330 Notes of a Visit to several Gardens. 



Mr. Reid's stock had been tolerably well reduced by a good 

 demand for trees, and especially of fruit. The collection of 

 pears embraces most of the good sorts, and Mr. Reid is con- 

 stantly making additions of all such as have proved really 

 fine. 



The prominent object we found here was the weeping peach, 

 of which we gave an account at the period of our last visit, 

 (Vol. IX. p. 45.) At that time, Mr. Reid had not propagated 

 the plants for sale; he subsequently sent plants to England, 

 where it is now offered for sale in some of the principal col- 

 lections. It is a great novelty,— possessing a handsome broad 

 leaf, and a drooping habit, equal to tliat of the ash ; we are 

 not aware whether it has produced fruit, or what may be the 

 quality, but as an ornamental tree, only, it is a great acquisi- 

 tion. 



Of ornamental trees, the Murray Hill Nursery possesses a 

 good stock ; the deciduous cypress stands here very well, but in 

 some severe winters the branches are more or less killed. 

 Chinese Arbor Vitaes are raised in quantities, from seeds, 

 which are sown in boxes, where they are allowed to stand till 

 they get three or four inches high, when they are transplanted 

 into beds. Magnolia glauca, and other trees, are also raised 

 from seeds. 



With the exception of the disorder, consequent upon the 

 work of the city corporation, the nursery Avas in very excel- 

 lent condition. 



Garden of Mr. Monck. — The demand for many kinds of 

 plants in New York, such as heliotropes, roses, rose gerani- 

 ums, salvias, begonias, &c., is very great, and no one contri- 

 butes a greater supply than Mr. Monck. His houses are erected 

 with a view to growing strong and stocky plants, and, com- 

 bined with his good knowledge of cultivation, he succeeds 

 most admirably. Another object is to supply fine bouquets of 

 flowers throughout the year, particularly in the winter season, 

 and we were struck, at the time of our visit, with a display of 

 roses in such a flowering condition ; we particularly allude to 

 those in pots, of which one low house was nearly filled with fine 

 specimens of the Cramoisie superieure, or Agrippina, as it is 

 often erroneously called. The rose geraniums, too, were in 

 great vigor, with very large leaves, and of deep color; in 



