1882.] 



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ties have permanent exhibition 

 grounds, and it is sad to reflect 

 that these bodies, wliich one 

 would suppose to be leaders in 

 art and culture in true taste, gen- 

 erally have the most disgustingly 

 neglected properties that it is 

 one's misfortune to meet with. 

 They give •' premiums " for works 

 of art and improvement, and 

 present themselves the most 

 wretched examples of that which 

 they profess to encourage. Occa- 

 sionally there are some attempts 

 at cultural decency, and we have 

 pleasant recollections of one in 

 New Orleans as we write; but 

 these instances are rare. 



We have a plan of an improved 

 place before us as we write, 

 which, though somewhat of a 

 private rather than a public en- 

 terprise, suggests these thoughts, 

 and in the hope that others may 

 profit by it, we have had an en- 

 graving of it made expressly for 

 the Gardener's Monthly. It was 

 designed by Mr. VVm. Webster, 

 the eminent landscape gardener, 

 of Rochester, K Y. 



SCRAPS AND 

 RIES. 



QUE- 



Trees and Shrubs for the Sea- 

 side. — ' W. C," Bayview, Glou- 

 cester, Mass., writes : " Will you 

 please be so kind as to inform me 

 what kind of shrubs I can find 

 hardy enough to withstand our 

 extreme peculiar climate, on the 

 north-west side of Cape Ann. 



" Such plants as Lilacs, Sy- 

 ringas, Forsythia, Deutzia, Al- 

 thea, Ribes, Guelder Rose, Wie- 

 gelia, Japan Quince ; also, the 

 Norway Spruce, Common White 

 Pine, Austrian Pine, all winter 

 kill. 



" I think it is more from the 

 effect of the vapor rising from 

 the ocean in extreme cold 





