262 JVo/fes on Gardens and J\\rseries. 



ber of tree roses, though it is but a very small part of an exten- 

 sive lot which he imported, and most of which he sold last sea- 

 son. We had no time to go over them and procure the names. 



We also noticed a bed of petunias of different varieties, rais- 

 ed from seeds received from Mr. Tweedie ; some of them were 

 very large and brilliant. The Greville rose, which we noticed 

 last season, was blooming in great beauty. 



Broomley Vale, J\Ir. LoweWs, June I6th. This fine place, 

 which w^e have not visited for some time, we found in its usually 

 excellent condition. In the green-house, which was tolerably- 

 well filled with various plants, we noticed many very pretty things. 

 Plants of Calceolaria integrifolia were extremely showy. Al- 

 sircemeriff Felegrlna a\)d Flos Martini, both had thrown up strong 

 stems, which were terminated with fine clusters of flowers. Fer- 

 bena Tweediedna and Arranidna (both lately added) had just 

 commenced flowering. Many other pretty things were blooming, 

 but the most beautiful display was two pots of the Cereus spe- 

 ciosissimus, the largest and finest in the vicinity of Boston, one 

 standing in the stove, but both together showing an innumerable 

 quantity of buds and blossoms. On one small shoot, four fully 

 expanded and large flowers were out last week. This species 

 is undoubtedly one of the handsomest of all the cactus tribe, and 

 as it is very easily grown, and well adapted for the parlor, we 

 should be glad to see it oftener in bloom. C. grandiflora, two 

 fine old plants of which, with upwards of a dozen buds each, 

 will be nearly or quite in flower early in July, and present a 

 splendid sight; probably two or three of the blossoms will open 

 at the same time, and thus present a grand display. All these 

 plants are in good soil, and on the surface of the pot Mr. Low- 

 ell has applied ground bones. With the exception of some of the 

 new plants brought home by ]Mr. Lowell, there was little to no- 

 tice in the stove. The old fig tree standing in the border had 

 upon it a good crop of figs. It has borne four in one year. 

 The fine coffee tree had been cut completely in, and had but just 

 begun to throw out its new shoots. 



The garden looks well. Here is one of the finest specimens 

 of the buckthorn hedge we have ever seen; it has not been plant- 

 ed but five years, and is now one mass of thick, beautiful foliage, 

 forming a dense mass, through which no animal would make an at- 

 tempt to pass. Those who doubt the efiicacy of the buckthorn 

 in forming an impenetrable barrier against catile, will, after see- 

 ing this, throw aside all such doubts. For ourselves we believe 

 it to be perfectly secure. This strip of hedging to which we 

 now allude, is that which encloses the kitchen garden from the 

 rest of the grounds; it does so effectually, and in the regularity 

 of its growth, and the deep green of its foliage, forms a pleasing 

 .object, where it is desirable to hide objectionable parts of the 



