ee, 
with purplish flowers, and is the admiration 
of all who have seen it. 
Divergens.—This species has only been 
found in one place in the Dominion—on the 
coast near Brighton, south of Westport. It 
is an attractive bush, and is clothed with 
leaves from the ground to the tips of the 
branches. The flowers are of two colours— 
pure white and purplish pink. The 
branches are twiggy and divergent, from 
whence it gets ‘ts name. 
Gracillima.—This is another West Coast 
plant, and is well named. It is a much- 
branched shrub, with narrow pointed leaves 
about 2in long. The bush when full grown 
is about 4ft high, and as its head is not 
unlike an open umbrella, the resemblance 
being accentuated from the fact that it is 
naked on the lower branches. The flowers 
are very graceful, and the colour is a 
delicate purplish white. 
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CONCLUSION. 
To get together such a_ collection 
of veronicas as are crowded into the 
beds at Wetherstones has necessitated 
a considerable amount of correspond- 
ence. but Mr Hart and Mr Darton 
have met with such cordial support and so 
much practical assistance that the work of 
collecting has been indeed a pleasant one. 
There are now to be seen growing at 
Wetherstones eighty-six species named and 
described in the Manual or subsequently in 
the ‘Transactions,’ and over thirty new 
and yet undescribed species. The number 
of varieties is well over 250. 
Such a valuable and important collec- 
tion of what I helieve to be the most 
interesting genus of all our native plants 
T think it will be admitted should not oniy 
be carefully preserved, but should, through 
industrious propagation, be made available 
for the public gardens of the Dominion, 
urder some well-arranged scheme of distr1- 
bution. itt is a monument to the energy, 
perserverance, and fpucite spirit of two 
