214 Notes 071 Gardens and Nurseries. 



The following are the names of some of the fine varie- 

 ties which more particularly attracted our attention : 



Bijbloemens. — Fair Ellen, Incomparable Voorhelm, Boa- 

 dicea, Lord Colchester, Strong's High Admiral, (splendid,) 

 La plus Belle, Majestense, Majestense le Grand, Violet Tri- 

 umphant, Maitre Partout, Duke of Florence, Gen. Hamil- 

 ton, Louis XVL, (good specimen,) Lavinia, Athalia, Prince 

 Regent, Violet ma Favorite. Duke of Sussex, Holmes's King, 

 (fine,) Hugobert, (a fine dark flower,) Premier Noble, In- 

 comparable, Black Prince, Duke of Florence, Vandyke, 

 China Violet. 



Roses. — Walworth, (beautiful,) General Washington, 

 (Neale's,) almost or quite equal to Walworth, Reine des 

 Pleurs, Matilda, Roi des Cerises, Catherine, Monsieur Pitt, 

 Triumph Royal. Iphigene, La Belle Arsinee, Maria The- 

 resa, Cordelia, Miranda, Rose Maria, Grand Cerise. 



Bezaries. — Mesraim, Commandant, Garricola, Belle Fi- 

 nancier, Grandeur Superbe, Roi de Navarre, Gen. Harri- 

 son, (Walker's,) Cassius, Ophir, Superbissima, Claudius, 

 Sir Francis Burdett, Abercrombie, Earl St. Vincent, L'Abbe 

 March. 



We learn that Mr. Walker was to dispose of these on the 

 30th of May, at auction, and we trust he had a ready sale 

 at fair prices. 



Show of Tulips at the Public Garden. — After inspecting 

 the fine display of tulips of our friend Mr. Walker, we 

 took the first opportunity of visiting that of the public gar- 

 den, under the care of our correspondent, Mr. Teschema- 

 cher. Never have we been gratified with a more superb 

 display of this gorgeous flower. Notwithstanding Mr. 

 Walker's were in their greatest beauty, and really more 

 splendid than we had ever seen them, yet we must ac- 

 knowledge that those at the public garden had a brilliancy 

 which surpassed those of Mr. Walker. It may be that this 

 collection, being quite new, contains more of the varieties 

 recently broken, which generally have less color than the 

 older kinds ; nothing could surpass the clean cups and ex- 

 quisite shading and feathering of the petals of many of the 

 sorts. The bulbs, too, were finely grown; in scarcely an 

 instance did we see more than one flower stalk from a sin- 

 gle root. 



To grow choice sorts in perfection, and keep them from 

 running their colors, requires some considerable care. We 



