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mendable feeling, to the circumstance that, notwithstanding our national 
and individual ardour in the cause of botany, and the vast sums 
annually expended in search of plants, there are still, and almost 
within our reach, numbers of magnificent plants which are only 
known to European botanists by dried specimens. Of these strangers 
in our collections, Dr. L. mentions three genera which are well 
known to exist in Peru, and of which we have as yet had no living 
plants, viz. Befaria , Thibaudia , Gaylussaccia. Dr. L. has lately 
seen a collection of specimens from that quarter, with which he appears 
to have been quite charmed, and which has induced him to urge in the 
warmest manner a botanical expedition to that land of vegetable beau¬ 
ties ; pressing on the attention of amateur noblemen and spirited com- 
mercialists to send collectors to the country which promises so abundant 
a harvest to the adventurer. Among the specimens, Dr. Lindley has 
found one allied to Thibaudia , which constitutes a new genus, and 
which he has described and named Cavendishia nobilis, in honour of 
the present Duke of Devonshire, whose liberal support of the cause of 
botany is so well known. 
8. Calotropis procera. Tall Calotropis. This appears to be the 
old Asclepias gigantea, one of the most common plants in our stove 
collections nearly fifty years ago. It is most abundant in sandy soils, 
on the skirts of jungles, on the Coromandel coast. The road from 
Madras to Velloor is fringed with it nearly the whole way. 
Sweet’s British Flower Garden, continued by D. Don, Esq., 
for September 1st, 1835. 
1. Pavia carnea. Flesh-coloured American Horse-Chestnut. This is 
a highly ornamental low-growing tree, and, when in flower, in the end of 
May or beginning of June, is one of the most conspicuous in our collec¬ 
tions. The Pavias are separated from the JEsculus in consequence, 
we believe, of bearing smooth, instead of spinous fruit, like the latter. 
The high-coloured Pavia has not been many years in this country, 
which is the more remarkable as there is a fine avenue of them at 
Geneva, which must have long ago attracted the notice of British 
travellers who happened to be at that celebrated place in the flowering 
season. 
2. Orobus hirsuties. Hairy Bitter-Vetch. This is a desirable hardy 
flower-border plant; it is a native of the south of Europe, but not 
frequent in this country, except in botanical collections. 
3. Linum jlavum. Yellow Flax. This is a very showy plant, and on 
this account has been kept in the greenhouse; but it is recommended 
as sufficiently hardy to take a place in the flower-border. 
