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saving time in more busy seasons. Let^ every plant be prop- 

 erly named, with the name of its native country attached. 

 This will be a som'ce of gratification to yourself, and prove 

 very interesting to friends and visiters. We need not enforce 

 the necessity of perfect cleanliness in every respect. 



" The withered leaf 

 Must be detached, where it strews the floor 

 Swept with a woman's neatness, breeding else 

 Contagion, and disseminating death. 

 Discharge but these kind offices, (and who 

 Would spare, that loves them, offices like these ?} 

 Well they reward the toil. The sight is pleased ; 

 The scent regaled ; each odoriferous leaf, 

 Each opening blossom, freely breathes abroad 

 Its gratitude, and thanks him with its sweets." 



With this extract we now conclude these "Notes on 

 Greenhouse Plants," hoping that they may have been of 

 benefit to some inexperienced lover of Flora. 



Sept., 1852. 



Our amateur readers, who have followed our valuable cor- 

 respondent through his various articles, will appreciate fully 

 the above resume of the whole series. We need only add. 

 that he is a thorough gardener in every department of his 

 profession, and is abundantly able to impart his knowledge to 

 others. We trust we may have another series of similar pa- 

 pers on the best hardy plants and flowers suitable for the 

 open garden. — Ed. 



Art. VI. Floricultural and Botanical Notices of New and 

 Beautiful Plants, figured in Foreign Periodicals ; with 

 descriptions of those introduced to, or originated iri, Amer- 

 ican Collections. 



Victoria regia. — This magnificent aquatic has flowered 

 in the collection of Mr. Feast, of Baltimore, and Mr. Buist, 

 of Philadelphia. Five flowers had opened on Mr. Feast's 

 plant, previous to September 14th, each of which had at- 



