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starry blossoms. Every one who possesses a garden may 

 have it in equal perfection, by sowing the seeds in April, in a 

 hot-bed, or May in the open garden, and transplanting into 

 circles, when it is desirable to form a pyramid, as here de- 

 scribed. Thunbergm alata, a. alba, and a. aurantiaca, may 

 also be treated in the same manner, though not with equal 

 effect; the foliage of the latter in no way comparing with the 

 cypress vine: but then the mixture of large buff, deep oi'ange, 

 and pure white flowers, would form a galaxy of beauty which 

 would be admired by all lovers of flowers. 



Mr. Buist gave us a list of many of his new roses; but as 

 they are the same as we have already noticed as in the col- 

 lections of the Philadelphia florists, we shall not repeat them. 

 He grows his best kinds in beds in the open garden, v\here 

 they make stronger plants, produce larger and handsomer 

 flowers, and, what is also of considerable consequence, re- 

 quire very little care in summer, the trouble of continual 

 waterings being nearly done away with. In the winter season, 

 Mr. Buist flowers a large number of plants; the gaieties of the 

 winter season in Washington, when Congress is assembled, 

 create a demand for bouquets, and roses are one of the prin- 

 cipal flowers wanted on such occasions. 



Mr. Buist is an enterprising man, and being in constant 

 correspondence with his brother in Philadelphia, is enabled to 

 add all the new and rare plants to his collection at an early 

 day. Neatness is preserved in all parts of the garden, and 

 we were well j)leased with all the arrangements. 



The Flower Garden of J\Jr. J. Douglas, Jr., near Penn- 

 sylvania Avenue, a short distance from the new Treasury 

 building, contains about an acre of ground, upon which is 

 erected a fine green-house, nearly a hundred feet long. In 

 connection with this place, Mr. Douglas also occupies sev- 

 eral acres about a mile out of the city, where a larger part of 

 his plants are cultivated, and from whence the green-house, 

 attached to the city garden, is stocked with a fine colleciion, 

 which is replenished as it becomes reduced from extensive 

 sales. 



In the garden aut of the ciiy, are several houses devoted 

 to the cultivation of plants; one for roses, one for camellias, 

 and one for geraniums and miscellaneous plants. JMr. Doug- 

 las possesses a fine collection of roses, being mostly selec- 

 tions from the nurserymen of New York and Philadelphia, 



