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M. l\ WILUER'S GREEN. HOUSE. 



flowers often varying very much as lo the 

 proportions of white and rod. Ji'/Hiam the 

 IV, fine regular form, rose ground, spotted 

 with while. Henry Favre, perfect form, 

 rose colour ; Sarah Frost and Hempsteadii, 

 both Philadelphia seedlings and fine regu- 

 lar flowers; Cruciata, pink, with white 

 stripes ; Imbricata, Binneyii, Colvillii, Con- 

 spicua, Fordii, Francoforteiisis, GunneVs 

 Gen. Washmgton ; Americafia, blush, with 

 rose stripes and spots ; FloifsNeoboraceiisis, 

 a very large, bold flower, after the style of 

 Donkelaarii, slightly striped with white; 

 Celestina; Tricolor, beautifully striped like 

 a carnation ; Pictoreuin Roseum ; Myrtifo- 

 lia, with numerous other varieties, were in 

 a flowering state. The quantity of seed- 

 lings, in various stages of growth, is very 

 great, and would number by thousands. 

 These are mostly from seeds of flowers 

 which had been crossed by superior varie- 

 ties ; we noticed the plants were labeled 

 with the name of the parents from whence 

 they sprung. Quite a number of these 

 seedlings have shown flower the present 

 winter, some of them of good character, but 

 none to be compared with the magnificent 

 varieties, C. Wilderii, and jMrs. Abby 

 Wilder, for which the Massachusetts Soci- 

 ety awarded to Mr. W. a silver pitcher. 

 By the way we noticed a flower of C. Mrs. 

 Wilder, at Mr. Warren's store, (the pre- 

 sent owner of the whole stock,) a few days 

 since, which fully sustained the high cha- 

 racter already given of it; it is undoubtedly 

 the best while variety in existence, so per- 

 fect in shape, petals perfectly rose leaved, 

 and the flower full and symmetrically 

 formed; the tints of pink in it are very 

 delicate, in some flowers hardly perceptible. 

 We doubt whether Mr. Wilder will find 

 among his thousands of seedlings, two more 

 vrioties that will excel or even equal 



On the* back of the Camellia house, 

 and rising to the top of the wall, we no- 

 ticed a superb plant of Acacm spectabilia, 

 covering a space of 12 to 15 feet, complete- 

 ly, with its rich, golden yellow, ball-shaped 

 flowers ; we were informed that it had been 

 two months in bloom. 



Passing from the Camellia house into 

 the third division, our attention was arrest- 

 ed by some large plants of Cloth of Gold and 

 Solfaterre Roses, climbing up the rafter and 

 over the house to the length of 15 to 20 

 feet, enriched with their clusters of yellow 

 canary coloured flowers. These varieties, 

 particularly Cloth of Gold, are said to be 

 shy bloomers, but with proper treatment. 

 Mr. Wilder says, they are free and con- 

 stant. Most of the Noisettes, he informs 

 us, should have plenty of room to ramble, 

 where they will form flower spurs and con- 

 tinue to produce bloom, and that the knife 

 should be used but sparingly on this class. 

 This house is partly devoted to roses, which 

 are all in fine condition, making robust 

 shoots under the influence of Guano water. 

 Among the new varieties, we noticed Prin- 

 cess Adelaide, (Tea,) with very large pale 

 yellow, highly scented flowers; Eliza Sav- 

 age, a large, splendid Tea rose ; Count de 

 Paris, (Tea;) Souvenir de la Malinaison, 

 (Bourbon ;) Bourbon, Leveson Goiver, Ceza- 

 rine Souchet, Triomphe de la Duchesse, Le 

 Jlorifera, Hybrid Perpetuals, Comma7idant 

 Four/tier, Eugene Sue, Comic de Monlali- 

 vet. Admiral D'Esting, Gen. Morangier, La 

 Renoncula. Several of these have been re- 

 ceived this year, but are making strong 

 flowering shoots. 



In this house there was a large plant of 

 Heliotrope planted in the ground, ten feet 

 high, and four to five feet wide, that had been 

 continually in bloom through the year, and 

 from which bushels of flowers had been 

 cut. There were myriads of young Calceo- 



