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fine crinums and pancratiums have been added: these are, for the most 

 part, doing well ; Doryanthes excelsa is just beginning to make a new 

 growth. The orchideous plants are in very good condition ; Oncidium 

 Sexuosum will probably produce flowers in a short time ; there is no 

 doubt these plants may be cultivated as easily as many others. Of the 

 fine and valuable genus Citrus there are here upwards of thirty species 

 and varieties, including some of the very best, both for the beauty and 

 the quality of their fruit, and the elegance of their foliage. Tropae'olum 

 peregrinum, or the Canary-bird flower (noticed in I. p. 345), a plant 

 of, is here groVving in a pot: it was raised from seeds last spring, and 

 will soon be in flower. 



In the conservatory or green-house the camellias are coming forward 

 very rapidly. The single white, double white, and double striped, have 

 already opened some flowers. Since our last visit some extra large 

 specimens have been added ; they consist of the W6odsi, Greville's red, 

 althseaeflora, double white, Hume's blush, &c., inarched, or grafted on 

 the single or some other kinds, at the height of six or eight feet from the 

 base of the stems ; thus forming tree-like heads, in the manner of the 

 tree roses. They are something new, but, we think, not in good taste, 

 unless in remarkably high houses : in such a place they would have a 

 grand effect. But for viewing individual flowers, or to observe the beau- 

 ty of the foliage, they should be beneath the eye. A great many new 

 sorts have been added, and some of them have singular looking foliage ; 

 we shall look forward with some interest to their blooming ; C. Kisseis 

 budded. Of acacias those charming species dealbata, decurrens, verti- 

 cillata, undulata, longifolia and spectabile, are in this collection: the 

 latter plant is showing buds, as it also is in our garden. Mr. Wilder has 

 raised, from the seeds sent to the Horticultural Society by the Baron 

 Von Ludwig, a large number of plants, ten or twelve, or more, kinds 

 of heaths, and several New Holland plants. The heaths look very well. 

 The arrangement of the p)lants is exceeding good, and the neatness 

 which is preserved in every part of the range cannot be too much com- 

 mended. 



In the garden Mr. Wilder has made many alterations: new walks 

 have been laid out, and the fence on the north side removed, so that it 

 now includes three or four acres. A fine collection of pear trees has 

 been planted, as also a good assortment of other kindsof fruit trees, par- 

 ticularly plums. Some of the young trees, of the Dutchess d'Angou- 

 leme, pi'oduced several very large pears this season, A spot of ground 

 has been marked out, on which a rosary is to be planted: already many 

 excellent sorts occupy part of the ground, and additions are to be made 

 another season. In front of his dwelling house, are planted, in the 

 flower borders, a great number of tree roses: these have made a very 

 vigorous growth the past season, and will probably bloom finely the 

 coming spring: among the number are several of the most beautiful va- 

 rieties of the mosses. We hope that the tree roses will be more culti- 

 vated ; they have a grand effect when in full flower. 



We here«aw a bed of very fine pansies ; they were raised from im- 

 ported seeds, but among them we observed some of considerable ele- 

 gance. Next to Mr, Walker's, we may say that these were as fine as 

 any we have ever observed. Not more than two or three are deserving 

 of names, but they all form a handsome group, standing, as they do, in a 

 small bed upon the turf. A row of them also runs parallel with the box 

 edging, near to itj the whole length of one of the borders. 



