144 J^otes on Gardens and JS^urserics. 



lated to it, of great size, and proliferous in the calyx leaves is- 

 suing from the centre, affording an instance of the proof De 

 Candolle affords, of the theory that petals are nothing but col- 

 ored and metamorphosed leaves! Mr. Palfray's amaryllises 

 were looking well, and some were pushing up flowers. Several 

 cacti were producing fine fruit. Primula pres^nitens var. fimbri- 

 ata was making good seed. O'xalis cernua was exuberant in 

 flowers and strength. Several beautiful mesembryanthemums 

 were in full blossom. We trust that the success of Mr. P. in 

 the occupation of floriculture, as an elegant relaxation, will en- 

 courage him to renewed efforts, to keep pace with the spirit of 

 the times, in the acquisition of whatever is beautiful and lovely in 

 the kingdom of Flora. 



A peep into the compact and crowded house of Messrs. Put- 

 nam, revealed to us very many attractive and superb specimens. 

 For pelargoniums the public demand was so great this spring as 

 to nearly drain his stock. Superb roses were blooming, on the 

 stage, amid which were the tall sterns of Amaryllis psittacina, 

 and a good seedling of Colville's, raised, as we should judge, 

 from impregnated seed of the first mentioned species. It pos- 

 sessed the figure of A. psittacina, but only exhibited an uniform 

 color, having none of the beautiful markings peculiar to the origi- 

 nal. Passiflora alata looked vigorous. The finer Cacte^ae were 

 in excellent condition. Cereus Mallasoni was showing large 

 buds nearly expanded, and the long pendant stems of C. flagelli- 

 formis were covered with crimson flowers. Messrs. P. excel 

 in their Cacte^ae, both as regards their cultivation and number of 

 varieties. Great number of pots of Cyclamen persicum were 

 fading after profuse flowering. Azalea phoenicea, so attractive 

 every where, lost none of its interest here. We were struck 

 with seedling paeonies, from carefully selected seed, several 

 months old, and having several vigorous leaves each. Perchance 

 from some one of these individual plants these gentlemen may 

 give to this city its paeony, as well as its dahlia, known to culti- 

 vators as the Beauty of Salem. — *** 



[We are exceedinjfly happy to receive, from our kind correspondent, 

 so agreeable an account of the pron^ress of horticulture in our sister 

 city. We have already stated that a taste for horticulture was rapidly 

 gaining ijround here, and wc are glad to offer so gooil evidence that 

 we were not mistaken in our remarks. Mr. Derby, with Mr. Willott 

 to manage his fine collection of ])lants, will be able to offer to the citi- 

 zens a good example of neatness, and what a green-house should be; 

 and an insjjection of some of the fine specimens, under Mr. Willott's 

 attentive management, will undoubtedly be the means of creating a 

 greater desire to excel in cultivation. Messrs. Putnam's collection of 

 plants embraces many fine things, and they are continually adding many 

 new and choice articles, which, through them, will be diffused among 

 all the amateur cultivators. We hope Messrs. Putnam will favor us 

 with their mode of cultivating the family of cactuses, in which they 

 greatly excel — Ed.] 



