130 Notes on Gardens and Nurseries. 



vided into three compartments, and is not yet completed, it 

 being the intention of Mr. Richardson to erect a handsome 

 cii'cular house at the end of .the range nearest the mansion. 



Entering the greenhouse, which is the middle compart- 

 ment, we found it filled with a good collection of camellias, 

 azaleas, cinerarias, &c. To the right of this is the peach- 

 house and grapery ; to the left, the stove, which contains a 

 collection unusually rich. Of begonias there are upwards of 

 twenty-five species, among which we noticed the following 

 as somewhat remarkable for their habit or foliage, none of 

 them being in bloom : — zebrina, macrophylla, tomentosa, 

 and heraclifolia. In a little compartment separated by a glass 

 partition, and forming a kind of entrance to the camellia 

 house on the north side of the range, we found quite a num- 

 ber of ferns and hothouse plants, growing in the most healthy 

 and vigorous condition : — Cypripedum venustum and insignis, 

 Anemia fraxinifolia, yldiantum, Polypodium phytiloides, and a 

 handsome banana reaching to the roof. 



The camellia or greenhouse was now gay with a fine col- 

 lection of seedling cinerarias, in which Mr. Chalmers, the ex- 

 cellent gardener, has been very successful in producing some 

 beautiful varieties well worthy of a name ; few of the Eng- 

 lish seedlings that we have seen were equal to them ; and it 

 only needs perseverance and attention to enrich our collec- 

 tions with as fine kinds as have been produced abroad. Mr. 

 Chalmers has some fine specimens of Tropasolums, which 

 were now just beginning to grow. The roots are strong, and 

 as they are trained to neat wire trellises they will make a 

 beautiful appearance when in full bloom. We are surprised 

 that these plants are not oftener seen in choice collections, 

 for they well repay all the care which may be bestowed on 

 their cultivation. Four or five kinds of Epacris were com- 

 ing into bloom, and a variety of other plants which we did 

 not find time to note down. 



We were highly pleased with all the arrangements of Mr. 

 Richardson's house ; it is thoroughly built, of good propor- 

 tions, and is decidedly one of the prettiest structures of the 

 , kind in the neighborhood of the city. Mr. Chalmers, the 



