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St. Philip's street. Notwitlistaiiding tlie extreme nnd desolatinjr severity 

 of the pu-!t winter, and the Jatoiiess and coolness of the sprinj,', his garden 

 exhibits a most luxuriant and enchantinji a[)pearance, teeming with a prolu- 

 sion of rieh, rare and useful pniducis, alioundinj: in the choicest fiifts of 

 Flora, Pomona and Ceres, and t(>rminir, with its varied and lovely hues, an 

 optical feast, and with its delightlid odors, an olfactory coticert. The floral 

 wealth of his enclosure is iuunense ; about 400 Rose trees, embracing 5i50 

 varieties, unfold their banners of beauty, and open their Iragrant censers — 

 and of these no less than 250 are Moss Rose Trees — the white, red, dark red 

 ami royal ftloss— in full bloom. The Plumeria (B.) or Franchipane (F.), the 

 Microphylla Hose, the stately Lady Tankerville, and the Root and Tree Peony, 

 (the bloom of the latter of tiiesc being a novel triiunph of horticultural skill 

 in this State) contribute their resi)ective charms to the attraction of the 

 scene. In the fruit department, we perceive the Strawlierry — inchiding the 

 iJishop Su|)erl) and tiie Wiimot Superb — as inviting to the eye as it is 

 luscious to the taste — four varieties of the Cherry, already of brilliant red, 

 and nearly ripe — with twenty varieties of the Pear and French Prune, cov- 

 ered with the richest profusion of young fruit; and among the hot-house 

 exotics, are the Lime Tree, and tliree varieties of the Banana, from which 

 ihiit is expected next year, and woidd probably have been realized this sea- 

 son, but ftir the Siberian as|)ect of iIk; past winter in our Southern cliiTie. 

 The Kitchen-Garden, too, is vigorous aiii] forward in its growtli — manifesting 

 either favoring influences or unwonted skill. 



The horticidtural success of Mr. Michel, is due chiefly to his personal zeal 

 and industry, and a knowledge drawn, not from books, but from actual and 

 patient experiment. [le has spared no expense to enrich his garden with 

 the rarest exotics, both of the ornamental and the useful kind, and has suc- 

 ceeded wonderfully in naturalizing theui — in enlarging the liinits of our 

 vegetable citizenship. But it is in the j)rocesses of grafting, and budding or 

 inoculating, that he has achieved some of his greatest trimnphs — the former 

 being done with so much nicety, as almost to hide from detection the point 

 of union between the parent stem and the inserted shoot ; and the latter shew- 

 ing, in one instance, no less than nine varieties of the rose on a single bush. 



We learn that Mr. Michel inteii<ls devoting himself with even more zeal 

 and industry than hitherto, to the horticultural art, his proficiency and suc- 

 cess in which have been already testified by a nmober of premiums from the 

 Horticultural Society of this city ; and will, in aiming to supply the j)lace of 

 the deceased Mr. Noisette, dispose of fruit trees, plants and flowers at suita- 

 ble prices. — Charleston Courier. 



Silk Societies. Societies for the raising of lonlberry trees, the feeding of 

 silk worms, and the mamifaclnre of silk, liave been i()rnied in several of the 

 New England states ; a Society was also formed at Long Lsland in May. — 

 Conds. 



The Columbian Horticidtural Son'ctr/ at Washington, and the Pennsylva- 

 nia Horticultural Society in Philadelphia, held their annual exhibitions the 

 early part of last month : — w<; ho])e some of oiu" frienrls at the South will 

 favor us with some account of the things presented, in time i\rv insertion in 

 our next number, that our readers may be informed of the beauty and choice- 

 ness of their productions. — lb. 



Cypripl'dium Calceblus and Sarrachia purpiirea, have lately been beautifully 

 in flower, in the green-house of J. P. Cushing, Esq. They were taken up 

 from their native habitats, placed in pots in a shady situation for a few days, 

 until rooted, and then carried to the green-house to flower. — lb. 



The iveekly premium of the Maryland Horticidiural Society for Early 

 York Cabbages and Radishes, was awarded to IMr. Edward Doran. 



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