of new and beautiful Plants. 337 



than thirteen having opened during one night. Echinocactus 

 Eyriesu has flowered once, and is again showing several buds. 

 Mr. Putnam grows his plants successfully, and they have a 

 very healthy appearance. He keeps them out doors, in an 

 open situation, in summer, and waters freely in dry weather, 

 using, at the same time, a good rich loamy soil. The collec- 

 tion of tender roses embraces some fine kinds. The cycla- 

 men is cultivated in considerable numbers by Mr. Putnam, 

 and he raises seedlings every year. This beautiful plant is 

 sadly neglected: it is easy of cultivation, is a fine parlor 

 plant, and should be found in every choice collection. The 

 camellias and other plants were looking well, the former set 

 with an abundance of flower buds. The dahlias were set out 

 late, and had just begun to bloom. 



Garden of J. S. Cabot, Esq. — We were unfortunate in 

 not finding Mr. Cabot at home. His collection is celebrated 

 for its great number of hardy herbaceous plants, which he has 

 spared no pains to collect; but at this season of the year, we 

 did not find only a limited number in bloom; of these, the 

 phloxes were the principal objects. The garden is kept in 

 the neatest order throughout. 



The tulip bed was undergoing a change of soil; the old 

 compost had been thrown out, and some old decomposed 

 manure had been added. The collection made a fine show 

 last spring, well worth visiting; the coming season, it will 

 be, probably more beautiful than the last. The bed is up- 

 wards of one hundred feet long, and holds two thousand or 

 more bulbs. 



Mr. Cabot has a bed of our seedling strawberry, which 

 produced a fine crop of fruit the past season. 



Garden of J. F. Jlllen, Esq. — Mr. Allen's garden is most- 

 ly devoted to the cultivation of fruit, and we found a fine 

 crop of peaches and grapes, the former in great perfection. 

 Mr. Allen has three houses devoted to the growth of them, 

 and succeeds in producing good crops of well flavored fruit. 

 The grapes in the vinery had been cut, as also the peaches; 

 but those in the cold house, with a span roof, were just be- 

 ginning to color. The vines have only been planted four 

 years, and they are now producing several clusters to each 

 vine. The peaches, in the other house, were ripening off 

 finely, and were highly colored: the kinds are the Gros 

 Mignonne and the Royal George. Mr. Allen gives great 



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