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greater desire to cultivate the tulip may be the result of such an 

 exhibition. 



But the tulips have not been the only attraction of jMr. Walk- 

 er's garden. Four of five large beds of beautiful seedling pan- 

 sies contributed to interest and gratify the visitor. Among the 

 many fine ones which Mr. Walker has raised, is a new white, 

 very much better than the old kind, both in the habit of the plant, 

 and color and shape of the flower. It will be a great addition 

 to a collection where the object is the production of fine varieties. 



Several of INlr. Walker's seedlings of last year were display- 

 ing as large and fine specimens of flowers as we have ever seen: 

 Hecate, Queen Victoria, Miss Gushing, and Giant, were each 

 very beautiful. 



These few individual plants, together with the large beds just 

 mentioned, were sufficient of themselves to attract hundreds of 

 visitors. No such exhibition of this delicate and pretty flower 

 was ever made in this country. IMr. Walker deserves great 

 praise for his exertions in the cultivation of this flower. He has 

 raised more fine named kinds than any person, and in cultivation 

 undoubtedly stands unrivalled in this country. Cultivators who 

 have paid but little attention to the pansy, would be astonished to 

 see the immense number and variety of kinds; and we advise all 

 who have hitherto been unwilling to admit this flower to possess 

 charms sufficient to entitle it to the notice of the florist, to in- 

 spect Mr Walker's whole collection. We intend to procure of 

 Mr Walker a catalogue of all the fine ones he has raised, with a 

 short descrl])tion of their colors, so that those who may desire 

 plants can make a good selection. 



Mr. Walker's herbaceous plants were many of them display- 

 ing their charms, and the whole garden was in excellent order. 



G. C. Tkorburnh^ JV. Y. — June 15th. Last season, when we 

 visited Mr. Thorburn's establishment, he was then erecting a ge- 

 ranium house, the foundation of which had just been laid. Since 

 that time it has been completed, and the house filled with a fine 

 collection of geraniums, which have flowered beautifully the pres- 

 ent season. The house is built with a span roof, and is quite 

 low; a walk runs round the whole at the distance of about two 

 feet from the wall, between which and the walk, is a wide shelf 

 on which the plants stand. Between the two walks is a walled 

 pit, without any stage, on which the plants are placed. It is well 

 adapted for the growth of geraniums, and there has been, we be- 

 lieve, a most superb shov/; when we saw it, the greater part of 

 the best varieties had been disposed of, and the remainder were 

 past their prime. Some kinds, however, still showed a sufficient 

 bloom to distinguish their excellence, and of these we took down 

 some memorandums which we thought would be of interest, par- 

 ticularly to lovers of this much admired family. It will be re- 



