fcrcnce. This is the most interesting of the group for the beauty of its acorns ; 

 thouixh in the Bplendor of its foliage, and picturescjucness of its ai)pearance, it Is 

 int'cridr to the uiit'ortunatoly less kuowu ypccie.s (^(Jucrrus l/ico/tir), the mnssy cup or 

 swauip white Oak, the large leaves, and dense foliage of which have probably no 

 superior in beauty. Some very fine specimens of the British Oak (^Quercus rohur 

 ptduinnUila), and of the Anierieau "White Oak (^Q. olJut), are not bad. The former 

 is eighty feet high, and seven feet in circumference; the latter eighty -five feet liigh, 

 and thirteen in circumference. 



Amongst the trees little known, but very beautiful, Stijrux <jr<nullf()Uum may be 

 especially noted. The specimen here thrives in deep .'^hadc, is twenty-five feet high, 

 and over one foot in circumference. In early summer it is a perfect nosegay of 

 sweet scented white blossoms. Another Styrax (<S'. liecigatuni) here, though a 

 very pretty looking shrub, I do not ever remember seeing in flower. Ilalesia dij>t<ra, 

 flowering nearly a month later than the H. tcfrajjicra, and with magnificent clasters 

 of large white flowers, is a very showy small tree ; it does not grow as large as the 

 common kind. Cyrilla racemifiora is another special favorite, — an Evergreen 

 laden with thousands of racemes of countless white and waxy blossoms, perfectly 

 hardy an.d very accommodating. What have cultivators been about to entirely 

 overlook its merits? Phyllyrea angustifolia, a European Evergreen, seems well 

 "at home" under the shade of the Pine trees. 



The Hop Horn Beam or Iron-wood ( Ostrya Virginicfi) may also be here included, 

 for though somewhat better known, it is rarely seen in cultivation. A fine slender 

 Birch, covered with white looking Hops, w'ill give a very good idea of it. This 

 specimen is over fifty feet high. The Franklin tree (^Gordonia j[)ul>cHcens), with its 

 large white flowers like single Camellia.s, thrives very well here in deep shade ; a.s 

 also docs Stuartia pentafjyna, a beautiful shrub of the same natural order. The 

 odd looking Christ's Thorn (^Fuliurus acideatus) has here obtained a height of thirty 

 feet ; its awful looking spines even more horrid than those of a Gleditchia horridn, 

 yet when, in the fall, covered with large red berries, it is highly ornamental. 



We might continue these notes of this highly interesting place, till the whole 

 number was filled, but we must find space to notice the beautiful Evergreen, Bigno- 

 nia capreolata, which, as a hardy vine of great beauty — in flower or out — as 3Ir. 

 Downing and others, in the pages of the Horticulturist, have long ago taken the 

 opportunity to notice. One excellent character in it is its doing so well in deep 

 shade. 



To a Pomologist there is not much here to interest. There is, however, the much 

 celebrated fine old Petre Pear — the parent of all the Petres; and also the original 

 "Chapman" Pear, which, though not of high rank with Pomologists, tho.se who 

 like a fair sized juicy Pear of the old crassaune flavor, kiiow well how to appreciate. 



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[The great Cypress at Bartram's has been our admiration since boyhood; it stood, 

 when we first remember it, near a fine spring of water, but it seems to have appro- 

 priated the whole to itself, the spring having disappeared; its long spreading 

 up those curious large knobs which the Southern negroes appropriate for 



