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of the very choicest which could be obtained. Camelh'as and 

 Cactae, of each all the most esteemed varieties. In this most 

 favorable climate, the roses, camellias, erythrinas, salpiglos- 

 sises, verbenas (to admiration,) and a great variety of other 

 plants, make the most astonishing growths, but geraniums, 

 fuchsias, and several other genera, suffer to some extent, if 

 not partially protected from the intense heat of the southern 

 sun. Finca alba and V. rosea are becoming weeds in the 

 grounds. Mr. Hatch is now erecting a large range of green- 

 houses, and a short period will only elapse when his estab- 

 lishment will not suffer in a comparison with the nurseries of 

 the north. I understand neither expense nor exertion is 

 spared — every desirable article is obtained as early as possi- 

 ble — and all this in a section of the country, where, twenty 

 or thirty years ago, the untutored Indian roamed free and 

 unmolested. 



In conclusion, I shall simply state that, as respects forest 

 trees and shrubs, for variety Mississippi is peculiarly rich, 

 bat very deficient in herbaceous plants, as far as my obser- 

 vations have, as yet, extended. 



Yours, very respectfully, * r^ 



^ J t- j'5 Alexander Gordon. 



Vicksburg^ August^ 1842. 



Art. IV. Floricultural and Botanical J\^otices of neio 

 Plants figured in foreign periodicals ; xoith Remarks on 

 those recently introduced to, or originated in, Jlmerican 

 gardens; and additional information upon plants already in 

 cultivation. 



Edwards's Botanical Register, or Ornamental Flower Garden 

 and Shrubbery. Each number containing from six to eight 

 plates, with additional miscellaneous information, relative to 

 new Plants. In monthly numbers; 3s. plain, 3s. 6d. colored. 



Paxton's Magazine of Botany , and Register of Flowering Plants. 

 Each number containing four colored plates. Monthly. 2s. 6d. 

 each. Edited by J. Paxton, gardener to the Duke of Devon- 

 shire. 



