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walk through the hothouse we noticed several new things ; 

 among others, four fine species of Hoya, viz., imperiahs, 

 Pottsn, campannlata, and cinamoyiflora, the former growing 

 very rapidly and showing buds on one of the plants ; it is 

 stated to be a showy thing, and from the figure of it, which 

 we have seen, it will undoubtedly be a fine acquisition : 

 several new Eschynanthuses, E. miniatus, speciosum, Hors- 

 fieldr/, &c. ; Bouvardia leiantha, Abutilon album, Dipteracan- 

 thus spectabilis, Clerodendron Bethnnei dmtni^ Escallonia 

 macrantha, Passiflora amabilis, and the rare Medinilla spe- 

 ciosa. Mr. Cadness remarked, in pointing out some speci- 

 mens of Gardenm Stanleyana, that they would only thrive 

 in a black sandy heath soil ; loam and manure being injuri- 

 ous, to this and the Devoma/i« ; they also like a degree of 

 shade and will not stand the heat of our summer sun. 



The camellia house was filled with a quantity of young 

 plants, and a few fine flowering specimens ; a fine Wilder/, 

 one of the large old plants, was superb, with a dozen or more- 

 fully expanded flowers ; it must rank at the head of all the 

 rose colored varieties ; Fordii, Landrethe, Saccoi nova, and 

 Brooklynm, of similar color, are fine, but they are each want- 

 ing in the fine petal of Wilder/. We did not see any new 

 varieties in bloom. 



With the thermometer at 4° below zero, and the snow a 

 foot deep, Ave found but little comfort in walking over the 

 premises, and as the severe winter had retarded all flowering 

 plants, Ave thought best to defer a more prolonged notice to a 

 more favorable opportunity. 



Residence of Thomas Ridiardson, Esq., Westchester. 

 In company Avith Mr. T. Dunlap, and through his polite in- 

 vitation, we visited the residence of Mr. Richardson, situated 

 on the road leading from Harlem Bridge to West Farms. 

 The grounds comprise upAvards of seventy acres, only a por- 

 tion of Avliich, hoAvever, are devoted to the laAvn and pleasure 

 ground, floAver and kitchen garden, &c. The house is a 

 large square building in the Grecian style, Avith colonnades 

 extending to the roof. The greenhouse is a fine range up- 

 wards of one hundred and thirty feet long, span-roofed, di- 



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