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the past two years; and it is impossible for us, from our very 

 limited visit, to mention but few of the most rare and beautiful 

 of these: Jlfimulus cardinalis, (see p. 181,) Lechnaultm for- 

 mosa, beautiful; Fuchsia sp. var. grandiflora, raised by the Messrs. 

 Young, of Epsom, and said to be splendid; Pimelea decussata, 

 charming ; Lophospermum cferuleum ; Gardoquia Hookeri, 

 exquisite; Gloxinia alba; Tacsonia pinnatistipula, very elegant; 

 Ceanothus azureus; Clivia nobilis, &c. &c. Mr. Buist's stock of 

 heaths is very much reduced; plants of E. rubida only were in 

 bloom. Many new calceolarias have been added; some of them, 

 we suspect, if true, very superb: this is a tribe of plants pos- 

 sessing great beauty, and deserving of general cultivation: no 

 plants more enliven a green-house throughout the spring and sum- 

 mer than the different new varieties which have now become so 

 numerous. 



In geraniums, Mr. Buist has added most of the fine ones, 

 such as Dennis's Perfection, &c.; the plants of these sorts are 

 small, and not yet in bloom. In roses there has been an acces- 

 sion of many fine varieties; among others, the monthly cabbage, 

 Thea Hymene, multiflora Laure Davoust, &c. The former 

 is stated to be very fine. Of the common tea roses and yellow 

 Noisette, Mr. Buist has a large stock. 



A great variety of seeds, collected by Mr. Nuttall in the vici- 

 nity of CoJumbia River, were put into the hands of Mr. Buist, 

 by this botanist, to cultivate; several kinds were already up, and 

 many new things are expected ; among others is a shrubby 

 mimulus, which, Mr. Nuttall states, surpasses all others; some 

 of the Calochorti seeds, and a few of them are probably the 

 same plants that were sent to England by Mr. Douglas. A 

 cactus, believed to be the C. nobilis L., was just beginning to 

 grow; and several other plants, one of a singular habit, throwing 

 out long stolones; their names cannot be ascertained until they 

 bloom. Many of the seedling plants will bloom the coming 

 summer, and among them some beautiful things are looked for. 



Mr. Buist is now doing a very extensive business, principally 

 with the south, where, with a mild climate, a great part of what 

 are with us green-house plants flourish as well in the open air as 

 the common hardy shrubs of our gardens. The great expense 

 attending the erection of structures for plants, in the Middle and 

 Eastern States, is a great obstacle to so rapid an increase of 

 a floricultural taste as would otherwise take place. It is beyond 

 the means of many persons, who have a great love for flowers 

 and shrubs, to indulge in it to any extent, from the high price of 

 labor, and the expense attending the construction of suitable 

 green-hoLises, &c.; and it is therefore to hardy shrubs and plants 

 that we should direct our attention. By a judicious selection of 

 these, and the introduction of all that are sufficiently hardy for 



