GARDENS A^D OARDENINO AT MONTKEAL. 



wliich we may mention some of tlie new Phloxes, such as Jioi Leopold, Crytereon, 

 Madam Le/evre, <fcc., the finest and newest Chrysantliomums, Dianthus or Carnations, 

 Dielytnis, Bellis or German Daisies, &c. "We notice, further, a handsome collection 

 of Conifers, viz., Saxe-Gothcca conspicua, Libocedrus Chiliensis, Abies Jezoensis, 

 Araucaria, Cupressus, <fec. ; a large collection of Acacias, and the newest and best 

 Camellias and Azaleas. Most interesting is a visit to the stove, where we see at the 

 entrance a small aquarium with Nymphcea dentata, Ortgiesiana rubra, carulea, some 

 Pontcdcrias, Andrajmyon Schomanthus, and several of the Cypericacejc. Among the 

 vigorous and carefully propagated stove-plants we find all the newest and best, such 

 as several of the new and finest of the Ficus tribe ; Begonia Prestonicnsis, miniata, 

 xanthina, macrophylla, stigmosa, etc. ; the splendid Aj^helandra Zcopoldii, squarrosa 

 citriosa, Porteana] ttc. ; Dracaena nobilis, maculata ; large specimens of the elegant 

 Hydrangea Japonica foliis variegatis ; Clerodendron Bungei ; the beautiful Maranda 

 Warszccu'itzii ; the interesting Fly-trap Z'tonoco muscijyula ; Cephalotus follicularis. 

 Among the various creepers the most beautiful Ilexacenlris Mysorensis ; the finest of 

 all the Passijloras, P. Decaisneana ; Hoemadyction nutans ; Cissus discolor marnio- 

 rea. As for other fine showy plants, Lojyezia ^nacrojjkylla, Musa coccinca, Quadrya 

 heteropliyJla, Sauranja macrophylla, Pandanus graminifoliiis, Brcsia Mudugascari- 

 ensis, Aloplectus Schlimmei, are among a number of the finest flowers. Of the newer 

 Gloxinias in vogue, Achimenes Chirita, &c. Mr. Bergiiolz, whose zeal and know- 

 ledge collected all these in not more than one year, deserves every possible credit, and 

 we wish him every success in his endeavors to make Montreal a place where persons 

 60 devoted to the profession as he is may find opportunities to study and admire the 

 vegetable kingdom in all its grandeur, in which task ho- is most generously supported 

 by his kind employer. 



There are several other gardens known as fine in Montreal, the economical display 

 of which, however, is so prominent, that we forbear expressing our opinion upon them. 

 We can not, however, refrain from mentioning the highly creditable and oldest nur- 

 sery and seed establishment of Lower Canada, that of Mr. George Shepherd, a 

 person known among his fellow citizens as one of the most honest and industrious of 

 men, who by his steady perseverance has as yet been the only individual who has 

 turned nursery-gardening in this rigorous climate to any profit. We find him always 

 ready to aid newly-arrived young gardeners, and gentlemen applying to him, with the 

 most practical advice about everything relating to gardening in this country ; and his 

 general and thorough knowledge of his profession makes him the most able to do so. 

 In his nursery at St. Catherines, near the foot of the mountain, we find a fine stock of 

 the best varieties of keeping Apples suitable for this climate, in young, saleable trees, 

 with a collection of all sorts of shrubs adapted to this country ; and in his store, 33 

 Xoter-Dame street, garden and field seeds, either of his own raising or imported from 

 some of the best establishments in Europe. Lately the Messrs. Cockburn & Brown 

 have established something similar, and seem not to be afraid of any expense in 

 increasing their stock by considerable importations of fruit trees, shrubbery, and Roses 

 from Europe and Upper Canada. Since last spring they have opened also a seed 



