as the continental gardeners in obtaining 

 varieties. Mr. Buonainti saved seeds from the plants 

 raised at Holland House, in 1804, the produce of 

 which seeds he states to have given him, in the suc- 

 ceeding year, nine varieties of that which was called 

 D. Pinnata, two of which were double, one with lilac 

 and the other with dark purple flowers ; of the single 

 flowered plants, some were certainly dark coloured, 

 four figures were published from them at the time ; the 

 paler coloured varieties were chiefly considered as 

 belonging to what was then called D. Rosea ; he had 

 also two varieties of D. Coccinea, the original deep 

 coloured one and a paler one, which, though called by 

 him Crocata, was the pale yellow variety, as is appa- 

 rent from the figure of it, published in the " Paradisus 

 Londinensis. 5 ' 



Mr. Salisbury also obtained several varieties from 

 the seeds which he received from Holland House in 

 1806 ; these he had particularly noticed in his paper 



