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garden from view. We were astonished when Mr. Lowell in- 

 formed us that this hedge was planted in the middle of June^ and 

 with perfect success. The ground was well prepared, and the 

 plants were taken up and immediately set out, without scarcely 

 a delay in their growth of a day. The buckihorn is very tena- 

 cious of life, and from the great abundance of its fine fibrous 

 roots, may be transplanted safely at almost ary time in the spring 

 from April to June. To those who are about planting hedges, 

 we would recommend the buckthorn for all purposes. 



Mr. Lowell has been trying an experimen', this season, of ma- 

 nuring the ground allotted to the growth of dahlias, with crushed 

 or ground bones, fermented and mixed with other manure, and 

 dug into the soil. The effect has been good to all appearance: 

 the plants were at this lime two feet high, and exhibited a thrifti- 

 ness of growth and an exuberance of foliage quite different from 

 dahlias under ordinary management. Tlie great benefit arising 

 from the use of ground bones to most crops has been fully tested 

 in England, and is just about being appreciated here; and we have 

 no doubt but the dahlia is a plant which will be greatly benefited 

 by its use. We hope, at the close of the season, JMr. Lowell will 

 do us the kindness to send us the results of his interesting exper- 

 iments. We have spoken in another place, of the plants which 

 Mr. Lowell brought home with him from the West Indies; among 

 those, however, which we mentioned, we forgot to name several 

 kinds of oranges and lemons, and the lime, of which he has sev- 

 eral pretty plants, all doing very well. A considerable number 

 of pine-apples, standing in a two light frame, looked very well. 

 The bringing out of the various plants which we have enumerat- 

 ed, is another of the many beneficial services which JMr. Low- 

 ell has performed, and for which both the floriculturist and hor- 

 ticulturalist is deeply indebted to him. If other individuals who 

 visit foreign countries, were to feel a tenth part of the interest 

 which actuated Mr. Lowell, our gardens would soon contain 

 many of the treasures which undoubtedly might be added, and 

 for which, we have to look to England for a supply. 



Seat of Col. Perkins, Brookline. — Since we were here, in 

 the early part of the winter of 1836, the new house which we 

 then noticed as about to be built has been completed and put 

 into operation. It is one of the most complete strucuu'es of the 

 kind we have ever seen. Every part is thoroughly built, and 

 both the wood v^'ork and masonry have been put up in a strong 

 and workmanlike manner. At some future time, if it answers 

 the expectations for which it was erected, we shall endeavor to 

 procure a drawing of it for our Magazine. We found grapes 

 planted in the pit to be trained up to a trellis, and others grow- 

 ing in the space between the two walls, to run up the rafters, for 

 successive crops. Those in the pits will be brought forward so- 



