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promising, as was also a fine collection of Sela- 

 ginella, grown in pans of no mean dimensions. 

 Leaving this range, I next entered the green- 

 houses. Here I noticed a very neat specimen of 

 Cj'cas revoluta, and quite a number of magnifi- 

 cent Ficus elastica and Oleander plants ; also a 

 very healthy collection of Camellias, so thickly 

 set for flower that thinning out the small buds 

 was necessary. The Azaleas, of which there were 

 some fine specimens, all looked very promising. 

 One house was devoted to bedding plants, and 



variegation being in the middle of the leaf, and 

 a broad belt of deep green around the edge. 

 This variety, I think, will make quite a stir when 

 it gets into commerce, and will, no doubt, be the 

 parent of a new class of variegated geraniums. 



Mr. McAdams informed me that they were 

 about to introduce Cowan's new compensating 

 system of heating, Mr. Baird having had an 

 agent in Europe all summer for the purpose of 

 examining the apparatus before bringing it out 

 to this countrv. 





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another to winter flowering plants, such as 

 Stevia, Heliotrope, Cinerarias, Bouvardia, and 

 various kinds of winter flowering geraniums and 

 roses, from which to supply bouquets, &c. 



Among the Zonale geraniums I noticed one 

 called " Happy Thought," which Mr. Baird has 

 recently imported from England. This variety 

 is quite distinct from any I have ever seen. The 



Knowing that you are always on the lookout 

 for novelties to lay before the readers of your 

 valuable journal, I determined to pay another 

 visit after the first hard frost — when they hoped 

 to have the apparatus in full working order — and 

 open to the inspection of those who wished to 

 examine it. 



I accordingly paid a visit about the beginning 



