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high, was killed down to the ground hy the severe winter of 

 1839 and 1840, after having stood out for a number of years. 

 There is a Magnolm glauca here, thirty feet liigh: it is about 

 forty years old, and produces an abundance of its Mowers ev- 

 ery spring. 



In connection with this nursery, Mr. Feast has erected a 

 building in the city for the sale of seeds and plants, to which 

 he has a fine green-house, about thirty feet long, attached, in 

 the rear. This is supplied with fresh plants fi'om the nursery as 

 fast as they are needed, to supply the place of those which 

 have been sold. 



The Flower Garden of Mr. John Feast, in West Lexing- 

 ton Street, has undergone many alterations and improvements. 

 Nearly an acre of ground has been added, and two or three 

 new houses erected, one of which is entirely for the growth 

 of roses. 



Mr. Feast has been successful in raising some fine verbe- 

 nas, he showed us his beds of seedlings, and we noticed sev- 

 eral of quite a distinct color and habit from any we are ac- 

 quainted with: when he names them, we shall endeavor to 

 give some description of the sorts. 



We here saw a new flowering bean, which was raised from 

 seeds received from the United States' Exploring Expedition. 

 It is a fine acquisition; the leaves have a dark purplish hue, 

 and the flowers are produced in spikes, eight or ten inches 

 long, and of a rich purple tint, exceedingly showy. The 

 iiabit of the plant is not coarse, being more of the character 

 of the Hyacinth bean than the common scarlet runner. /Sal- 

 via patens was displaying its azure flowers. Mr. Feast pos- 

 sesses many seedling roses, a great part of which were only 

 seedlings of the present year. The Microphylla rose stands 

 out here during the winter, and flowers abundantly all sum- 

 mer. Basclla tuberosa has also stood out here, planted against 

 the end of the green-house. 



The propagation of several sorts of green-house plants is 

 carried on extensively in the open air during summer. The 

 Chinese azaleas are propagated in this manner, by laying down 

 the small summer shoots in July. MagnohVi fuscuta, a fra- 

 grant species, and much prized in Baltimore as a parlor plant, 

 is grown in the same manner: we have cultivated iliis plant for 

 several years, and have always admired the pine-apple-like 

 odor of its blossoms, one of which will perfume a room for 



