I. Britain.

The usual exchanges have been made with the Botanic Gardens of Dublin, Edinburgh, Glasnevin, and Oxford; with the Royal Horticultural Society, Chiswick; with the Royal Botanic Society, Regent's Park; also with the principal nurserymen, especially with Messrs. Backhouse of York, Barr and Sugden of Covent Garden, Bull of Chelsea, Carter of Holborn, Dickson and Co. of Edinburgh, Dickson and page 26 Sons of Chester, Henderson of St. John's Wood, Jackson and Son of Kingston, Laing of Forest Hill, Lee of Hammersmith, Little and Ballantyne of Carlisle, Low and Co. of Clapton, Osborn of Fulliam, Rodger, McClelland, and Co. of Newry, Thompson of Ipswich, Veitch of Chelsea, Ware of Tottenham, and Wills of South Kensington.

Contributions have been received from upwards of 100 different sources; of these the principal have been:—

Ashburton, Lady; box of Cape Irideœ, bulbs, &c.

Atkins, J.; Pulmonaria dahurica, Saxifraga primulina, &c.

Bagwell, Mrs.; seeds of Anemone coronaria and others.

Bradford, E.; seeds Perilla ocimoides, Polygonatum tinctorum, &c.

Briggs, T. A.; Pyrus Briggsii.

Briggs, Sir T. G.; Ward's case of plants from Bermuda.

Broome, C. E.; Habenaria chlorantha, Lysimachia thyrsiflora, Eryngium alpinum.

Christy & Co., T.; seeds Duboisia myoporoides.

Clark, Col. T.; hybrid Haemanthus, Hymenocallis Harrisiana.

Crewe, Rev. H.; Gladiolus permeabilis.

Darwin, Ch.; fruit of supposed hybrid Solanum, Drosophyllum lusitanicum.

Egerton, Sir. P.; Hymenocallis macrostephana.

Ellacombe, Rev. H. N.; Tritoma Burchelli.

Elwes, H. J.; Arisœma nepenhoides, Milla longipes, Tulipa sp.

Hall,—.; Gentiana bavarica and other Swiss alpines.

Head, A., Crystal Palace; Large clump of Rhapis humilis.

Hillhouse, W.; Riecia fluitans.

Henry, I. A.; Alströmeria sp., Gunnera sp., Stenomesson Hartwegii, Lychnis apetala, Clematis Colensoi, Hibiscus corylifolius, Perezia multiflora, Rhodostachys littoralis, Puya andina, Puya paniculatay Veronica Lyallii, V. salicornioides, Primulas, roses, &c.

Jennings, R.; Eucalyptus Gunnii (Cider Gum of Tasmania).

Joad, G.; Falkia repens.

Judge, J. H.; Mormodes aromatica, Peonia Whitmanniana, &c.

Latham, J.; seeds Raphia sp.

Law son, Rev. W. L.; Adiantum cuneatum, var. Lawsoni, Asplenium septentrionale and other ferns.

MacLeay, Sir G.; Hardy orchids.

Masters, Dr.; seeds Fischeria sp.

Maw, G.; Hyacintlius Pulzolzi, Colchicum sp., Chionodoxa, Croci, Narcissi, &c.

Melville, D.; collection of Galanthus.

Murray, Maj.-Gen.; seeds Commidendron robustum.

Nares, Capt. Sir G.; Ward's case containing Callixene sp., Campsidium sp., Hymenophyllum cruentum, Philesia buxifolia.

Peacock, J.; Aloe socotrina, Echeveria pulverulenta, E. Funkii, Fourcroya variegata, &c.

Peek, Sir H., Bart.; collection of cultivated musas.

Philpotts, Canon; large plant of Cattleya crispa.

Post, Rev. G. E.; Ornithogalum latifolium.

Rawson, Rev. A.; Morœa tristis.

Rashleigh, J.; Pinus Edgariana.

Redhead, M.; seeds of choice palms, Chorisia speciosa, Ipomœa aurea, &c.

Routledge, T.; Bambusa arundinacea, Dendrocalamus strictus.

Thompson, R.; seeds of Befaria glauca, Cobœa pendulifiora, Gaultheria sp., Lobelia sp., Espeletia neriifolia (Incense tree), Solanum sp. bearing beautiful fruit, cinchonas, musas, &c.

Walker M. A.; Hibiscus sp., Natal

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Wilkie, J. F.; choice succulents.

Woodbridge, J.; Hymenocallis macrostephana.