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consists of camellias, azaleas, roses, orange trees, and hard-wooded plants ; 

 another of ericas, epacris, pelargoniums, &c. ; another of violets, pansies, 

 carnations, &c. Thus an immense quantity is raised. Tt is no uncommon 

 thing to find in one of these little gardens 10,000 or 15,000 camellias ; in 

 another, as many roses or crassulas. I am quite sure that for Midsummer 

 day (Fete de St. Jean), there are not less than 60,000 or 70,000 plants of 

 Crassula coccinea cultivated about Paris. The white chrysanthemum, es- 

 pecially the new white anemone flowering varieties, are now largely culti- 

 vated for cut flowers in December. The Rose du Roi (crimson perpetual,) 

 is almost the only one sold in the markets. I have seen it in bloom during 

 every month of the year ; its delicious fragrance, fine color, form, and 

 habit, render it decidedly more useful than any of the China and Provence 

 kinds. The Indica minor, alba, and coccinea, are also extensively grown 

 for the Marchands de Bouquets ; they are, with the violet, chrysanthemum, 

 and camellia, their grand resort for the winter. 



I have often been struck with the difference between the bouquets of 

 London, Paris, and Brussels; in London, it is no uncommon thing to see 

 beautiful stanhopeas, oncidiums, and other orchids, forming part of a bou- 

 quet ; in Brussels, also, you see some fine rare flowers, but nothing of the 

 kind is to be seen in Paris. In the latter town, in general, they are com- 

 posed of the common flowers of the season ; they are, however, neverthe- 

 less very pretty, — the secret lies in the grouping. Most decidedly the 

 French understand harmony of color and tasteful arrangement better than 

 any other people ; it is thus that they make up an elegant nosegay for a 

 mere trifle ; even in November, December, and January, you may always 

 procure them at a moderate price ; this is no doubt, in part, owing to the 

 climate, but in no little degree to the means used in retarding or prolonging 

 the bloom. During those months, there is a plentiful supply of violets, 

 cyclamens, epacris, laurustinus, white chrysanthemums, fairy roses, Chinese 

 primulas, oranges, ericas, and camellias ; and as the national colors are ever 

 dominant with the Parisians, they make up very pretty tricolor bouquets of 

 fairy roses, violets, and primula sinensis or white chrysanthemums. — {Gar- 

 deners^ Chronicle, 1849, p. 356.) 



Art. in. Domestic Notices. 



New Haven County Horticultural Society. — The nineteenth annual exhi- 

 tion of this society will be held on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, 

 the 25th, 26th* and 27th of September next, at New Haven. Liberal 

 premiums will be awarded for flowers, fruits, and vegetables. 



Northwestern Pomological Convention. — Some of the western papers 

 propose a horticultural convention, to be held at Chicago in the coming 

 autumn. We have no doubt it would be attended with the best results. 

 Such is the extent of our country, that it is next to impossible to carry fruit 

 and attend conventions at a very great distance. A meeting of the kind 



