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LV. On the Cultivation of Rare Plants, especially such as have 

 been introduced since the Death of Mr. Philip Miller. 

 By Richard Anthony Salisbury, Esq. F. R. S. $c. 

 Secretary. 



Read January 6, February 4, and March 3, 1812. 



Am o n g s t the various branches of Horticulture, that of 

 managing Rare Plants, though perhaps really the least im- 

 portant, is one of the most difficult ; and the avidity with 

 which they are collected, as well as permanent delight which 

 they afford, have advanced the rank of a skilful botanic gar- 

 dener, in some families, higher than that of any other servant. 

 Many new plants being also introduced, respecting the cul- 

 ture of which no particular directions have yet been pub- 

 lished, I very willingly communicate to this Society what 

 little knowledge I have gained on the subject. 



If my remarks eventually prove useful to any one, let his 

 thanks flow in a full stream towards the royal garden at Kew, 

 which has been the grand source of horticultural improvement, 

 in this country, since the death of Mx. Philip Miller. 

 How would that Prince of Gardeners, as he was emphatically 

 called by foreigners, have been gratified to have joined us in 

 our excurson last June, when we saw the whole of that vast 

 collection, in the various quarters of the Grass,Physk, Kitchen, 

 Fruit, Flower, and Pleasure ground, whether under extensive 

 ranges of glass, or exposed to the open air, in the neatest 

 order, and healthiest condition; and when we saw living 



