a brilliant spectacle. The principal rose-gardens are 

 at Nordwyck, on the German Ocean. In the tulip 

 gardens every variety has its name, derived commonly 

 from some great political character, and has its fixed 

 price in the florist's catalogue. We have seen, dur- 

 ing the present season, a specimen of one of these 

 tulip gardens, laid out on a small scale by one of your 

 members, in which a considerable number of the most 

 curious and brilliant varieties were collected in one 

 parterre. In selecting the individuals whose names 

 they affix to their favorite plants, the florists display 

 a very laudable impartiality, and take them alike 

 from all countries and all parties. We saw, for ex- 

 ample, in Mr. Walker's little collection, a Lewis the 

 Fourteenth, a Bonaparte, and a Washington, bloom- 

 ing very amicably, side by side, in the same enclos- 

 ure. There is even room to suspect that these 

 names were not bestowed with any reference to in- 

 tellectual capacity or moral worth ; but rather, per- 

 haps, under the influence of a slight tincture of legit- 

 imacy. Lewis the Fourteenth, was, by far, the most 

 brilliant flower in the collection, and commanded the 

 high price of ten guineas, while Bonaparte and 

 Washington mingled rather obscurely with the com- 

 mon herd, and might be had for about five shillings a 

 piece. 



Washington has been rather more fortunate in 

 fruits than in flowers. His name, as I am told by 

 one of your most distinguished members, has lately 

 been given to a new and most delicious variety of 

 Pears, which, though very recently introduced, is 



