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tubers remaining sound, but the buds around the crown being de- 

 stroyed by a kind of dry mould. We do not recollect of ever 

 seeing so large a number in such a fine condition; we would 

 commend this mode to our readers, and we shall be glad to learn 

 the results of a more general trial of the practice. 



Residence of Whiting, Esq. — There is attached to the 



house of Mr. Whiting, in the same street, a small conserva- 

 tory, if such it can in reality be called, which is situated on the 

 southerly side, and is entered from one of the parlors; it is 

 scarcely more than six feet wide, and not more than twenty 

 long, and, were the glass removed, it would have somewhat the 

 appearance of a piazza; it is glazed on the ends and front: 

 though limited in its room, still it is sufficiently large to grow 

 many plants, and is particularly suited to the growth of hyacinths, 

 and other bulbs requiring similar treatment. It would give us 

 much pleasure to see even these small places attached to the va- 

 rious houses; they would eventually lead to the construction of 

 larger ones. Several amateurs of our acquaintance began their 

 collections of plants in a house of not much larger dimensions 

 than Mr. Whiting's, and also with but a slight knowledge of 

 plants; but the same taste which first induced them to cultivate a 

 few has grown upon them in such a degree, that they will not be 

 content until they possess every thing new and beautiful that can 

 be found. We noticed nothing new among the plants in bloom. 



J\'luUiflora Garden, Mr. 8. Maynard, Clinton Street. — This 

 garden does not, at present, offer much that is interesting at this 

 season; its principal attraction is during the summer, when the 

 perennial plants and shrubs, and particularly dahlias, are in bloom, 

 of which latter flower Mr. Maynard possesses one of the choicest 

 collections in the city. The garden is laid out with considerable 

 taste, and is designed by its circumscribed, though circuitous, 

 walks, to present to the spectator as great an extent of ground as 

 possible. The whole is, we should judge, somewhat less than 

 an acre; but oNIr. Maynard has so planted the shrubs that, when 

 the dahlias and other tall growing plants have nearly or quite at- 

 tained their size, the boundary lines of the garden will scarcely 

 be seen. 



The green-house attached to the garden is yet rather small, 

 and contains but a limited number of plants, — these were princi- 

 pally geraniums. jMr. Maynard, however, contemplates enlarg- 

 ing the green-house twice its present size in the course of the 

 year; and he will then be enabled to keep the usual assortment 

 of plants found in all nursery gardens, and for which the demand 

 is considerable. Mr. Ma^-nard has resided in Brooklyn several 

 years, and the taste for plants has wholly sprung up within a very 

 short time. He first began to culti\ate a few plants as an ama- 

 teur; but his garden being in a central situation, was visited 



