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XXXII. On some Exotics which endure the open Air in 

 Devonshire. In a Letter to the Right Hon. Sir Joseph 

 Banks, Bart. K. B. $c. By Abraham Hawkins, Esq. 



Read December 5, 1809. 



Sir, 



Th oughI have no knowledge of the Horticultural Soci- 

 ety, but through the medium of extracts in the last Monthly 

 Review (which first informed me of the existence of the So- 

 ciety), yet struck with your ''Hints respecting the proper Mode 

 of inuring tender Plants to our climate," and residing in the 

 very warmest part of England (the South Hams of Devon- 

 shire, of which I am a native), within view of an inlet of the 

 sea, I am led to state to you some facts, which perhaps may 

 not be wholly unworthy of notice. 



In October, 1795, a Camellia Japonica was planted 

 here among other shrubs in the open ground ; it has stood 

 every winter since, without the smallest shelter, thrives well, 

 and has never had a branch or leaf injured by the weather ; 

 it is now about four feet high, the size of a gooseberry bush, 

 but has not flowered. 



Two plants of the Fuchsia coccinea were planted - about 

 four years ago, under a brick wall facing the south. At 

 first the branches suffered by the frost, but they put forth 

 new shoots in the spring, with much strength, and have 

 flowered well every summer. During the two last years I 

 was absent, but I understand that only the extremities of 



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