466 Some Account of Benthamia fragifera, fyc. 



Of species identical with those found in other parts of the world, 

 we may mention Leontodon Taraxacum, Origanum vulgare, Pru- 

 nella vulgaris, Galium Aparine, Thlaspi arvensis, Capsella Bursa 

 Pastoris, Phrynium leptostachyum, as well as Ophiopogon spicatus 

 and japonicus. 



As further indications of the nature of the climate, and the vege- 

 tation it is capable of supporting, it may be mentioned, that many 

 plants from the higher elevation of the Himalaya were introduced ; 

 and might be seen growing luxuriantly by the side of fruit trees 

 from Cashmere, as well as of an apple-tree from Liverpool. This, 

 the only one which survived the long journey to the upper pro- 

 vinces of India, was by being transferred to the hills, saved from 

 the heat and rains of the plains of India, which are found to be so 

 destructive to European plants. It may not be uninteresting to 

 remark that this one apple-tree cost upward of £70. before it was 

 planted in its present situation, where however it has afforded 

 several grafts. Most of the European kitchen garden vegetables 

 were also sown on the Mussooree Range from February to the end 

 of July, and by attending to a proper succession of crops, vege- 

 tables for the table were obtained from May till October. It may 

 further be added that many of the common English garden flowers, 

 as the sweet pea, mignonette, snap-dragon and others, as well as 

 asters and centaureas from Cashmere, were perfectly at home in 

 the same situation. 



In confirmation of the view here given of the probability of an 

 immense proportion of Himalayan plants being suited to the climate 

 of an English garden and shrubbery, it may be mentioned that 

 several are already perfectly naturalized in England. Of these 

 may be instanced the several Himalayan Pines and Rhododendrons, 

 with several species of Pyrus, Cotoneaster, Crataegus, Rosa, Berberis, 

 Potentilla, Anemone, Clematis, and others. The only hindrance 

 to the extension of the list is the difficulty of procuring plants or 



