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plants stand; to make this of proper width, the walk, which for- 

 merly ran directly from one end of the range to the other, (see 

 plan, vol. II, p. 203,) has been removed farther front, so that, 

 upon entering from the first apartment, or what was once the 

 stove, it turns to the left, and the eye rests upon the camellias 

 now, where it once, at the first view, discerned only the walk. 

 In the place, too, of the old front stage and walk, a small stage 

 is now erected, which slopes up from the walk to the front of 

 the house. In the stove there is a pit in the centre, about five 

 feet wide, and a walk around three sides of it: against the back 

 wall is a low stage, about four feet wide, on which are placed the 

 large plants. By referring to our plan of the range, except the 

 stove, which has been added since, some idea will be formed of 

 the alteration in the camellia-house, which we think vastly for 

 the better; it is what we informed Mr. Wilder he woiild ulti- 

 mately have to do; for it could not but be foreseen that the large 

 plants could not be placed on stages without touching the roof. 

 In describing jNIr. Sweetser's house, in our second volume, (p. 

 5,) we have advanced our ideas on this subject. 



The first part of the range, which has two stages, one in front 

 and one at the back, is filled principally with geraniums and 

 heaths. About the whole of the back stage is devoted to gera- 

 niums, one or two of which had just begun to open their flow- 

 ers. INlr. Wilder has been at some trouble and considerable ex- 

 pense to procure the finer vaiieties, and probably possesses the 

 iaest collection in the vicinity of Boston. Mr. Donald, the gar- 

 dener, has raised forty or fifty seedling plants the past year, 

 which give promise of being fine: they were raised from seed of 

 superior kinds, which were impregnated with others equally fine: 

 a few were raised from Dennis's Perfection, which have the ap- 

 pearance of the finest. We hope we shall have the opportunity 

 of seeing them when in bloom. The heaths, which were most- 

 ly raised from seed, were looking well, but not so vigorous as 

 we should like to have seen them: few were in bloom. Some 

 of these were injured last summer by mildew. E'pacris im- 

 pressa and paludosa had both been beautiful, but were now fad- 

 ing. Gnidia pinifolia, several pots of, was one of (he most 

 charming things in the house; it should be found in all collec- 

 tions. Corrae^rt speciosa, one of the best grown specimens we 

 have ever seen, was also full of flowers. One of the most 

 showy plants was the Rlbes speciosum; two years since it was 

 imported, and was but about six inches high; it now has two 

 branches about four feet high, which were covered, from the pot 

 to the tips of the shoots, with its beautiful drooping scarlet flow- 

 ers, very much resembling a fuchsia; though considerably coarser 

 in its foliage, the flowers contrast with more effect, with its deep 

 green, than the fuchsia, with its brown and rusty leaves. Mu- 



