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in the open ground. Some of the Gardenias were 

 4 feet high and 15 feet in circumference. When 

 covered with its large camellia-looking blossoms it is 

 extremely handsome, and at all times forms a pretty 

 evergreen bush. In a bed in the middle of the gar- 

 den the white variety of Platycodon grandiflorus 

 was in full bloom, and near it another bed of Dielytra 

 spectabilis. Both these looked very handsome, par- 

 ticularly the latter ; its large purse-like blooms of a 

 clear red colour, tipped with white, and hanging 

 down gracefully from a curved spike, and its moutan- 

 like leaves, render it a most interesting plant, and one 

 which will become a great favourite in English gar- 

 dens. Several kinds of roses were growing in pots, 

 and amongst them the new yellow, or salmon-coloured, 

 introduced by the Horticultural Society. This rose 

 deserves more notice at home than it has yet had ; 

 doubtless it will be more thought of when it is better 

 known and properly treated. It should be planted 

 out at the foot of a wall with a southern or western 

 aspect, and allowed to scramble over it. It grows 

 rapidly; the flowers are of a striking colour, and 

 are produced in great profusion. Fine plants of 

 Viburnum lolicatum, and V. macroceplialum, were 

 also noticed, both in pots and also in the open 

 ground. 



I also observed some young plants of the interest- 

 ing palm-tree (Chamcerops (?) excelsd) which I have 

 already noticed in the earlier pages of this work. It 

 is perfectly hardy about Shanghae, and thrives there 

 unprotected throughout the severest winters. There 



