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&c. The Wistana Consequa/za has proved perfectly hardy 

 with Mr. Reid, even hardier than the American species, VV. 

 frntescens. It rambles over the border, and produces a 

 superb display of its elegant flowers every spring; Mr. 

 Reid finds that it is easily increased by layers. The beau- 

 tiful Ribes sanguinenm, as well as the Magnolia conspic- 

 ua, is also hardy ; both flowering profusely every spring. 

 The Chinese arbor vita:, of which we saw here several 

 rows, is equally as hardy as the American. It must be that 

 the elevated situation on which Mr. Reid's ruirsery stands 

 is highly favorable to acclimization. With us near Boston 

 the Ribes sanguineum, in an ordinary situation, generally 

 has the branches killed nearly down to the ground every 

 winter. That elegant Alpine plant, the *Sedum Sieboldw, 

 was showing several umbels of its deep rosy floAvers ; 

 it is a valuable acquisition. 



The nursery of fruit trees occupies the space in the rear 

 of the house, and we here found a good stock of pears, 

 peaches, plums, &c. Of pears, the trees were thrifty and 

 healthy, and of good size. The stock of peaches and cher- 

 ries, particularly of the former, is large and fine. Mr. Reid 

 has also a fine quantity of apricots, worked well and of 

 handsome size. The apricot is a neglected fruit, and we 

 could wish to see it often introduced into gardens ; by a 

 little care it may be made to produce a considerable quan- 

 tity of its luscious fruit, which, ripening so long before the 

 plum or peach, is highly desirable. 



Looking among the peach trees, Mr. Reid pointed out to 

 us a weeping variety, which came up accidentally in a bed 

 of several hundred ; perceiving, when budding the trees 

 two years ago, that this one had a very procumbent habit, 

 he passed it by, taking the opportunity, however, upon a 

 second inspection of it, to bud a few other trees with the 

 seedling, to see if it would retain its habit ; this it has done, 

 and both the original tree, and the young ones worked from 

 it, are quite weeping, the branches inclining directly to the 

 ground. Worked standard high, the trees would have a 

 good eftect ; and if the fruit should prove to be handsome, 

 even if not worth any thing as an eating variety, it would 

 be a most desirable addition to our limited number of weep- 

 ing trees and shrubs. Crossed with the double-flowering 

 peach or almond, a double-flowered weeping peach may 

 yet be produced. 



