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boards: this will be favorable to the success of the system now 

 under practice, as the vines will not be near so easily excited as 

 those grown in the ordinary manner. Wr. Haggerston stated to 

 us that grapes were cut, in most excellent order, from these very 

 vines, as late as \he first of February of the present year. We 

 feel a great degree of interest in this experiment, and shall en- 

 deavor to make ourselves informed of the progress of the vines 

 through the season; and we shall, if possible, induce Mr. Hag- 

 gerston to give us a diary of the daily, or, at least, monthly, pro- 

 gress of the vines subjected to the new system. 



In the back sheds of the hoiises we found two fine beds of 

 mushrooms, which have produced freely all the winter: bushels 

 have been picked from them. We were ignorant of the fact 

 that they were grown upon the place, and we are glad to find 

 that they are getting to be an indispensable article for the table. 

 W^e wish to see them grown for the market, and hope jMr. jMc 

 Cullough or Mr. Mason will take the hint from this to do so. 

 The pits, in the forcing ground, are in operation, and we found 

 two different plantations of cauliflowers coming on; the plants of 

 one of them were quite large. Beans, in pots, were also coming 

 forward, and at one end of the pit preparations were making for 

 planting cucumbers. This pit answers every purpose for early 

 forcing. 



Mr. Haggerston intends making a short visit to New York in 

 a few days. We have no doubt he will be highly pleased with 

 his journey. Every head gardener of such places as Mr. Cush- 

 ing's and Col. Perkins's should make at least one annual visit to 

 New lork and Philadelphia. Their employers, as well as 

 themselves, would reap great advantages from such visits. We 

 wish him a pleasant journey. 



Oakley Place, Afr. PraWs, Feb. 2. — The collection here 

 has received but few additions during the past two years. There 

 are, however, some excellent specimens of various plants; among 

 others two white azaleas, which we have before noticed: one 

 was at this time displaying its snowy blossoms in great profu- 

 sion; the other was coming forward: a very large phoenicea was 

 also nearly in bloom. The large ^^cacia longifolia, which has 

 been repeatedly headed down, was showy with its yellow racemes 

 of flowers. A very pretty species of Babidna^ with large deep 

 blue flowers, also attracted our attention. Lady Banks's double 

 white rose had expanded a cluster of blossoms: Mr. McLennan 

 showed us a plant upwards of four feet high, which has been 

 grown from a bud since last July, at which time a Boursalt rose 

 in a pot was made use of for the stock. The plant is full of 

 buds, which will open in a few weeks: it is trained round a few 

 stakes, and will be a lovely object. We cannot too highly re- 

 commend the practice of budding the weaker growing roses on 



