kept pruned low, in order to preserve a fine view from the piazza and parlor. On 

 the north side of the main walk, a path leads to a flower garden, chiefly of herba- 

 ceous perennials, dahlias, and annuals. This is surrounded by shrubs and low trees, 

 and is concealed from the street, and the other walks within the premises. In the 

 group of evergreens directly south, is a rustic seat, from which to enjoy the gar- 

 den. The effect of this gay scene to one coming upon it unexpectedly from the 

 main walk, is quite striking. The lawn in front of the house has beds cut in the 

 turf for herbaceous perennials, perpetual roses, and various bedding plants. The 

 trees are so arranged here as to preserve a fine view of a broad valley, a hillside 

 and a distinguished literary institution. The prospect, in other directions, being 

 indifferent, and the winter winds very strong, the trees have been left to grow as 

 they listed. 



" There is a grass terrace on three sides of the house. On the northwest corner 

 of this stands a vase ; on the south side are beds of early flowering plants. Di- 

 rectly north of the house is a small collection of standard pear-trees ; on the south 

 side is a collection of dwarfs. These and the rear premises, are screened from the 

 front view by a plantation of evergreens and low trees. A walk leads from the 

 dwelling to a summer house, built around the trunk of a huge elm, standing near 

 the south line of the premises. By the side of this walk are two oval beds of 

 choice roses. This part of the grounds is secluded from the rest by low trees. 

 Thus there are three distinct scenes in the pleasure grounds. 



" There are the following somewhat rare ornamental trees on the premises : 

 Yirgilia lutea, Purple Sycamore, Japan Maidenhair tree, Kentucky Coffee, De- 

 ciduous Cypress, Tulip-tree, Magnolia acwmzna^a. New American WeepingWillow, 

 Weeping Linden, Weeping Purple Beech, European Weeping Ash, Caperdown 

 Weeping Elm, Huntingdon, Cornish, Dutch Cork-Barked, English Cork-Barked, 

 and Purple-Leaved Elm ; Pinus Excelsa and P. Cembra ; Siberian Arbor Yitas, 

 Picea pichta, Abies Menziezii, Swedish Juniper, and English Yew. 



" This is as far as I have yet attained. I shall probably modify the plan from 

 year to year as I learn more. But this, as it now is, affords me great satisfaction, 

 and strikes favorably many who visit it. Perhaps it may furnish some hints to 

 others, imperfect as it is. The summer house is covered with honeysuckles and 

 climbing roses ; the pillars to the piazza of my house, with Scarlet Monthly 

 Honeysuckle and American Ivy; and the south summer house with the same Ivy 

 running up into the Elm which arches over it. The Elms in front of the house 

 are trained high, so as to preserve the view under their branches, and the other 

 trees are shrubs (Hibernice I), or low trees, kept low. 



" But I must stop, or I shall soon be bringing my wife and children into the 

 description." 



THE CULTIYATION OF EXOTIC GRAPES UNDER GLASS. 



BY THOMAS LEARMONT, GARDENER. 



A FEW practical remarks on the cultivation of exotic grapes under glass, will 

 be interesting to some of the readers of the Agriculturist. Frequent attempts 

 have been made to cultivate this delicious fruit in the open air, without success. 

 In the summer of 1852, my employer, Mr. Henry Lyons, of Columbia, S. C, 

 erected a cold grapery sixty-two feet long by twelve wide, what is called a lean-to 

 house, fronting southeast; the back wall of bricks sixteen feet in height, the front 

 resting on brick pillars one foot above the ground, and three feet apart ; upright 

 sashes three feet long, movable for ventilation ; wooden ventilators at the top 



