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set into the ground, and planked or boarded up. In the 

 months of November and December, Mr. Buist is enabled to 

 cut hundreds of roses every day. 



Many additions have been made to the collection of plants, 

 especially camellias ; but at this season but few were in 

 bloom. A bed of Phlox Van Houttei/, now showing its last 

 flowers, had been very brilliant. Noisette rose Ophire stands 

 the winter here, and a plant three feet high had several of its 

 fawn colored flowers fully expanded. It will undoubtedly 

 prove hardy in the latitude of Boston, with a light covering 

 of leaves or strawy manure. 



Mr. P. Mackenzie^ s Garden. — A new camellia house, 120 

 feet long, had just been erected, completing d. full square of 

 houses, with Mr. Mackenzie's dwelling in the rear. This 

 house we found well filled with fine large specimens, a portion 

 of them part of the importation the previous year, which we 

 have already noticed. Among the new ones were Lowii 

 Alexina, liady Henrietta, Napoleon, &c. ; we noticed some 

 remarkably fine specimens of Donckelaerij, candidissima, tri- 

 color, &c. The camellia house is heated with a flue. 



The Philadelphia potters now manufacture the largest sizes 

 that are needed for plants. We saw here several two feet in 

 diameter and of good proportion ; they are far better than the 

 unsightly looking boxes which are every where used, and we 

 hope to see these pots introduced in their place ; they can be 

 obtained for about two and a half to three dollars each, and 

 they are so well made that, with careful handling, they will 

 last any length of time ; besides being far more beneficial to 

 the plants than pots, their neat and appropriate appearance 

 must commend them to the attention of all amateiu's. 



The stock of young camelhas here is very large and well 

 grown ; the stock of azaleas is also large and contains a 

 quantity of seedlings. The miscellaneous plants were in fine 

 order, and arrangements were making to remove the whole to 

 their winter quarters. 



Nursery of Ritchie c^^* Dick. — The proprietors of this es- 

 tablishment are extending their nursery department, and in 

 walking through the grounds we saw quantities of young 

 trees coming on. The camellia receives the usual attention, 

 and we saw large quantities of young plants, many just in- 



