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bark with the bvid attached, cutting it exactly of the same 

 size as the piece taken out of tlie stock, in order that the 

 edges may meet as close as possible. The size of the bud 

 will vary according to the strength of the wood; but in general 

 it shoidd be about half or five eights of an inch in length, 

 and one or two eighths in breadth : the whole should be cov- 

 ered with grafting wax, as bass matting alone will not keep 

 the air from the bud. This method answers very well for in- 

 creasing the Camellia, the wood of whicli is so hard, that the 

 old method of inserting the bud under the bark, cannot be 

 performed with much certainty. We here observed Erica 

 iDaccans, with its elegant tufted heads of rosy-colored flowers, 

 in full bloom ; tlie common Kerria japonica was flowering, 

 trained to the back wall. Lupinus mutabilis, that new 

 splendid annual, was throwing up spikes of flowers; the 

 plants were taken from the flower border, and placed in pots, 

 early in the fall, our summers being scarcely long enough 

 for it to open its flower buds in the open air : its changeable 

 flowers are extremely showy. There was also here a fine 

 stock of that gem of the garden we have so frequently 

 noticed, the Petimia phoenicea. Messrs. Shaw & Thor- 

 burn's gardener appeared very industrious and well informed, 

 and the plants under his care looked exceedingly well. 



Linnman Botanic Garden and JWirsery, Long Island — William 

 Prince <^ Sons.^ Proprietors. This extensively known estab- 

 lishment, though the last named in our remarks, will not by 

 any means be considered the least in its character. It is one 

 of the oldest nurseries in the country, and also one of the 

 most extensive, if not the very largest. It was established 

 by the father of one of the present proprietors, and has be- 

 come a family inheritance. When we take into considera- 

 tion all that has been said in regard to this place, either by 

 the proprietors themselves, or by the persons who have fre- 

 quently visited it, among whom have been some very intel- 

 ligent and able gardeners, who have visited this country, we 

 feel ourselves almost incompetent to speak of the establish- 

 ment, for fear that in our impartiality we might not be 

 thought to do jvistice, by the proprietors, or be said to give 

 too much praise by others. Much has been written in rela- 

 tion to it in Loudon's Magazine ; and for a time, several com- 

 munications appeared under various signatures, in regard ta 

 its extent and the variety of plants it contained. 



We stated, when we commenced our remarks, that we 

 should confine them chiefly to the appearance of plants in 

 the green-houses, hot-houses, &c. We shall not at this time 

 say anything as regards the extent of this nursery, the vari- 

 ety of hardy plants it contains, or of its immense number of 

 correspondents, agents, &.c. We hope at another opportu- 



