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plants will not, probably, bloom for some length of time; but there are 

 others, which will display their beauty the ensuing spring and summer, 

 and a notice of their merits will undoubtedly prove interesting. It will 

 be our constant aim, in these notes, to mention every thing new and 

 rare, or worthy of cultivation. 



Jlmateur garden of Mr. Sweetser. — Since our last notice of Mr. 

 Sweetser's garden, he has added several new and beautit'ul plants, but 

 more particularly of camellias, rhododendrons, azaleas, and cactuses: 

 of the azaleas he has upwards of a hundred species and varieties, many 

 of which will bloom soon. The rhododendrons are the same as those 

 enumerated in the list at p. 20; they are in good health, though quite 

 small plants, and it will he some time before they will flower. Among 

 the camellias are many of the newest and most splendid varieties. Mr. 

 Sweetser's collection of cactuses, cereuses, opuntias, &c. &c. is un- 

 doubtedly the most complete and best grown in the vicinity of Boston, 

 and, we might almost say, in the country. The specimens, it is true, 

 are not large, but there are a great number. As Mr. Sweetser has kindly 

 offered to give us a complete list of all he possesses, together with his 

 mode of growing the plants, we defer enumerating any of them for the 

 present: it will probably appear in the course of the current volume. 

 Of ericas there is a small but good collection of healthy seedling plants; 

 one called E. consolvita, (?) not more than six inches high and but eigh- 

 teen months from the seed, is completely covered with umbels of its tiny 

 pale pink bells. It is a most charming little species. E. arborea, six 

 ieet and upwards high, is beautiful with its racen)es of exquisite white 

 corols. A year hence, we anticipate a rich treat from the inspection of 

 the various collections of £ricea^, which are now being made by ama- 

 teurs and others: the distribution of the seeds, received from the Baron 

 Von Ludwig, by the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, has given a 

 great imjiulse to their jrrowth. Among the camellias, we noticed im- 

 bricata, Triphosa, sj)eci6sa, Vandesm carnea, elegans, &c. Psebuia 

 joapaveracea, and p. var. Banksire, and Rawesu will each bloom in the 

 course of the month. A fine plant of i?hododendron hybridum is also 

 showing fine larire buds. E'pacris grandiflora, paludosa, and /imiperina 

 will soon bloom. A beautit^ul variety of the JVereum, N. odora var. 

 RichanhVmuHi, with very large pale rose-colored flowers, is just ex- 

 panding. 



In the stove the cactuses are in a most vigorous and healthy state; 

 we have never seen any in a more flourishing condition: plants which 

 were mere cuttings last spring are now one or two feet high; all of 

 them are neatly tied up, and their a])|)earance reflects much credit upon 

 the taste of Mr. Sweetser. The |)lants being yet young, are encouraged 

 by shiftings to obtain a larger size: still we have no doubt many of them 

 \vill show flowers in the spring. Epiphyllum truncatum is now ex- 

 panding its exquisite blossoms. Amaryllis brasiliensis has thrown up 

 fine flower-stems, and some buds have already o])ened. A. formosissi- 

 nia, and some others, show buds. In addition to these, there are nume- 

 rous other i)lants in bloom, which we have no room to enumerate now. 



Residenr.e of J. D. fViHinms, Esq., Roxbiiry. — In our vol. Ill, p. 30, 

 we noticed the erection of a fine green-house, by Mr. Williams, and in- 

 tended to have given a description of it during the past sunnner; but we 

 were prevented. Mr. Williams has kindly permitted us to take a ])lan 

 of it, and, as soon as it is in our power, it will appear, with the descrip- 

 tion annexed. We shall therefore, at this time, omit saying any thing 

 in respect to the construction of the house, otherwise than the mode of 

 heating, but shall confine our remarks to the plants. The green-house 

 is upwards of sixty feet long, and about fourteen wide. It is warmed 

 by a brick flue and hot water pipes; the latter constrncted on a plan en- 

 tirely different from that of any other in the vicinity of Boston. It an- 



