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from hiemalis fertilised with other good kinds — deserve especial 

 notice ; these are all decided improvements on E. hiemalis, which variety 

 they most resemble ; they are all free blooming and of vigorous habit, 

 and the plants were covered with flowers of a purple colour, tipped with 

 white ; but one variety, which was considered the best, had more of a 

 carmine tint in it. Several other promising varieties raised between 

 Willmoreana and Linneana, were in bloom, and we hope at some 

 future time to present our readers wuth coloured illustrations of some of 

 the seedlings which are not yet named. 



Among the new erections in these gardens, is a glass-case placed 

 over a portion of a south Cherry wall, which the accompanying wood- 

 cut represents. The principal feature in this glass covering is the plan 



which Mr. Ingram has adopted for giving air, viz., the opening of the 

 front sashes, which are nine feet long, and turn on a pivot at each end ; 

 when opened they are simply fastened with a small hook. This allows 

 plenty of air in every part without moving the top sashes. This 

 case is eighty feet long and made portable, so that it may be easily 

 moved or packed away when not in use. The trees were in full bloom 

 early in April, and every part of the wall completely covered. 



There is an excellent show of all kinds of fruit in the hardy fruit 

 department, and if fortunate enough to escape spring frost, doubtless it 

 will be a season of plenty. The Peach, Plum, and Cherry walls are in 

 fine condition : most of the Peach trees cover a space of two hundred 

 square feet, and are well furnished with bearing wood quite to the stem, 

 with not the least sign of becoming bare in any part of the trees. These 

 trees are protected with canvas screens through the spring months. 



