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woolly foliage, and a profusion of large orange flowers from the axils 

 of the leaves. It is altogether a handsome plant. In the same house 

 was a small plant of Cheiranthera hnearis, a graceful growing slender 

 plant, with blue flowers ; and several neat specimens of the leading 

 greenhouse plants. Erica Victoria (or ZingereUa) is one of the finest 

 Heaths we liave ever seen, and is a variety of the " Aristata" section, 

 with rich glossy deep scarlet flowers. A scarce plant is Bossisea 

 lenticulata, of a drooping habit, with a profusion of sulphur-yellow 

 flowers ; and in the same house, plants of Epacris Kinghorni were 

 clothed with flowers of a dehcate pale pink colour, shading to white at 

 the tip, and is a very free bloomer. Geranium Kingsbury Pet was 

 also in bloom, and is a very pleasing variety of the horse-shoe leaf 

 Geranium, with salmon-pink flowers. The double white Chinese 

 Peach is here used for forcing in pots, and is of a clear white colour, 

 and the flowers are large. It is a most desirable plant, not only for 

 this purpose, but out-door decoration, as well. The state of the young 

 greenhouse plants here is such as to satisfy the most fastidious purchaser, 

 and no difficulty will be experienced in selecting well grown young 

 plants of all the leading sorts, such as can easily be formed into speci- 

 mens for exhibition. We next proceed to 



Mr. Glendinning's Nursery at Chiswick. 



And on entering this establishment, which is one of the best conducted 

 about London, a very fine specimen of the Cedrus Deodara, about 20 

 feet high, forms a conspicuous object, and, from its beauty, must tempt 

 many a passer-by into becoming a purchaser. Conifers are largely 

 grown here, both in pots and in the open ground, and we particularly 

 noticed in pots very fine plants of Cupressus funebris and Libocedrus 

 chilensis, both of whith are in great quantities, and the graceful 

 drooping Dacrydium Franklini, which has been found to be quite 

 hardy in Yorkshire this winter. In one of the houses we also noticed 

 Cupressus Corneyana, and ChamsecyjDrus glauca, both of which give 

 promise of becoming very handsome plants, and probably hardy. In 

 the open ground, Cupressus Lambertiana is much injured ; so also is 

 Cupressus torulosa. Pinus insignis is very much browmed, and both 

 Taxodium semper virens and Cr^'ptomeria japonica have been severely 

 browned by the fi'ost, but are now breaking freely. With regard to the 

 two Cupressus, they no doubt continued gromng until a late period last 

 year, owing to the wet season that prevailed, and did not ripen their wood 

 soon enough to withstand the inclement winter we have just experienced. 

 A good collection of stove and greenhouse plants is cultivated here, 

 amongst which we saw Gastrolobium Drummondi, with spikes of deep 

 orange red flowers, and which will be a desirable addition to any 

 collection ; a well-gro\vn plant of Genethylis tulipifera ; a new Ceanothus 

 from Cahfornia, that has not yet flowered ; the handsome Gesnera 

 Donkelaari (figured in the Florist for November, 1853) ; and a very 

 pretty-leaved Passiflora, a distinct species from Mexico, which has not 

 yet flowered here, and appears to be half shrubl)y, and the leaves 

 spotted with silver ; also a new red Passiflora from Australia, which 



