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Yiicca filamentosa has stood out here for four or five years; it has, 

 however, never flowered until the past season: it then threw up a flow- 

 er spike to the height of six or eight feet, which remained in perfection 

 for a great length of time. It receives no protection, but the points of 

 the stiff and rigid foliage are tied together at the top, to prevent the 

 snow and rain from entering too freely into the heart of the plant. 



Mr. Walker has laid out largely for a tulip show the ensuing spring: he 

 has planted upwards of one thousand bulbs, among which are many very 

 fine kinds, such as Louis XVI, Strong's Charles X,&,c. A large frame 

 will be erected over the whole, to be covered Avith an awning, that the 

 blooms may be screened from the sun, and thus kept in perfection for a 

 great length of time. Mr. Walker has always grown a fine collection, 

 but he has made many additions: he is in hope that, from the display 

 which he intends to make, should nothing unforseen occur, to excite a 

 greater taste for this most gorgeous flower, which ap})ears not to be so 

 highly appreciated by our amateur gardeners as other plants. There 

 seems to be a fear with some, of catching the tulip-mania, if they once 

 enter into the cultivation of the finer kinds. We hope, however, such 

 is not the case with all, and that, eventually, we shall find as magnificent 

 collections in our vicinity, as at present exist in England. 



Hawthorn Grove, Dorchester, M. P. Wilder, Esq. — Since our last 

 visit to this place, there has been a large addition of fine plants made to 

 the collection. Mi*. Wilder has also extended the length of his range, 

 by putting on an addition of about twenty-five feet, which he intends for 

 a stove — he having concluded to make use of the former one for a show- 

 house, or for the purpose of placing in the most magnificent and rare 

 species and varieties, when in full bloom. We like this arrangement 

 much, as often the more humble, and frequently the most rare plants, 

 are lost from view, when standing on the stages with the other plants, 

 by being encroached upon, or wholly covered up, by the foliage of some 

 gross growing individual: here they will show to the most advantage, 

 and when their flowers fade — and what is more unsightly than a plant 

 in such a condition — they can be removed into their proper place, where 

 such a blemish will be less observable : all will here be one mass of 

 flowers — of varied hue and form — from the curious orchideous tribe, to 

 the lovely ericas, or the splendid family of camellias. We are glad 

 Mr. Wilder is one of the first to introduce a system, which we have 

 long wished to see caxTied to its greatest perfection : although this will 

 be on a limited scale, we hope to see it attempted with large sjian-roof- 

 ed houses. 



In the stove or hot-house department Corrse^a speciosa, Ti'evirana 

 coccinea, Nerine sarniensis, Lobeha longiflora, and several other 

 common plants were in bloom. The Nerine sarniensis or the Guernsey 

 lily, of Mr. Wilder, is said by some amateurs to be corusca ; this is, 

 however, an error: corusca is scarlet, and not purplish-crimson, the 

 color of the former. We flowered coi'usca a year since, and afterwards 

 gave the plant to Mr. Haggerston, at Belmont Place ; whether it has 

 flowered there this season we are not aware: it is far nioj-e beautiful 

 than the sarniensis, which does not merit the name of corusca, or glit- 

 tering. The latter is of a most dazzling scarlet, the petals completely 

 covered with a metallic lustre, which no language can convey an idea of; 

 we have never seen it in bloom only in our collection. We have no 

 doubt of the correctness of Mr, Wilder's N. sarniensis. We here 

 for the first time saw a small plant of Araucuria imbricata, of which 

 much has been said. It is one of the most splendid of the Coniferse. 

 It is a native of Chili, and too tender to stand our climate, wholly ex- 

 posed ; but it possesses sufficient beauty to deserve a house by itself. 



The collection of Amaryllacece is continually increased, and several 



