Tliere arc many free flowerinj^ plants, coniiuouly occupants of the Ki'cenhousp, 

 which I think would succeed t|uitc as well iilanted out as the lirugmansia, large 

 specimens of which would add a new and interesting feature to our pleasure- 

 grounds. I propose planting out a few next May, with a view to their remaining 

 out through the winter, and getting glass structures made (so tliat they can be 

 easily increased in size at pleasure, and removed in spring) for their ])rotectiou. 

 Some who have the management of gardens may remark, and i)erhaps with justice, 

 that it is more easy to write about tliese matters than to get the necessary means 

 for their execution ; but here, I am hapjiy to say, such is not the case, as my 

 noble employer, who is both indulgent and generous, puts no obstacles in the 

 way of imjirovement or experiment. — Itohcrl JJoicUny, Crom Castle Gardens, Co. 

 Fermanagh, Ireland. — Gardeners^ Chronicle. 



It is scarcely possible that any amount of protection, short of the hot-water 

 pipes, in this climate, would preserve it through one of our winters, liut it is a 

 plant that lifts very easily ; if taken up early, potted in a large tub, and kept over 

 the winter rather dry, in a cellar, protected from freezing, and, on the return of 

 spring, after all danger from frost is past, again transferred to the open air, it 

 would no doubt succeed perfectly. 



It may be remarked that the Brugmansias are often called Daturas, from the 

 first name having been given to another tribe of plants. The Double White is a 

 pleasing garden ornament. 



THE ENGLISH BIRD CHERRY. 



BY A PHILADELPHIA AMATEUR. 



Taking up a catalogue of an Eastern nursery, under the head of Cerasus Padus 

 it remarks, " this is a most beautiful small tree ;" and it is most truly so. Our 

 own Wild Cherry {C. serotina) is a gem in its way, but the present is a diamond 

 of the first water — the Koh-i-noor of ornamental cherries. Yet you may not see 

 it often ; it is as rare as it is beautiful. As soon might you see the Victoria 

 Lily in the commonest duck-pond, as this beautiful tree in a gentleman's grounds ; 

 yet it is not their apathy, for nurserymen seldom keep it, nor the nurseryman's 

 fault, for he is not aware of its real beauty. It has no English reputation, for 

 there it deserves none. Though a native of that country, it proves hardly worthy 

 of the soil. J^o sooner did an American atmosphere rush through the lungs of 

 our English forefathers, but the present go-ahead Yankee nation was formed. 

 Even their trees essay to partake of our spirit, and their little scrub cherries 

 become our most honored arboricultural citizens — genuine, back-bone Know- 

 nothings, ashamed of the insignificance of their origin. 



Witli more frequent opportunities to observe it, our practical friends will seek 

 more to possess it, and it will be more and more sought after by lovers of trees. 

 I do wish, Mr. Editor, every nurseryman in the States could see a specimen I was 

 enraptured with, a few hours ago, on the very beautiful grounds of your neighbor, 

 Geo. 11. Thomson, Esq. I would give your readers some idea of this tree, were 

 it not indescribable ; or attempt to sketch it, if I felt that it could be portrayed. 

 Both pen and pencil failing me, I will only ask that they imagine a perfectly coni- 

 cal and densely furnished bush, about twenty-five feet high and fifteen diameter, 

 so very well furnished at the ground, that for anything we see, it might be 

 seated on, instead of growing in it. Over this cone of shining green, pear-like 

 foliage, thousands of six-inch racemes of snow-white flowers gracefully hang 

 tered, saturating the air around with their fragrance, and with a sweet w 



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