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Camellia house, not more than five or six plants were in 

 flower ; among them, however, was the C. altheofiora, with 

 several blossoms expanded ; it is a brilliant kind, raised by the 

 Messrs. Chandler, about the same time of the corallina, with 

 which it is nearly equal in beauty ; the others were the 

 common varieties. The stock of Camellias is probably the 

 largest in the country, and includes the most rare. The 

 reason why more Camellias were not in flower, was from the 

 cause, that the shutters on the glass were not taken otF for 

 several days together, and the house kept as cool as possible, 

 without endangering frost. 



From the Camellia house, we entered another green-house 

 filled with a variety of plants ; Myrtles, Eugenias, Azaleas 

 and a good stock of other kinds, which we do not recollect 

 the names of. A few Camellias which were placed here 

 were in bloom, among which was the C. Woodsii, maliflora 

 and others ; several species of Brunia were prettily in flower. 

 We were particularly struck by observing the very large 

 number of some kinds of plants which the Messrs. Prince 

 have in their collection, and we could enumerate many vari- 

 eties; but they would not perhaps interest our readers, as 

 most of them may be found in their catalogue. 



In the frames, of which there were several, we found a 

 good stock of Chinese roses, seedling magnolias, rhododen- 

 drons, and other plants. There was also a number of hardy 

 shrubs and plants, which were laid in for executing orders to 

 the south during winter, when they could not be taken from 

 the open ground. When we visited this place a year before, 

 we think the green-house plants, generally, looked in rather 

 better health than they did the past spring; the gardener 

 was at the former time repotting the whole of the Camellias, 

 and many other plants which had suflered from the want of 

 it. Mr. Prince, Jr., informed us, upon our mentioning to him 

 this fact, that their former gardener was very intelligent 

 and well acquainted with his profession, but that he had left 

 them ; and they had not yet procured another, as they ex- 

 pected one from England. We wonder at the good order 

 which already exists, when we consider the multiplicity of 

 avocations which must ensue, from the nursery and seed 

 business combined. 



We have thus completed our remarks, which have extend- 

 ed to a greater length than we at first anticipated, and per- 

 haps farther than has been interesting to all our readers. 

 Some would, probably, have rather read practical commu- 

 nications on the management and growth of plants, or the 

 treatment of some objects of more utility ; while others have 

 been gratified in reading the advancement made in Horticul- 

 ture and Floriculture by their neighbors. The object of a 



