they do not neglect any of the numerous classes of plants which make up a 

 collection. 



In our next "ramble," we shall be obliged to change our locality, having, for 

 the present, exhausted our Boston notes, without having mentioned a tithe of its 

 horticultural importance. We neglected to take notes of exhibitions of the 

 Massachusetts Horticultural Society, but they are published, and such lists will 



scarcely keep. 



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GAS FOR COUNTRY HOUSES. 



"We have already noticed the fact that very many country people are introducing 

 gas of their own manufacture, and that, after the first outlay for the fixtures, the 

 gas costs less than the price paid by citizens. So much is the custom on the in- 



crease, that several manufactories exist, in different places, for preparing the appa- 

 ratus. We shall take that of the "Maryland Portable Gras Company" as our 

 tration, and merely state that the simplifying of the machinery has been attended 



