42 Notices of Gardens and Nurseries 



and frames or pits to the extent of two lui'idved or three 

 hundred feet. 



In the greenhouse, the plants were in very good order; 

 the collection of camellia-s, though not la<ge. coniained 

 some good specimens of fine sorts ; we Jioticed here the 

 parent plant of Dunlap's seedling camellia ameticana ; it 

 was about five feet high and well biidded for a fine display 

 of flowers : a description of it. by Mr. Dnnlap. will be 

 found in our Vol. VI. p. 23, but it is probable that, as the 

 old plant has now attained a good size, it will produce 

 flowers from which a better estimate of its meiils nii'V be 

 formed. 



An immense quantity of some kinds of plants are 

 grown for the Xcw York market; such os heliotiopes. gera- 

 niums, hydrangeas, verbenas, and the agrippina and belle- 

 ota roses, all being in good demand. Among the roses 

 none are admired more than the agrippina, so called erro- 

 neously, but properly and correctly the cramoisie supe- 

 rieure -^ heliotropes, from the fragrance of their flowers, are 

 always desirable plants for the parlor. It is astonishing, to 

 one unacquainted with the sale of flowers, to see what 

 quantities of the above plants arc annually disposed of. 



The rose-house is of late erection, and contains some re- 

 markable specimens : we noticed a yellow tea rose three 

 to four feet high, proportionably broad, and covered with a 

 hundred or more buds and blossoms ; this house is built 

 low with a roof with back lights, and the walk runs directly 

 through the centre, the flue being in front. • On each side of 

 the walk, the roses arc planted out in the border, where 

 they attain a great size, and throw out an abundance of 

 flower-buds. Besides the yellow tea. we also noticed fine 

 plants of Hermosa, Triumph of Luxumbourg, Granta, Cram- 

 oisie superieurc, le Pactole, &C. &c. 



All Mr. Monck's houses are of low construction, with a 

 partially span roof — that is, the lights on the north side 

 being about half the length of those on the south. These 

 back lights, as Avell as the front, are all fitted with shutters, 

 which are put on every cool night, and when very cold and 

 cloudy, those on the back are allowed to remain on during 

 the day, and sometimes for many days in succession. This 

 mode of building houses is well adapted to the nurseryman, 

 though we would not, by any means, recommend it to the 

 amateur, unless he wishes to sacrifice beauty to profit, 



