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of Other climes. Your delight when meeting with the 

 " Walking Fern" must have been akin to that we felt our- 

 selves, when, strolling through the meadows of Somerville 

 (once Charlestown), full many a bygone year, we first met 

 with the lovely fringed gentian, 



" Bright with the morning dew 

 And colored with the heaven's own blue." 



The ferns are many of them extremely beautiful, and well 

 worthy the attention of cultivators ; happy are we to know 

 they are already ingratiating themselves into the good will of 

 many amateurs, and we hope to do our part to make them 

 better known, and more frequent companions in the gardens of 

 all who duly appreciate the beautiful, whether it be in the 

 contour and elegance of some favorite flower or in the graceful 

 verdure of some native fern. — Ed. 



THE GARDENS OF THE SOUTH. 



BY ANDREW GRAY, SAVANNAH, GA. 



In my last communication I gave you some account of the 

 grounds and lawn at tliis place, briefly describing the orna- 

 mental trees : two or three, however, I omitted to mention, 

 which I shall here notice, ere proceeding with another section 

 of our place. The spruce and balsam firs, both natives of 

 the mountain ranges, have stood here for some twelve or 

 fifteen years, but have made very slow growth, as neither of 

 them now exceeds nine feet in height, while the Cedrus De- 

 odara has grown six feet during the last three years ; but 

 Cedrus Libani, instead of being that gigantic object I have 

 seen it in the grounds of Hopeton House, Scotland, would 

 readily pass for /uniperus prostrata. It probably has not ad- 

 vanced in height over eighteen inches during ten years. 

 Araucaria imbricata and braziliensis both stand out in the 

 South ; the former I think will make a very handsome tree, 

 but the latter grows too straggling. Our deciduous trees, of 

 any importance, are the Catalpa, Pecan nut, Walnut, and 



