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direct from China, during the past season, which we shall mention 

 hereafter. 



Two of the pits in the forcing ground are filled with some elegant 

 plants of the Providence pine; they were I'eceived, we believe, from Trini- 

 dad, last spring, and are now making a very strong growth. Lettuces, &c. 

 in the frames, had just been planted out, and a great number of pots 

 of Keen's seedling strawberry had been taken up for forcing. Nearly 

 all the green-house plants have been repotted for their winter station, 

 and they look exceedingly well. On the very large single camellia in 

 this collection, now standing in the summer residence of the green- 

 house plants, upwards of seventy inarchings have been made, including 

 eighteen or twenty kinds. Some new ericas have been added, which 

 we shall notice when in flower. 



Some improvements have been made in the grounds around the resi- 

 dence, but we have no room to notice them at this time. 



Oakley Place, Wm. Pratt, Esq. — This place is in excellent order. 

 The avenue up to the mansion has been well cleaned, the edges of the 

 grass cut, and the trees, which border it on each side, trimmed of all 

 unsightly branches. Not nmcli that is new has been added to the gar- 

 den the past season: Mr. Pratt only resides here for a few months in 

 the summer, and does not, we presume, feel sufficiently interested in 

 gardening, to enrich his collection to any extent. In the forcing ground 

 we saw some fine melons, in frames, of good size. 



In the green-house the grape vines have produced a few clusters. It 

 will be recollected that the green-house is a new one, and the vines, 

 mostly, only one year old. They have made a fine quantity of wood 

 for a good croj) of fruit next year. On the back wall, a plant of Wis- 

 tarz« Consequ;~m«,, the largest we have ever seen, was making a rapid 

 growth, and will probably bloom next season ; we have before urged 

 upon all lovers of beautiful plants the cultivation of this ; Mr. Pratt, 

 Jr., by whose direction this plant was set out, informs us that he saw 

 nothing that was more beautiful in any of the gardens in England: it 

 there covered walls or trellises in the open air in almost every garden, 

 and produced its large lilac-colored bunches of flowei's in great profu- 

 sion all summer. It is hardy in our climate. 



The garden here, as well as at Mr. Cushing's, has suflfered exceed- 

 ingly from the dry weather; dahlias bloom but sparingly compared with 

 seasons in general, and the flowers that do open are, many of them, 

 semi-double. Some new varieties have been added this year, but not 

 to so great an extent as at many other places: we were deprived of 

 the gratification of seeing many flowers, or of giving our readers any 

 account of their beauty, partly on account of the drought, and partly 

 that nearly all of them that were open the day previous were cut. 

 Bignoiii'a grandiiiora has flowered rather sparingly the past season, on 

 account of the cool weather. A species of lotus, probably L. jaco- 

 bse^is, raised from seeds, was flowering beautifully, planted in the border; 

 the blossoms are dark brown, and are produced in clusters of two or 

 three in each; the foliage contrasts very prettily with the flowers. A 

 new hibiscus, raised from seeds received from the West Indies, has 

 flowered, and was very beautiful : the foliage is similar to Rosii sinen- 

 sis. That fine tea rose, Strombio, has bloomed here; the plants were 

 received from France the past spring. We hope the collection of plants, 

 both hardy and tender, will be increased by the addition of new species 

 and varieties. 



There are some fine varieties of pears at this place, many of the 

 names of which have been lost; the trees, most of them, are loaded 

 with fruit. Some of the specimens have been presented to the Mas- 



