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conspicuous by his eloquent preaching, and his ardent desire to bring- about the 
mission to India, which originated in his powerful mind. When he arrived there, 
he found it necessary to offer his services, by a hand-bill, to make or repair shoes; 
and after he had risen to the head of a flourishing- establishment, and occupied the 
chair of three professorships, he was not ashamed to nail up the original hand-bill 
against the wall of his study, but took pleasure in considering from what an humble 
grade he had been lifted up to a more useful and distinguished station by the grace 
of God, and his own virtuous perseverance." 
HINTS ON THE GENUS THIBAUDIA, 
WITH SOME REMARKS ON THE SPECIES CONTAINED IN IT, PARTICULARLY 
THE SPECIES SETIGERA. 
Through the successful mission of his Grace the Duke of Devonshire's col- 
lector to the East Indies for the express purpose of introducing- to this country a 
number of those beautiful and valuable plants found naturally there, we are enabled 
to lay before our readers a short account of a most beautiful genus, viz. Thibaudia ; 
and as the following remarks relating- to the species belonging- to it were made 
on the very spot while in the act of gathering- the roots from their native habitation, 
we flatter ourselves they will be both profitable and interesting to the reader. We 
shall in future avail ourselves of every opportunity that offers to introduce into our 
pages some account of the merits, history, culture, &c, of those other species which 
have been lately added to the collection at Chatsworth from the East Indies, most 
of which, as far as can be ascertained from dried specimens, will be exceedingly 
handsome, and eclipse many of those old inhabitants of our stoves which have hitherto 
been considered unrivalled, at least in this country. The following remarks on the 
genus Thibaudia are extracted from Mr. John Gibson's Journal, the young man 
who has been out, and who introduced to this country the plants mentioned below. 
Thibaudia setigera, Wall ; Agapetes setigera, D. Don ; and Ceratostemma, 
Roxb. belongs to the tenth Class, Decandria ; and first order, Monogynia ; and 
Vaccinacece of the natural system. 
It is a truly magnificent and interesting shrub, of a robust character, and very 
peculiar in habit. Its native habitation is the Khoseea Hills. The genus 
is in all probability not very extensive ; three species are now added to the collec- 
tion at Chatsworth, viz. Thibaudia setigera, T. variegata, and T. vaccinacea ; 
these are all plants of great beauty, and worthy of every care in cultivation. 
We select the most striking for the present article, viz. T. setigera; this species 
is particularly beautiful, and although not quite new to this country, we believe it has 
never yet flowered in England. We saw it in great perfection in the East Indies, 
and brought dried specimens of the branches in flower to this country. The descrip- 
tion is as follows : — A very bushy, tallish shrub, attaining the height of five or six 
feet, with large lanceolate entire, dark-green leaves, produced in irregular clusters 
