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to assimie their usual train, and that the sales of the present year 

 have been as good as could have been anticipated. 



Mr. Cushing^s, Watertoivn. — Oct. bih. We made a hasty- 

 visit to this fine place, which is now in most excellent order, so 

 far as the out-door department is concerned. The green-house 

 plants were not yet all in, nor the stove inmates removed to their 

 places for the season. The men were, however, washing and 

 cleaning the plants, and in the course of a few days, (for Mr. Hag- 

 gerstondoes not allow things to remain in this condition long,) the 

 houses will appear arranged in their winter dress, more gay and 

 brilliant than ever. INIany of the ericas had already opened their 

 flowers; among others, the splendid E. concolor which we noticed 

 last spring, and the E. glutinosa witli its glassy orange corols; 

 others will be soon displaying their blossoms. 



In the stoves the pines are showing a great abundance of fruit. 

 Several fine black Jamaicas had nearly attained their size; some 

 fine Javas were also svveUing rapidly. They now present a fine 

 appearance. Musa sapientum, the common banana, has flowered, 

 and has now formed upon it a huge cluster of green fruit. This 

 is probably the first time that it has fruited in the vicinity of 

 Boston. A new species of passion flower, called P. phoe- 

 nicea, had just opened its blossoms: Mr. Haggerston has been 

 anxiously waiting to see what it would turn out to be; it proves, 

 however, to be no handsomer than the alata, which it resembles, 

 though it is a little larger flower. P. Kermesina has grown and 

 flowered better the present fall than heretofore; and Mr. Hag- 

 gerston thinks that when it is treated well it will increase in beau- 

 ty: the colors are very brilliant. Combretum purpureum was, 

 as we have ever found it, no matter at what season of the year we 

 may have been here, in full bloom. 



Returnine; from the stoves, we passed into the other end of the 

 range to notice the grapery, the vines in which have been under 

 a process of retardation, as mentioned by us in our remarks last 

 spring after a visit here. We shall not enter into any particulars 

 of the growth and maturation of the crop at this time, as Mr. 

 Haggerston has kindly, at our request, kept a diary of the week- 

 ly progress of the vines, since they were taken from the ground, 

 and will continue it until the crop is all gathered; and the sub- 

 ject we shall introduce to our readers, in an article at the com- 

 mencement of the next volume. Mr. Haggerston confident- 

 ly asserts that the crop will not ripen until such a late period that, 

 allowing a reasonable time for the grapes to hang, after they have 

 fully matured, the last wiU not be cut until the first of March, 1839. 

 At that time tlie new crop in the stoves will be ripe; thus fruit may 

 be cut from January to January again. The new wood is per- 

 fecting itself admirably. 



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