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of the officers of the Customs, who, suspecting 

 a scheme for smuggliug jewels, wished to vin- 

 earth this treasure from its singular recepta- 

 cle; how, his eloquent appeals prevailing, he 

 was allowed to carry it to the Gardin des Plantes, 

 where it became a great and famous tree; and 

 finally, how, "in its hundredth year (1837) it 

 was cut down to make room for a railwaj', and i 

 nov,' the hissing steam-engine passes over the 

 place where it stood." I had supposed it 

 was well known that Bernard Jessien never went 

 to the Holy Land, and that most readers of the , 

 Gardener's Chronicle would know that no railway | 

 has as yet invaded the Jardin des Plantes, or that 

 in such a case it would be likely to cross the 

 steep knoll, upon which still stands (or last sum- 

 mer stood) the Cedar of Lebanon which, as a 

 seedling. Jussieu is said to have brought over 

 from England in the crown of his hat, said 

 hat the while probably covering the honored 

 head of the founder of the natural system. It is 

 hardly worth while to enquire where the penny- 

 a-liner of the E'linburgh Review obtained his ma- 

 terials, but the story of the voyage from the Le- 

 vant to Marseilles seems to be an adaptation of 

 one about three coffee plants which Antoine de 

 Jussieu is said to have despatched from the Jar- 

 din des Plantes in 1720 to Martinique in a ves- 

 sel commanded by Captain Decheux, one of 

 which was kept alive by the devotion of the cap- 

 tain, under circumstances similar to those of 

 that part of the preceding story." 



Professor Edward MoRREN, of Leige.— Mr. 

 Charles Joly, of Paris, gives in the Journal de la 

 Societe Naiionale d' Horticulture for 1882, a charm- 

 ing account of a visit to the celebrated Director 

 of the Botanic Garden at Leige. Professor Mor- 

 ren makes a rule to possess himself of every pa- 

 per or tract on botanical topics that appears in 

 Europe and America, and these are all classified 

 in an admirable manner for scientific research. 

 On his favorite topic Bromeliaceas, the Pine Apple 

 family, besides published works, he has an 

 enormous amount of manuscript. The Botanic 

 Garden, founded in 1840, is sustained by the city 

 government, and the citizens take great pride in 

 supporting it. In the Aquarium the Victoria 

 regia is a great success. 



The Hallidays of Baltimore. — The elder 

 Halliday was, in the height of his strength, one 

 of the foremost in giving Baltimore its great 

 reputation as a centre of floriculture. It must 



be a great pleasure in his old days to find his 

 son working with such great energy in the path 

 he himself so much loves. The business of 

 young Mr. Halliday is growing to be something 

 enormous, and his name in connection with 

 flowers already taking a world wide range. 



James Vick.— The portrait of this distinguished 

 man has become very familiar of late, but the 

 future will be glad to look upon the features of 

 one to whom it will certainly feel indebted ; 

 for the work of the good man tells with more 



JAMES VICK. 



effect after he is gone than while living. As the 

 Gardener's Monthly is almost always bound 

 and preserved by subscribers, we are glad of the 

 opportunity to place the portrait in the gallery 

 of the future. 



George A. Stone. — The severe loss Rochester, 

 as the " Flower City," suffered by the death of 

 .Tames Vick, somewhat overshadowed the still 

 great loss of George A. Stone, w'ho died also of 

 pneumonia a week before. Mr. Stone was com- 

 paratively young, but full of a business energy, 

 which promised to equal that of others who 

 have made Rochester so Axmous. He was a 

 highly honorable man in all his dealings, and, 

 though sometimes the terra '' tree agent " is re- 

 ceived with obloquy, '' agent for Mr. Stone" was 

 seldom so regarded. So great was his business 

 success that his sales last year exceeded 

 $400,000. 



Flowers and Ferns of the United States. — 

 As already noted, this work came to a standstill 

 by the sudden death of its publisher last autumn. 



