who has prepared extensive houses for its reception, and who undoubtedly possesses 

 the finest and most rare hothouse in North America. Great disappointment was 

 expressed that the plants were not sold separately, as a large company had assem- 

 bled, to procure individual specimens. Mr. Winans swept the whole at a small 

 advance, on the low valuation of $2,385. 

 We noted the following, for their rarity : — 



Fircrea gigantea ; nine feet in diameter and ten feet high. 



Cactus Braziliensis ; twenty feet iu height. 



Ficus reptans. 



Banana CavandisMi ; in bearing. 



Stigm apkillon ciliatiana. 



Muscienda. fi-ondosa. 



Hakea Victoria; resembling the Salisburia. 



. Weigelia amabilis ; an old plant, and in full bearing. 



Magnolia grandijiora ; a large plant ; somewhat injured by the winter of 1855-G. 



Stenocarpus Cunn inghamia. 



One of the most extraordinary things in these grounds, and one of the most 

 beautiful we ever saw, was an Osage Orange-tree, about twenty-four years old. 

 Its leading shoot had been destroyed, and it had become recumbent to a surprising 

 degree. By pacing the circumference over which it had spread itself, we found 

 it covered the space of one hundred and sixty-five feet ! It is highly ornamental 

 in this condition, and was full of fruit. The limbs laid about with a profusion 

 that was positively beautiful and wonderful. We recommend experiments with 

 this tree where a large space (say a circular drive) is to be filled. 



Here, too, we gratified a long wished-for inspection of Dr. Edmondson's seed- 

 ling camellias, which have stood out for twelve or fifteen years in the open air, 

 protected only by leaves thrown over them. They were cut down to the snow- 

 line, the last winter, but were again growing vigorously, and sending up tufts of 

 leaves more beautiful than raahouias. Would that our own climate might be 

 favored with such a result. Dr. E., as already stated, was famous for possessing 

 some extraordinary seedling strawberries of his own raising. The Marylandica 

 constantly took the prizes, and other sorts were in great esteem. These have 

 been purchased, and are now offered for sale by S. Feast & Sons (as before re- 

 marked), with the Charles's Favorite and Haarlem Orange. He never parted with 

 these, his answer being always : " They are not for sale." His seedling strawberry 

 ground was trenched from two to three feet deep ; at the bottom of each trench, 

 a layer of eight or tea inches of charcoal, manure, leather refuse, and various 

 materials, were mixed. The seedling plants were turned out of the pots in which 

 they had been kept all winter, and planted in rows two feet, and the plants eighteen 

 inches apart. The ground was then covered with a thick coat of tan, the runners 

 suppressed until fruiting was over. The three now offered are the choice of many 

 thousands tested. So notorious had his fruit become at the exhibitions and the 

 markets, that no others attracted attention. 



Marylandica is one of the finest show fruits. Color, rich dark crimson ; large, 

 firm, rich flavor; strong grower; well adapted as a fertilizer, and we think it the 

 finest berry we know. 



Haarlem Orange ripens early, and continues until strawberries are over; is a 

 very prolific bearer, good size, and of a glossy orange color, pine-apple shape, firm, 

 and of rich flavor, and a great favorite of the birds. 



Charles's Favorite is declared to be equal to Hovey's Seedling, and ripens ten 

 days earlier. 



