16 A Day in the Gardens of Haarlem. 



or screens, and it is admirably adapted for the purpose. The 

 collection of roses is very large and well grown, particularly 

 those fine old kinds, the cabbage and common moss. Mag- 

 nolias are grown in quantities, and we noticed some fine 

 specimens of the M. Soulanged/m. The greenhouse collec- 

 tion is not large, but it embraces some fine camellias, and a 

 good stock of other things. 



The day was a delightful one for October ; and a pressing 

 invitation from Mr. Waterer and his lady, induced us to 

 remain until the next day, when we were most kindly prom- 

 ised an early ride to Bagshot, and from thence to other places 

 in the neighborhood. 



( To be continued.^ 



Art. III. A Day in the Gardens of Haarlem. By S. B. Par- 

 sons, Commercial Garden and Nursery, Flushing, L. I. 



Haarlem has long been celebrated for its flower gardens, 

 and for its successful cultivation of bulbous rooted plants. 

 Although too early to see these in perfection, our eyes had 

 been greeted, as the cars passed rapidly along, with the va- 

 ried and gorgeous colors of the crocus, which, in all its vari- 

 ety, covered acres of ground in the vicinity of the city. 

 Haarlem is a quiet and pretty town, with very neat and clean 

 streets, and is v/ell worth visiting, independent of its gar- 

 dens. 



Passmg through the town, we entered a small forest, called 

 Haarlem Wood, and just upon its borders, we found the ex- 

 tensive " bloemistry" of our correspondent, A. C. Yan Eden, 

 the largest of the many establishments of the kind for which 

 Haarlem is so justly celebrated. He possessed, in addition 

 to his nursery of bulbs, a good greenhouse, with a fine col- 

 lection of orchideous plants for his own satisfaction. He 

 has also scattered in various parts of the town, small tracts 

 of land, filled with bulbous roots, just budding forth. His 

 soil is admirably adapted to the cultivation of bulbs, being 

 of a light, sandy nature, with water three feet below the sur- 



