86 Remarks upon variations in Fruits. 



two or three days: it will rank with the daphne as an odorif- 

 erous plant. Mr. Feast's camellias, and other greeen-house 

 plants, were arranged together in fine order, and appeared in 

 a healthy and vigorous condition. 



There are several amateur collections in Baltimore, which 

 it was our intention to visit, but our tinie would not allow us 

 to do so. The gardens of W. Wilson, Esq., Messrs. Kurtz, 

 Waters, Smith, &c., contain many fine plants. A friend of 

 ours, passing through Baltimore, has sent us the following ac- 

 count of what he saw during his stay in the city, which we 

 append here. 



Mr. Holliday''s Establishment, on the Huxton Road, near 

 Baltimore, will be, in the opinion of our correspondent, one 

 of the finest nursery and flower establishments in the city. 

 Mr. Holliday has put up two of the finest houses in the neigh- 

 borhood; one of them is one hundred and twenty feet in length, 

 and finished in the best manner. 



J\Ir. Waters, in Saratoga street, has a fine private collec- 

 tion of plants. His green-house is thirty feet in length, and 

 twenty wide, and is mostly filled with camellias, of which he 

 possesses a fine collection of upwards of sixty distinct kinds, 

 and many seedlings. Our correspondent observed a fine plant 

 of Brunsvigj'a Josephince, showing a cluster of its splendid 

 flowers. The Mango tree was ripening its fruit here. The 

 plants were in the best condition, and showed that Mr. Waters 

 is a careful and skilful cultivator. 



( To be continued.) 



Atr. II. Desultory Remarks upon variations in Fruits. 

 By R. Manning, Esq., Pomological Garden, Salem. 



I HAVE, for several years past, observed changes in the 

 size, color, and quality, of some of the new pears, which are 

 so remarkable that I think them worth describing. 



In ISoS, a tree of the Beurre Duval (London Horticultu- 

 ral Society's Catalogue, No. 101,) was loaded with fine large 

 fruit, of a bright yellow color, with red cheek: we anticipated 



