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do not form flower buds ; this was not the case with Mr. Floy's, 

 which have been ))lanted out three or four years ; we have had the 

 opportunity of seeing them the last two seasons when they were, 

 each time, covered w^ith blossoms. We hope to pay Mr. Floy's 

 nursery at Haerlem a visit during the coming autumn. 



IIos:;g^s Nursery on the Bloomirigdale Road, — -Mr. Hogg's estab- 

 lishment is not so well known in our vicinity, as it should be ; he 

 was, before he left England, we have heard, a most excellent gar- 

 dener, and to judge from the looks of his place, he has lost none of 

 his knowledge, or ceased to exert himself in the cultivation of plants, 

 since he has settled in our country. We found him a modest and 

 intelligent man, and free from many of the prejudices which English 

 gardeners often have in favor of their native clime. Among all the 

 gardeners with which we became acquainted, we found Mr. Hogg to 

 be highly esteemed for his industry, and his skill in Floriculture. 



Our time at Mr. Hogg's was rather limited, and if we do not do 

 justice to his place, it will not be intentional. He has a large num- 

 ber of plants, and had we passed as many hours as we did minutes 

 with him, we might particularize a great number. As it is, we con- 

 fine ourselves to those most conspicuous. There are several detached 

 green-houses, to which different species of plants are appropriated. 

 The largest or principal one, which we should suppose upwards of 

 sixty feet long, is filled with a miscellaneous collection. Among the 

 Camellias we observed C. japunica var. eximia, and eclipse in flower ; 

 eximia is a splendid variety, as is also eclipse ; the former is very 

 rare in most collections. Mr. Hogg cuts a large number of bouquets 

 of flowers, for balls an'd parties, and at the time we visited him, they 

 had been rather closely clipped ; he possesses a fine plant of Lady 

 Hume's Double blush, the flowers of which are of a much deeper 

 tint than any we have ever seen. One of the houses is devoted 

 wholly to geraniums, of which Mr. Hogg probably possesses the finest 

 collection in the country ; they were most beautifully grown. He 

 certainly w^ill rank as one of the most successful cultivators of the 

 geraniaceas. He annually receives from his correspondents in London 

 many of tlie new varieties ; we forgot in our haste, to ask him the 

 exact number of kinds he had in his collection ; those which are con- 

 sidered new^ and beautiful this season are Yeatmanianum, glorianum, 

 albinathum. Napoleon, Mary Queen of Scots, and some others, the 

 names of which do not occur to us ; Mr. Hogg also has a very fine 

 collection of Camellias. We were highly pleased with the neatness 

 and arrangement throughout every part of his establishment. 



Country Seat of firn. G. Buckner, Esq. Bloomingdale. — From 

 Mr. Hogg we visited this fine place ; it is situated, we believe, about 

 six miles from the centre of the city. The garden and grounds are 

 under the management of IMr. Thomas Dunlap, a very intelligent 

 young man and a great lover of plants ; we are indebted to him for an 

 aequaintaope with several amateurs and gardeners around New York, 



