108 JYotes on Gardens and JWirseries. 



When the old plants become straggling and unsightly, as they 

 always will, they are replaced by young and thrifty ones, raised 

 either from layers or cuttings; by this mode his collection is al- 

 ways in health and vigor, and no naked branches and sickly fo- 

 liage are to be seen, to impair the freshness of the luxuriant plants. 



There are a great number of fine things crowded into this 

 small house, but we have not the time nor room to enumerate 

 only the more interesting. When the calceolarias are out there 

 will be a rich treat. 



Mount Washington ga^'den, South Boston, JMr. JMcCullough. 

 — Last year we noticed the establishment of this garden, and 

 intended, long ago, to have given our readers some informa- 

 tion respecting it; but we have from time to time put off our 

 visit, from other engagements, until the present moment. Our 

 account, however, though rather brief, will, we hope, be not the 

 less interesting. 



The range of houses comprises two separate buildings, each 

 divided into two compartments. The first is the green-house, 

 which is one hundred and tAvo feet long, and about fifteen feet 

 wide. The other is the forcing-house, and is seventy feet long, 

 and of nearly the same width as the green-house. They are 

 neatly erected, with a good slope to the roofs, and are warmed 

 with brick flues. The compartments are divided by glass par- 

 titions. 



The inside of the green-house, which w'e shall speak of first, 

 is fitted up, in one part, with a back and front stage, with a walk 

 between and a walk in front; in the other there is a stage at the 

 back, corresponding with the one in the first part; but, in place 

 of the front stage, there is a pit for the purpose of growing vege- 

 tables, or for plunging plants in pots. A small place at one end 

 of this pit, over the flue, is partitioned ofi' and covered with a 

 sash, for the purpose of striking cuttings of various plants, winch 

 was at this time filled with heaths, diosmas, &:c. Both ranges 

 are entered from the ends, upon a level with the ground, and are 

 only slightly sunk, so as to enable persons to stand in the front 

 walk, without inconvenience. The walks are laid with strips of 

 plank, so as to allow the water to pass ofi' freely. 



In the first green-house the back stage is filled with camellias, 

 rhododendrons, acacias, and miscellaneous plants, in excellent 

 health, ^cucialongifolia, eight or ten feet high, and reaching to 

 the roof, w as blooming beautifully : a smaller one was also handsome. 

 Sparrmannr« africuna, a plant which should beoftener seen in col- 

 lections, was about throwing up flower-buds. Some of the camel- 

 lias, most of which were white ones, were blooming. One of 

 the most vigorous growths we ever observed on a camellia we 

 noticed on a large plant here: two years ago the plant was im- 

 ported; it lost all its leaves and many of the terminal wood-buds, 



