196 Retrospective Criticism. 



Art. IV. Retrospective Criticism. 



Linnaan Botanic Garden and Nursery, Flushing, L. I. Correc- 

 tion. — I request the favor of you to correct a typographical error in 

 my communication in relation to this establishment, inserted in the 

 last number of the Magazine of Horticulture, (p. 153.) The prem- 

 ises therein referred to, as having been purchased by William R. 

 Prince for his residence, comprise only about^ue acres of land, in- 

 stead of fifty acres. — I am, very respectfully, your obedient servant, 

 Gabriel Winter, Flushing, L. L, April, 1842. 



Camellm var. Covingtonn, — error corrected. — Dear Sir: your Hor- 

 ticultural Magazine, for April, 1842, has just come to hand, and I 

 find upon the 123d page, 3d line from the top, that you give me the 

 credit for raising Camelh'a Covingtoniz, and also Camellia Judge 

 Washington, which is an error; the Camelh'a Covingtonn was raised 

 by Col. R. Carr, of Bartram's gardens, near Philadelphia, and the 

 camellia Judge Washington was raised by Mr. J. J. Frobel, in Fair- 

 fax county, Va. On the same page, 28th line from the top, you say 

 that I propagate the /^uphorbza jacquinfrj?6ra, by inarching, which is 

 a mistake: they were propagated by layings in the common way. 

 [We did not notice this error — layering was intended. — Ed.] By 

 correcting the above in your next number, you will confer a singular 

 favor on, — Respectfully yours, J. S. Gunnell, Washington, tSpril, 

 4182. 



[Many of our memoranda made during our visit, were noted down 

 so hastily that we had not time to particularize; and trusting much 

 to memory, the time which elapsed before we wrote them out in 

 full, led us into an occasional error. We are gratified to be cor- 

 rected. — Ed.] 



Camellia var- Hempsiehdn and Ldndrethi. — In the last number of the 

 Magazine, I saw some remarks relative to the merits of Camelh'a var. 

 Hempsteadw over that of Landrethi. Whoever the writer is, he cer- 

 tainly never saw a good flower of Landreth?', as it is impossible he 

 should have made such a comparison. There is a delicacy in the 

 petal of Landrethi which the other does not possess. There is a de- 

 cided coarseness of petal in Hempsteadu, that makes the greatest 

 objection to its being rated as one of the first rate seedlings: it seems 

 to be an improvement of C. elata, raised by Cunningham, in Edin- 

 boro'. I have made the above remarks as my opinion of the supe- 

 riority of the one over the other, without any intention of detracting 

 from the merits of Hempstead^i, for it is undoubtedly a good seed- 

 ling; yet I think Landrethi better, nay, even one of the best that 

 has been produced. — Jin Amateur, Philadelphia, April, 1842. 



The Garden and Grounds of the President's House, (p. 128.) — In 

 your present number, you call the gardener at the Capitol Murphy, 

 instead of Maher; and the garden of the President's house is not 

 the three mounds you describe, but a very well arranged kitchen gar- 

 den, under the management of a very scientific and skilful man, Mr. 

 Owsley, who has obtained several premiums from the Columbian 

 Horticultural Society, for superior fruits and vegetables raised there 

 by him. — Yours, J. F. Callan, Washington, D. C, Jan. 1842, 



