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and quicker anger of the Kattierines, but that he liked the chose of partridge, and pheasant, and 

 heron, bo well, that he preserved for his hunt, the Parks. 



A simple taste, and a less ro5'al lineage, must secure our own groat Park. It shall be the gift 

 of this century of New Yorkers to the next, for it will be by the long and slow, but inevitable 

 process of many years, that hill-side, and vale, and jdain, and terrace, and mound, shall be shad- 

 owed by the huge and brave trees. When it shall have been declared ofl'uially, the Park, then 

 comes its severe trial, for then shall issue out upon it all manner of experimenters and essayists 

 in landscape. 



I have already heard it declared that there must be a general leveling of all the rocks ! Doubt- 

 less the crags must be crushed, afterwards to be rebuilt, as did our romantic neighbor of the 

 Bowling Green, in piles of very ludicrous slielvings. I'erhaps there may be good sense to save 

 (his great area of surface from invasions of men, who, not being able to see what is really beau- 

 tiful, go to work to create it. Let not our new Park be included among the spoilt. 



With due humility towards our associate, venturing on a field he has won so well, I would 

 ask our Honorable Commissioners Bradish, Kent, and their worthy associates, to let us remember 

 them as A.nthony uttered of C-esar : 



" all his walks, 



His private arbors, and new iilantcd orchards, 

 On that side Tiber, he hath k-fl tlium you 

 And to your heirs forever, common plea.sures 

 To walk abroad and recreate yourselves." 



-Sextixel, in iV\ Y. Courier (b Enquirer, Maxj 12. 



The Dielytea spectabilis. — This charming plant is now (May 20tli) in full bloom here 

 in the open ground. Young plants — last spring's cuttings — have come through the winter 

 safe, without the slightest protection of any kind. We can safely say that it is perfectly 

 hardy. In a note just received from Chas. Dowxing, Esq., he says : 



" Dielytra spectabilii proves to be one of the hardiest plants. While many other hardy plants 

 have scarcely survived, this has not been injured in the least It is now in full bloom and makes 

 a splendid show." 



We have been thanked over and over again for bringing this plant to notice through the 

 Horticulturist. We give the following letter entire : 



The Dielytra spectabilis. — The Dielytra spectabilis figured in the Horticulturist last year, 

 induced me to send for a plant immediately, as your recommendation was given it. On the way, 

 or in unpacking it, it became so much broken — top and roots, pot and all — that I despaired 

 keeping it alive. But with care in the green-house, it was brought out again, and about the 

 first of August it was planted in rich soil in the garden. It grew finely, but did not bloom, last 

 summer. Without protection, it was among the very first things to make its appearance this 

 spring, and now it is in bloom. The jdant is about two feet high, and about the same in diam- 

 eter — the admiration of every one who beholds it. I could sell dozens of plants, at almost any 

 price, if I had them ; but there is but that one on hand and that can't be bought. Fifty cents was 

 what it cost, but ten dollars would not even take it on loan for a week. There is no getting 

 tired of looking at it, no matter whether coming to meals or going from them. Coming home 

 from abroad, or going to the nursery, the Dielytra must be looked at. Ko wonder you gave it 

 such a tlowery description in the Horticulturist. 



But to wind up, I would merely say to whoever has not got it, go and get it. Until you have 

 seen the Dielytra spectabilis in bloom, you have yet to see, for the first time, one of the 

 superb flowers under cultivation. For description see page 300, in the Horticulturist of 



