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young plants of the marvellous Wellingtonia gigantea. We next visited 

 the old established nursery formerly known as 



Whitley and Osborn's, Fulham, 



But now in possession of INIessrs. Osborn and Sons ; and this establish- 

 ment claims especial notice, as we believe it is the oldest nursery about 

 London, having been established more than 150 years, and has always 

 been celebrated for the large collections of hardy ornamental trees and 

 shrubs ; herbaceous, Alpine, and bulbous plants ; fruit trees, &c., 

 cultivated here. Many rare hardy plants are to be met with here, that 

 seldom meet one's attention elsewhere. In addition, greenhouse and 

 stove plants are now grown rather extensively and well, and our 

 attention was directed to a new Oxylobium Osbomi, not yet sent out, a 

 profuse blooming plant, with deep orange and yellow flowers, and 

 Lysimachia Leschenaultia, a greenhouse herbaceous plant, probably 

 hardy, and blooms freely, producing dense heads of lively pink flowers, 

 and growing from 1 foot to IJ foot in height. Franciscea eximia, a 

 noble specimen, was blooming freely in one of the stoves, and in one of 

 the greenhouses was a fine plant of Berberis Leschenaultia, something 

 like japonica, but with a broader leaf, and more coriaceous. This firm 

 were amongst the subscribers to the Oregon expedition, sent from 

 Scotland, with Mr. Jeffreys as the collector, and they have succeeded in 

 raising some of the Pinuses forming part of the collection, from which 

 we hope on another occasion to be able to record some valuable intro- 

 ductions. 



The Wellington Road Nursery, St. John's Wood, 



Is in the immediate vicinity of the Regent's Park, and but a short 

 distance from Pine Apple Place. Messrs. E. G. Henderson and Son, 

 the proprietors of this large establishment, have wdthin a few years 

 past brought together an immense collection of plants, and " novelties 

 and new things " are here to be found in abundance. Passing through 

 their various houses — and there is a large extent of glass here — we saw 

 many beautiful Azaleas now in bloom, the most noticeable of which 

 are: — INIagnifica (Ambrose's), white, occasionally striped with pale red, 

 and blooming freely ; Illustrata alba, large white, wdth small violet 

 stripes, good form and remarkable substance ; Narcissiflora, a free 

 blooming double white variety ; Alexandrina, a well formed pale 

 scarlet, heavily spotted in the upper part of the flower ; Juliana, 

 orange -scarlet, very smooth, and fine form ; Conqueror (sy. Lateritia 

 formosa), pale salmon red with violet spots at top, smooth and large, 

 fine form ; Stanleyana, pale carmine, exquisite form and good substance, 

 one of the best varieties in cultivation ; Iveryana, one of the best 

 formed whites ; Beaute de I'Europe, pale blush with pink stripes ; 

 Perryana, rich rosy scarlet, fine form ; and the truly beautiful species, 

 A. sinensis, true, ^vith its large deep yellow flowers, the upper part 

 shaded with orange. There is, unfortunately, considerable difficulty in 

 obtaining this species true. Here the yellow Rhododendrons, or Aiireum 

 section, are largely grown, the best of which is " Aureum superbum." 

 Two other fine varieties attracted our attention : these are R. aureum 



