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taste, it was in the arrangement of their greenhouse plants. 

 There are indeed no walks to make, by which 



"Each ally has its brother," 



but the principle is followed up of placing plant opposite 

 plant, and making up a stage to resemble a dipt hedge, 

 with all its formality. This is wrong, but yet it is as well 

 to do this, as to attempt any other arrangement, unless 

 guided by principles of true taste, which can only be ac- 

 quired by some thought and study. We would certainly 

 invite gardeners and amateurs to look at the Conservatory 

 under its new arrangement. 



On the branches of many of the large camellias and 

 other tall plants, Mr. Teschemacher has a fine collection of 

 Orchideous plants growing in fine health ; several of them 

 having already flowered. We may now look forward to 

 the time when we shall find this singular and beautiful 

 tribe fully appreciated and cultivated. 



MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE. 



Art. I. Donestic Notices. 



The JVedarine Plum. — x\bout the middle of August our friend Mr. Geo. 

 W. White, of Billerica, sent us for inspection several specimens of the 

 Wheeler plum, so called in the vicinity of Worcester, where the tree has 

 been considerably disseminated. It has every appearance, however, of 

 the Nectarine plum of the Lon. Hort. Soc. Catalogue, and Pomological 

 Magazine., and is undoubtedly that variety. It corresponded in every re- 

 spect, except in the freeness of the stone, from which the flesh does not 

 part so easily, as with other varieties usually termed free-stones. This, 

 however, may have been from the soil, season or period of picking. If it 

 should not prove the true nectarine plum, it is fully equal in quality to 

 that most excellent variety. Of the largest size, almost as large as the 

 Washington, of a rich, reddish purple, color, and of excellent flavor, no 

 fruit could present better claims for general cultivation. It is one of the 

 earliest varieties to ripen, being in eating by the middle of August, and 

 although of such large size, does not show any tendency to rot. The tree 

 is also an abundant bearer and of quick and handsome growth. — Ed. 



JVew Seedling Grape. — Some time since a paragraph appeared in one 

 of the Worcester papers, the Spy, we believe, stating that a new variety 

 of grape had been produced from seed, between the native and foreign 

 kinds. We did not take any particular notice of the subject, supposing 

 that it might be a mere report, to which no authority could be attached. 



