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frost, being absent during the winter, when proper care should have been taken to cover the 

 roots with earth. I would remark, that three years ago I received some caper seed from 

 Naples, which did not germinate, owing, as I think, to packing them in air tight vessels. " 



The LixuMBOURO Orange Trees. — The pomegranate and orange trees of the Gardens of 

 the Luxembourg are at present being transferred into new cases of larger size. The 

 collection of orange trees belonging to the Luxembourg is one of the most remarkable of any 

 of the public gardens in France, both the number and age of the trees. Orange trees, it is 

 known, attain a vast age. In the famous orangery at Versailles, is one known under the 

 three names of Grand Cons-table, Francois I., and Grand Bourbon, which is more than four 

 luuulrcd years old. It comes from some pippins of a tree of bitter oranges planted in a pot 

 at the commencement of the fifteenth century, by Eleanora of Castile, wife of Charles the 

 Third, King of Navarre. The trees which sprang from them were preserved in the same case 

 up to 14'J9, at Pampeluna; they afterwards passed into different hands as rare and precious 

 objects, and then became the property of the Constable of Bourbon, who placed them in his 

 Chateau de Chantelle in the Bourbonnais. The property of the Constable having been confis- 

 cated in 1522, the orange trees were sent to decorate the palace of Fontainbleau, which 

 Francis I. had caused to be restored and enlarged. "When Louis XIV. had completed Ver- 

 sailles, and built that magnificent orangery, he gave orders that all the orange trees existing 

 in the ro^al residences should be conveyed to it. This was in 1G84, and the orange trees of 

 Pampehuia, which were among those removed, were then two centuries and a half old. The 

 Grand Constable, notwithstanding its great age, is still perfectly vigorous. Beutier. 



A Correction. — In my notes on Cincinnati, I find that I omitted to make mention of several 

 places which I visited, and this, especially in the case of nurserymen, may very justly be 

 considered uncourteous if not unfair. 



Mr. B.^teham and myself, had a very pleasant ride to the nurseries of Messrs. J. C. Ferris 

 & Co., at Pleasant Ridge, a little village in Hamilton county, some six or seven miles distant 

 from Cincinnati. Mr. Ferris has a commodious range of plant houses in which he grows 

 roses and soft wooded plants extensively. We observed around the house quite a large stock 

 of roses recently turned out. lie is also extending his culture of fruit and hardy ornamental 

 trees rapidly-, and has already a good stock of many things ready for sale. Tho country 

 around Pleasant Piidge is the fairest and most fertile I have seen in Ohio, and the prospect, 

 which embraces many miles on all sides, was charming at the time of my visit. The woods, 

 fields, and gardens, were all decked in their freshest and gayest attire, the weather was 

 showery, and the atmosphere fresh and invigorating. 



The nursery of J. M. McCullough, Esq., who has a seed establishment in the city of 

 Cincinnati, is not far from Pleasant Ridge, and we intended to visit them on our way back to 

 town, but it threatened rain and the afternoon being somewhat advanced, we deferred it. 

 Saturday I intended to complete my visit among the nurserymen, and also among the more 

 extensive strawberry growers, but when I got up in the morning the rain was falling thickly, 

 with a prospect of continuing all day, and so I took my seat in the cars and was home at 

 midnight. I regretted leaving so much undone, but there's a good time coming. To see all 

 that is worth seeing in the way of nurseries, gardens, vineyards, &c., around Cincinnati, 

 would require a full week, and the weeks that I can spare away from home are "few and far 

 between." B. 



Correction. — In describing the Howell Pear I am made to say "The point is large" 

 instead of "The fruit is large." See page 350 Aug. No. 



In speaking of the Pyrus Japonica, you say "This beautiful plant grows very readily from 

 cuttings, " you ought to have added "of the roots" lest some people might experiment on the 

 shoots, which would be labor lost. B. 



