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The collection of cinerarias is also fine, but they were not in 

 bloom ; among them we noticed Jelly TrefFes, Glow-worm, 

 Annie, Beauty of Utica, &c. This beautiful tribe of plants 

 is not half appreciated ; the improvement effected in the size 

 of the flower and form of the petals has given it an addition- 

 al claim on the florist's care, and no greenhouse collection can 

 be considered complete without some of the cinerarias, they 

 bloom so profusely, and make a greater show during the 

 months of February and March than any other flowers ex- 

 cept camellias and azaleas. They are easily raised from seed 

 though it is no easy task to raise new and superior varieties. 

 Of the new scarlet geraniums Mr. Thorburn has a fine col- 

 lection, embracing Cottage Maid ; Tom Thumb's General ; 

 Cerise Unique, with a beautiful green leaf shaded with brown 

 and dark ash, dwarf and spreading habit ; Commander-in- 

 Chief; Flower of the Day, with variegated foliage, and 

 many others. Some new heliotropes have been added to the 

 collection, viz., corymbosum, dwarf, and the very essence of 

 scent ; reptans ; Triomphe de Liege, &c. 



Passing into the camellia house, we found the plants, of 

 which there are many fine large specimens, loaded with blos- 

 soms ; the collection is principally whites, of which Mr. Thor- 

 burn has probably the largest specimen in the country. 



In the propagating house, we found a stock of all the new 

 things, coming on finely under the charge of Mr. Frazier, 

 the gardener ; of Hoya bella, many nice, compact, sturdy 

 plants ; fuchsias, of several new kinds ; Pompon, and other 

 chrysanthemums of the newer sorts ; scarlet geraniums, glox- 

 inias, and verbenas, the list of new ones of foreign origin 

 being rather limited this year. The whole collection we 

 found in excellent order. 



Commercial Gardens of Messrs. Parsons 6f Co., Flush- 

 ing. — During the last three years, Messrs. Parsons have great- 

 ly extended their exotic department, which now contains four 

 or five span-roofed houses for plants, grapes, &c. The whole 

 is now under the charge of Mr. Cadness, an excellent propa- 

 gator and cultivator of plants. 



We had but a short time to spend here, but in a hurried 



