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room to place his beautiful amaryllises: they have consequently 

 lain in the back shed all the season. Of the more showy things, 

 Jlfyrtus tomentosa has reached the height of six feet and up- 

 wards. Brugmansi'a sanguinea has opened some flowers, and 

 had numerous buds upon the plant; it is a handsome species. 

 Bletia TankervilltE had thrown up three spikes of its superb 

 flowers. The Doryanthes, Strelitzia augiista, &;c. have made 

 very luxuriant growths, and are in fine condition. A fine Pan- 

 ddnus has been added to the collection. Clianthus puniceus, 

 planted in the border, and brought through, into the stove, and 

 trained up a rafter, has made an excellent growth, but shows no 

 signs of flowering. This INIr. Wilder attributes to the heat of 

 the stove being too great for the plant, which keeps it constantly 

 growing. It has been very generally flowered in England the 

 past year, and we hope soon to see its noble blossoms ourselves. 

 Two species of Limonia were bearing each a large and rich 

 looking fruit; they were the L. monstrosa and rubescens. Epi- 

 phyllum trunc'dtum, grafted on Cereus triangularis, had made a 

 fine head and blossomed well the past winter; we have before 

 recommended this mode of cultivating the truncatum. Justicia 

 coccinea w^as just showing a spike of its brilliant corols. The 

 orchideous plants were doing very well, as were all the plants. 

 We have not noticed half of the fine things, but want of room 

 compels us to abridge our remarks, much against our will. 



We are glad that Mr. Wilder has so good a gardener as Mr. 

 Donald, and we are sure that Mr. Donald could find no one who 

 would better appreciate his labors than Mr. Wilder. The col- 

 lection of plants is, however, so much increased, that it requires 

 great attention and constant labor to keep every thing in proper 

 order. When plants are imported at great expense, alive, it is 

 disheartening to lose them by bad management, and we are grati- 

 fied to believe that this w'ill not often be the case with those urn^ 

 der the care of Mr. Donald. It must be a source of no little 

 pride with him to have the charge of so fine a collection. 



MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE. 



Art. I. Domestic Notices. 



Climate of St. Augustine, Florida. — After giving the extracts from 

 Dr. Perrine's letters in our last, the following, which we extract from a 

 daily paper, will be read with interest. In such a delightful climate the 

 raising of the mulberry and the producing of silk must be a successful 

 and profitable employment. 



