358 JN'otes on Gardens and J\'^u7'series. 



Art. V. J^otes on Gardens and J^urseries. 



Mr. IValker^s Tulip Shoiv. — June 6th. The second annual tu- 

 lip show at Mr. Walker's garden, took place on the 29tli of May, 

 and was continued for upwards of ten days. The season has 

 been remarkably fine, and the display was, we think, considerably 

 finer than last season. Since that time, Mr Walker has added up- 

 wards of forty new named varieties to the collection, several of 

 which are exceedingly beautiful flowers. 



The arrangement of the bed is the same as last year; but a 

 situation has been selected at the upper part of the garden. The 

 addition of several rows for the new varieties, lengthened out 

 the bed considerably, but not so as to interfere with the construc- 

 tion of the house. All the arrangements were efi'ected in the 

 same neat style which characterized the exhibition last season, 

 and which we noticed in our last volume, (III, p. 2G1.) 



Some of the most beautiful flowers that we noticed, were the 

 following, which we have arranged in their respective classes: — 



Bybloemens: — Ambassador d'HoUand, rose Bianca, Madame 

 Vestris, rose Domingo, Incomparable d'Holland, Bugby's 

 Queen, rose Ephergene, rose Triumph Royal, Louis XVI. 



Bizarres: — Lord Denman, Earl St. Vincent, Cicero, Wild- 

 boar's Golden Fleece, Sir J. Moore, Sir Francis Burdett, Sir 

 G. Duckett, Neal's Capt. Marryatt, Polyphemus. 



Most of these are among the new ones added to the bed this 

 season. It would be useless to particularize, in a bed so exten- 

 sive and varied as Mr. Walker's, but among the Bizarres, Neal's 

 Capt. Marryatt may be noticed, as one of the very finest. It 

 was broke in New York, a short time since, and is valued by INIr. 

 Walker at ten dollars. It is a light yellow ground, very beauti- 

 fully lined, and feathered at the edge with dark red. It is a flow- 

 er we should consider as equal to Polyphemus. Louis XVI flow- 

 ered very well this season, but the situation does not seem to 

 suit it altogether, and Mr. Walker thinks now he shall not place 

 it in his large bed again. It does not appear to bear long shad- 

 ing so well as the stronger and less delicate varieties. The whole 

 exhibition was one of great splendor. The weather was ex- 

 tremely favorable for a long continued bloom, though the flowers 

 in opening were later than is usual by a week or two. 



We have been gratified to learn that the exhibition was exceed- 

 ingly well attended, and has nearly or quite equalled Mr. Walk- 

 er's expectations, and that all who have paid Mr. Walker a visit, 

 have not been disappointed. For ourselves, we concede to him 

 the honor of being the first to encourage and difluse a taste for 

 the finer varieties of this gorgeous flower in the vicinity of Bos- 

 ton. We hope the display will be annually repeated, and that a 



