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nity to do this, and to do it with justice and candor ; we 

 passed an hour or two in walking tlirough it in the fall of 

 ]831, but it is, we have understood, much improved since 

 then ; we know that the Messrs. Prince are too liberal, not 

 to give every indulgence for our statements. Mr. W. R. 

 Prince informed us, the past spring, that as soon as circum- 

 stances would permit, he intended visiting England, and the 

 Continent, partly with a view of becoming more acquainted 

 with Horticulture, and for the purpose of noticing the extent 

 and variety of plants contained in their gardens and nurse- 

 ries. He kindly promised to contribute to our pages, and our 

 readers will, we have no doubt, be gratified with his remarks. 

 The Messrs. Prince have lately added to their business as 

 nurserymen, that of the seedsman, and are dealing largely in 

 seeds. 



The extent of glass, including the conservatory, green- 

 houses, hot-house, frames, &c., we shoidd judge to be up- 

 wards of four hundred feet in length. One of the houses in 

 which are kept the Orange and Lemon trees, is built in the 

 old style, with large upright front sashes, and a dark roof. 

 The collection of Oranges and Lemons is very large, and 

 includes many more distinct varieties, than any other we 

 have ever observed ; in their catalogue they enumerate 

 upwards of seventy kinds ; they are well grown, and many 

 of them beautiful shaped plants. We saw an immense num- 

 ber of seedlings intended for stocks, to bud, or inarch upon. 

 Messrs. Prince have been at great expense to procure from 

 the Italian nurseries, which excel in this grand fruit, nearly 

 all that are worthy of cultivation. Here we also noticed a 

 fine stock of the different varieties of the Magnolia, of which 

 there is alarge number of kinds, includins? the M. Soulangiana. 

 Hundreds of plants of the Gardenia florida and G. radicans ; 

 of the ditferent species and varieties of Myrtles, a good stock. 



It cannot be expected that in an extensive establishment 

 like this, there would be many flowers in bloom. In the 

 green-house, however, which adjoins the orangery, we saw 

 one of the finest specimens of Acacia verticillata, profusely 

 covered with its showy blossoms; Metrosidtros lanceolata, 

 and some species of Banksia, of which there were many 

 plants, were also in floAver ; that much sought after plant the 

 Epacris granditlora, with its exquisite tubulous, rosy white 

 blossoms, was in full bloom. Here was a fine collection of 

 geraniums and a good variety of Ericas, though small plants. 

 In the hot-house which adjoins the green-house, and com- 

 pletes one range, we noticed several beautifid ferns. A good 

 stock of that magnificent bulb, the Crinum amabile ; some 

 Ka:;mpferias, Dracaenas, &c., young plants of the Banana 

 (Musa sapientum), several species of the Cacti. In the 



