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green-house, in wliich are cultivated about 300 camellias ; among 

 which are C. reticuhita, and the most recent varieties. /Rhodo- 

 dendron arbcireum hybridum, H. a. nuitabile, It. a. Cunning- 

 liani//, Ti. a. Ilussell/rt/»<w, B.. a. Gowen/V/;/?^;//, H. a. alta-clercnse, 

 11. campanulatum, II. phocniceum, li. Smith//', ?i?. nazarethium, 

 ?7R. triiimphans ; ^bies Douglas// ; Arancdria excelsa, about 8 ft. 

 high ; A. Cunningham/, the same height ; A. alata, A. imbri- 

 cata, A. brasiliana ; Jiniiperus pendula, J, recurva, J. repanda ; 

 ? 7axus weriifolia, ? T. Sieboldt//, Andromeda arborea ; Mag- 

 nol/a gigantea, M. maxima, M. triumphans, M. Soulang/Jwflr, M. 

 Norbert//, M. Alexandrine^, M. CandoU/; are also in the green- 

 houses. The following, in the open air, are worthy of notice: — 

 7?osa odoratissima, R. Smith//, R. Noisette Duprey ; Mespilus 

 (Eriobotrya) japonica, Pinus australis (palustris); iVihcs sangui- 

 neum ; Catdlpa syringcc^l^xo.^ 40 ft. high, diameter of the trunk 

 I ft. G in., and that of the head 28 ft. ; Magnol/rt riistica (ferru- 

 ginea), 15 ft. high, and 2 in. in diameter; ^'Inus glutinosa 

 laciniata, 60 ft. high, diameter of the trunk 1 ft. 6 in., and of the 

 head 28 ft. ; Cedrus Libani, 25 ft. high, diameter of the stem 

 6 in. ; Tllia alba, 55 ft. high, diameter of the trunk 1ft. 9 in., 

 and of the head 26 ft. ; T. a. «splenif(Mia, 10 ft. high ; and a fine 

 group of /Rhododendron ponticum and 11. maximum. 



The Garden qfCasa Nova. — This very small garden is worthy 

 of notice, on account of the following plants : — Gleditsch/a tria- 

 canthos, 25 years old, 85 ft. high, diameter of the trunk 2 ft. 6 in. ; 

 Stercuiia 7>>latanifolia, of the same age, 50 ft. high, diameter of the 

 trunk 2 ft., and the head 38 ft. Tiiis is the most beautiful 

 specimen of the species I have ever seen. It does not stand 

 unprotected at Monza. Lagerstroe^m/a indica, 25 ft. high, and 

 its principal trunk 1 ft. in diameter. 



The Garden of SS. Negri^ Brothers. — This small garden is 

 kept so well, that it shows the owners to be devoted to Flora. 

 Messrs. Negri were the first in Lombardy who flowered a camellia 

 they had raised from seed : they called it Cameli/a 7?eriiflora, from 

 its having the appearance of the flower of the iVerium Oleander 

 splendens. In their green-house are more than 1500 plants of 

 camellias, a beautiful plant of Arancdria brasiliana, A. excelsa, 

 Banks/a yagifcMia ; and, in the hot-house, Eugen/a nervosa, 

 E. macrophylla, Chamai^rops Pabnetfo, Strelilz/a regina^, S. 

 Juncea, Dillenia speciosa, Zamia piingens, Corypha hystrix, 

 C. mitis, Latdnia sinensis, Theophrasta longifcMla, and the Miisa 

 rosacea, were in full flower on the 10th of June. 



The nights of the 1st and 2d of the current month, the tem- 

 perature was so low as 3° below zero. I was afraid of my O'xalis 

 crenata, as the haulm was gone, and took them up; when from the 

 28 tubers which I planted I found 5 lb. Milanese, that is 140 oz., 

 which were from the size of a pea to that of a walnut. Tlie 



