The remainder of the seedlings have been pricked out in lines, and sheltered with brusli fencing. Purchase of Plants. —The item for purchase of plants, is chiefly for choice Coniferee, that were selected by Mr. Ludlam in Australia, and sent from there in excellent order, so that most of them, could be at once planted out. 30th August, 1872. James Hectoe.

LIST of PLANTS planted in the Botanic Gardens during 1871-72.

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TLIIRD ANNUAL EEPORT OF

Description. No. on Label. No. of each variety planted. Habitat. Description. No. on Label. No. of each Variety planted. H_-.t_t. CONIPEK-S. Pinus insignia „ Torrey ana „ Sabiniana „ tuberculata „ muricata „ Halepensis „ Benthamiana ... ,, Austraica „ pumilio „ maritima „ sylvestris „ longifolia 1 2 3 4 5 6 13 14 361 73 58 50 50 117 76 24 1 53 68 6 California. jj _ Europe. California. Austria. Hungary. Europe. Scotland. Himalaya Mountains. California. Canary Islands. Europe. Corsica. Prenella cupressiformis „ eolumellaris ... Eetinospora ericoides ... „ filifera ,, obtusa „ obtusa compacta ,, pisifera ... „ plumosa ... ,, squarrosa Taxus baccata ,, fastigiata Thujopsis borealis ,, dolabrata ... ,, lsetevirens ... 6 6 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 Japan. Japan. Europe. 16 17 18 BehringsStraitJapan- „ Coulteri ,, Canariensis „ pinaster „ laricio ,, strobus „ pinea Wellingtonia gigantea Abies excelsa „ coerulea ,, rubra Cupressus torulosa 19 26 22 7 8 9 2 12 62 38 12 30 48 44 6 1 22 South Europe. California. Norway. Garden hybrid. Ml! Cerasus Lusitanica ... ,, laurelia Berberis Escallonia macrantha... Euonymus Europseus ... Populus argentea Viburnum tinus „ opulus ,, Japonicum... TJlmus eampestris Torreya micefera Spirsea coryrnbosa Hibiscus Quercus (and 2 pecks of acorns) Yucca Azalea indica Aralia papyrifera Bambusa nigra !CEL_ SEOCS. 2 10 4 10 28 81 4 28 6 1 2 60 1 39 Portugal. Great Britain. N. Ameriea. Chili. Britain. "io Himalaya Mountains. California. China. S. Europe. Great Britain. Japan. Europe. „ Lawsoniana „ Comeyana ... „ Knightii „ Lambertiana „ macrocarpa „ Bentliamiana „ Lusitanica... ,, Goveniana... p „ excelsa 12 21 27 28 29 33 43 9 9 3 239 2 1 6 12 12 California. » 2 30 24 25 24 15 Australia. Cape of Good Hope. Portugal. China. Cape of Good Hope. Japan. California. Bignonia Capensis Himalayas. Great Britain. Cape of Good Hope. Thuja Craigiana „ lobbii „ auria ,, Lonniana „ Orientalis (Arbor vitse) Cryptomeria Lobbi ,, elegans ... Larix Europsea Cedrus Deodara 11 32 9 10 3 3 48 Amaryllis belladonna Tropseolum pentaphyllum Tilia Europo_a (Lime)... Camelia Japonica* Rhododendron (varieties) Magnolia grandiflora ... 50 30 Japan. South America. Europe. 4 100 70 Great Britain. 20 3 3 38 22 China. America- „ Atlantica ,, Libani Araucaria excelsa „ Bidwillii ... 23 24 25 14 6 7 20 Tyrol. Himalaya Mountains. Mount Atlas. Mt. Lebanon. Norfolk Island. Wide Bay, Australia. Moreton Bay. New Caledonia Chili. „ fuscata Orevillea robusta Podocarpus spinulosus Gardenia Fortuni „ florida Olea fragrans ,, Americana Pittrocolobium sp. Ficus macrophylla Ilex cornuta Osmanthus ilicifolius ... Sterculia acerifolia ,, heterophylla Berberis fascicularis ... ,, Beali Glycine magesperma ... Flowering Peach, rose ,, ,, white ... ,, „ carnation ,, „ camellia Platanus orientalis Deutzia scabia Weigelia amabilis 12 2 4 6 4 4 2 2 4 12 2 2 4 4 2 2 4 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 Carolina, America. China. N.S. Wales. China. >> „ Cunninghamii ,, Cookii ,, imbricata ... ,, glauca Juniperus oxyecdrus ... „ Hibernica ... „ rufescens ... „ Lycia ? Biota Meldensis Cephalotaxus Fortuni... Picea Nordmaniana ... „ balsamea ,, Cephalonioa „ pectinata ,, pinsapo Frenella Gunnii 9 6 10 3 1 2 6 1 1 2 2 1 6 6 12 12 18 America. Moreton Bay. Japan. Spain. Ireland. South Europe. N.S.W. )i California. Japan. China. Hybrid. China. Crimea. » Cephalonia. Spain. OysterBayPeni. Levant. Japan. China. A large a tssortment of cutti; igs, bulbs, roots, seeds, &c >f doors at the Hutt, Wellingti »Eai ied from seei d of plants grown out N.Z.