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grown ill the neighborhood, and we take this opportunity to 

 express our obligations to them. 



Mount Hope Gardens and Nurseries, Messrs. Ellwanger 

 Barry c5* Rowe. — The nurseries of Messrs. Ellwanger & Co. 

 are situated about one mile to the south of the city, and com- 

 prise a large extent of ground, of about forty acres, gently 

 sloping to the east, including a good variety of soil, and well 

 adapted to nursery purposes. Considerable of the land has re- 

 cently been added to the premises, and was now just being 

 ploughed up and put in readiness for spring planting. 



The stock of plants is probably one of the largest and best 

 in western New York, consisting of camellias, azaleas, fuch- 

 sias, and other popular plants in their numerous varieties, 

 filling two greenhouses of considerable extent. In the open 

 ground, we found an excellent collection of verbenas, among 

 which were some beautiful seedlings raised by Messrs. Ell- 

 wanger & Barry, but not yet named. A great quantity of 

 dahlias were yet in bloom. The collection of phloxes includes 

 most of the new and fine varieties which have been so promi- 

 nent at the Exhibitions of the Massachusetts Horticultural 

 Society. 



The cultivation of the pear was zealously commenced by 

 Messrs. Ellwanger & Barry, some few years ago, but a larger 

 part of the trees have been killed by the blight, just as many 

 of them were coming into bearing ; it was really dishearten- 

 ing to look at some of the mutilated stumps, the mere rem- 

 nants of large and beautiful trees, which had been suddenly 

 attacked by the blight ; but for this almost annual ap- 

 pearance of so destructive a disease, the collection here would 

 be exceedingly rich in large and handsome specimen trees. As 

 it is, the proprietors, nothing daunted, keep on planting trees, 

 and adding the new varieties to their collection, trusting that 

 judicious treatment may lessen its attacks, or that something 

 may be discovered which shall speedily check its ravages. 

 We will not venture here to give our own ideas of its cause ; 

 yet, at another time, when we have gathered some further 

 facts, we shall endeavor to take up the subject, and, at least, 

 suggest what we beheve to be the true cause of the blight. 

 We would, however, state, that it is entirely distinct from the 

 insect blight so well known in New England. 

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