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frequently seen. The lovely Passiflora Kermesina, and P. 

 phoenicea, not unlike P. alata, and a dangerous rival, have both 

 flowered with great profusion, in the conservatory of J. P. 

 Gushing. We noticed at the same place, the best grown Di- 

 onsea muscipula, under the management of Mr. Haggerston. 

 This most interesting American plant deserves more regard 

 than it obtains, and in a humid atmosphere, under the tem- 

 perature of the stove, it rewards the exertion of the gardener. 

 Tropoeolum tuberosum had been added, a plant which prom- 

 ises great results in out-door culture. We also saw Primu- 

 la cortusoides, of rare occurrence. 



Some attention has been directed to the Calceolaria, and 

 beautiful seedling varieties are common. The new and truly 

 elegant Clematis Sieboldii, flowered atMr Lowell's, last sum- 

 mer. Enkianthus quinqueflorus, has blossomed for several 

 seasons with Col. T. H. Perkins. The foreign Magnolias are 

 numerous. The lovely Portulaca Gilliesii, it has been as- 

 certained, does best as a border plant in a situation exposed 

 to great heat. Some of the finer tree Pseonies, have given 

 superb inflorescence. We mention a single instance by way 

 of illustration, of a plant of Paeonia papaveracea var. Banksise, 

 in the possession of S. Sweetser, bearing at once, upwards of 

 fifteen flowers, some of which were eight inches in diameter. 

 In the green-house of Mr Pratt, Oakley Place, under the care 

 of Mr McLellan, Wistaria Consequana, produced thirty or 

 more racemes of flowers, probably the first full grown plant, 

 which has flowered in this vicinity. Singular as it may seem, 

 this creeper is perfectly hardy in the valley of the Hudson, and 

 the writer has had the pleasure of seeing its blossoms, in the 

 open air, during the past spring. 



We deem it due to the efforts of Mr Towne, to add the 

 following new and valuable plants lately introduced into his 

 successful culture. A collection so select and always in the 

 advance of the march of floriculture, cannot be too highly 

 commended. 



