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had just been set out, and rnuslirooms were springing up in abun- 

 dance from the spawn which was in the manure with which the 

 pits were partly filled. For the latter Mr. McCullough has 

 found a ready sale. 



The place is yet so new, that not much can be expected from 

 it; but taking into consideration the embarrassed state of the times 

 for about a year, of the less than two of its existence, and we 

 must award to Mr. McCullough much industry and perseverance. 

 Every thing in the houses looked in good health, and cleanliness 

 and neatness are preserved in every part. We have no doubt 

 that, ultimately, it will yield a handsome income to him for his 

 labor, and prove a source of attraction to the beautiful house to 

 which it is attached, but by its name only. To the Mount Wash- 

 ington House, during the summer season, will resort many of the 

 Southern and Western travellers, who usually, either for pleasure 

 or business, visit this part of the country; and this garden will 

 form a pleasant morning or evening walk to those Avho, either 

 from interest or inclination, may frequent it. A good collection 

 will serve to spread a taste for plants, and many persons may be 

 induced to purchase who would otherwise, perhaps, have never 

 scarcely looked at a plant. Its proximity to the city, and the 

 easy and convenient conveyance thereto at all times, will also 

 render it, particularly in summer, a place of great attraction. We 

 wish Mr. McCullough every success. 



Ckarlestoicn Vineyard, JMessrs. JMason. — We found but little 

 here to attract attention; the house is filled with various plants, 

 including an abundance of roses, geraniums, stocks, &c. for the 

 purpose of cutting bouquets; but Mr. Mason junior informed us 

 that they had never, since they had carried on the place, done 

 so little in this way; indeed, the call for bouquets has been so 

 limited, that, for the last few weeks, thej'^ have not been called 

 upon to furnish but two or three ordinary sized ones. The 

 white camellias were falling from the bushes. Thus we see the 

 effects of the deranged state of business upon the nurserymen: 

 there are other causes which have tended to diminish the sale of 

 bouquets, but the main one has been, the past winter, owing to 

 the almost universal stagnation of trade, the very few private 

 parties and public balls, and the little desire individuals have to 

 purchase luxuries, when the difficulty seems to be to procure 

 the necessaries of life. But we look to the brighter side of the 

 picture, and hope for a renewed and active state of things, when 

 the present gloomy times shall have passed away. 



When we said that we found but little that was interesting 

 here, we intended to except a most superb hybrid rhododendron 

 now in bloom. The plant is not more than four or five feet high, 

 and well branched, and has now open upon it about twenty-five 

 heads of its brilliant blossoms, and upwards of twenty more will 



