248 Some Account of 



highly of. They were raised from seed by a much respected 

 lady of South Carolina, now deceased, who did me the great fa- 

 vor of sending them to me, and for which favor I cannot be suf- 

 ficiently grateful to her memory. One is the Herbemonti gran- 

 diflora, a very tall growing plant, deep rich pink flowers, double, 

 and exquisitely beautiful. The only fault with it is the simulta- 

 neous opening of nearly all the buds, thus producing a mass of 

 bloom, covering the plant from top to bottom, (it is seven feet 

 high,) and thus making the time of its flowering short, only about 

 ten days: it is evidently a hybrid. The other is the Herbemont 

 musk cluster. The flowers are double the size of the common 

 white musk cluster, equally white, much more fragrant, and 

 the plant is far more prolific and a perpetual bloomer. Last 

 year my plant had three branches; this year it has upwards of 

 one hundred and fifty branches, all bearing the buds of large clus- 

 ters of flowers. Of all plants I ever saw, I never came across 

 so thrifty a grower. The fragrance is so profuse that it fills the 

 air for fifty yards around. This plant was raised from seed by 

 the late Mrs. N. Herbemont, of Columbia, S. C, who sent me 

 the original plant, retaining only a few cuttings for herself. Like 

 her most excellent husband, whose writings I have often seen 

 gracing your pages, this lady was passionately fond of floricul- 

 ture, and produced many new varieties of roses and other plants. 

 Among them she produced a very large white rose, very double, 

 pure white, tall growth, and a perpetual bloomer. Three times 

 has she and my very excellent friend, her husband, sent me cut- 

 tings and slips of it, but with all my exertions I have never been 

 able to make them grow; and Mr. Herbemont informs me that 

 he has also failed in every attempt to propagate it, by budding, 

 grafring, layering, &c. 1 do not however despair of getting it, 

 as Mr. H. will persevere in his trials to produce a rooted plant. 

 From what I have written, you will perceive the propriety of the 

 names given the Herbemont roses. 



Yours, respectfully, 



An Amateur. 

 Baltimore .f June 10, 1837. 



Art. III. Some Account of Bartram^s Botanic Garden. By 

 Alexander Gordon, Botanical Collector. 



Sir, — The nature of my pursuits, leading me at many times 

 to parts where I have no opportunity of seeing any of the peri- 



