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during summer, it would form one of the showiest ornaments. 

 Burchella elegans and Jl/yrtus tomentosa have both been pretty. 

 Amarylh'5 Jolinsoni and some others liave also added to the dis- 

 play. Brugniansm sanguinea and other new things are show- 

 ing buds. In live course of a (ew weeks the cactuses will begin 

 to open their blossoms. 



^t Mr, Leathe''s green-house there is now a fine display of 

 cactuses. Cerens Vandesia, Jenkensoni, Nos. 1, 2 and 3, Ack- 

 ermani and speciosissimus will each be in splendor for some 

 time. Echinocatus Eyriesii is also budded strongly, and will 

 undoubtedly produce some fine large flowers. They are the 

 principal objects of attraction, excepting a few geraniums, among 

 which are some very fine kinds. 



J\Ir. Winchester'' s, Franklin Place. — We have been highly 

 gratified with a view of this fine private collection. Since last 

 season many beautiful plants have been added, and the house is 

 now filled to overflowing. The camellias have blossomed well, 

 and at this time Amaryllis psittacina, »^cacia longifolia, Paeonia 

 Moutan ;)apaveracea var. Banksice, and many other other pretty 

 things, were expanding their flowers. Innumerable quantities 

 of bulbs, of all sorts, particularly hyacinths, have enlivened the 

 house by the elegance and odor of their blossoms. We have 

 often been astonished to see how few hyacinths are cultivated: 

 when good kinds are procured, and they are well grown, we do 

 not know of a richer addition to the green-house than a few mix- 

 ed in with the other plants, diffusing their grateful odor through- 

 out the house, and in the beauty of their flowers equalling many 

 a new or rare plant. 



Mr. Winchester has already become satisfied of the want of a 

 larger house, and he informs us that, the ensuing fall, it is his in- 

 tention to enlarge it to more than twice its present size. It will 

 be attached to the dwelling, and thus be of easy access throughout 

 the winter. We shall notice it more at length at another time. 

 —Ed. 



Salem, March, 1838. — A few days ago we embraced a favor- 

 able opportunity to look into the private collections of several 

 individuals in our goodly and ancient city. The first that at- 

 tracted our attention was that of E. Hersey Derby, whose gar- 

 den and whose success in the growth of the buckthorn for hedges 

 are both so familiar to the lover of horticulture. The two 

 houses are separated by a high brick wall, on which we noticed 

 some very fine peaches, apparently well covered with fruit buds, 

 and on which we had the pleasure of seeing very handsome 

 fruit last summer. The success in growing the peach on brick 

 walls seems encouraging to the lovers of this fine fruit, who have 

 been deterred by the inaptitude of past seasons to its producis on 

 standards. Probably high fences would answer the same pur- 



