284 JVotices of some of the Gardens and Mirseries 



of cutting bouquets daring' winter, with which lie sup- 

 pHed (and still continues to) his brother in New York. 

 About a year since, Mr. Shaw, formerly of the old Botanic 

 Garden, was taken in a partner, and the business is now 

 conducted in their name. 



Their collection of plants is quite large, and embraces 

 many fine and choice kinds. In Camellias and Geraniums 

 they are very rich ; they have, also, a fine collection of 

 Amaryllises, including many of the seedlings raised at Col- 

 vills'. Among the Camellias we saw in flower, varieties 

 florida, coccinea (Alnuts splendens), variegata, Woodsii, in- 

 carnuta alba plena, compacta, anemoneflora alba, and a 

 kind supposed concinna; the latter was extremely beautiful; 

 but the label having been lost, or accidentally exchanged, it 

 was misnamed. There was here a good stock of Rhododen- 

 drons and Azaleas of the newer kinds, including the R. alta- 

 clerence, Morttrii, Russellianum, &c. The green-house is 

 divided by a glass partition, and one part is kept at a consid- 

 erable higher temperature than the other, answering the pur- 

 pose of a hot-house or stove. In this we observed that curi- 

 ous and singularly beautiful plant the Canary bird flower, 

 (Tropaiolum peregrinum) covered with its copious wreaths 

 of flowers ; this plant, like many other twiners or climbers, 

 is remarkable for the footstalks of its leaves answering the 

 purpose of tendrils ; it quickly attaches itself to anything in 

 its way, and often attains to a great height : we should think 

 that this plant extended several feet, and had open several 

 hundred flowers. We mentioned this plant not long since 

 (204) as being in bloom in Mr. R. Buist's, Philadelphia. 

 We then gave it the specific name of pentaphyllum, with 

 some observations on a new genus, &c. We wrote from 

 memory without any reference, and inadvertently fell into 

 this error : it will be found corrected in the present number, 

 in our notices of new plants. We again state that it is easily 

 propagated from cuttings or seeds, and that it is deserving a 

 place in every green-house. Among the Amaryllises we ob- 

 served in flower Johnsunia, venusta, and several other equally 

 beautiful kinds. Here was a good stock of the Cacti, and 

 we noticed a plant of C. Mallisoni, a splendid new hybrid. 

 We observed many other fine things in the stove compart- 

 ment, but want of time prevented our making a memoran- 

 dum of them. 



In a small pit or green-house adjoining the larger one, we 

 observed a large number of roses, and flowers in bloom, for 

 cuttings for bouquets. In this was placed several Camellias 

 which had been budded the preceding fall, and had taken 

 well. The method of budding was different from that in 

 general use : the bud is prepared by taking off a piece of the 



