attention or careful well-directed pruning. In the greenhouse a fine collec- 

 tion of achimenes and some beautiful specimens of Cissus discolor were 

 worthy of notice ; we also found Psidium Cattleyanum in fruit, and were 

 informed that from the fruit of half a dozen small trees a couple of boxes of 

 guava jelly were manufactured last year. In the open border'the Japan 

 lilies were just bursting into bloom, and some fine new phloxes showed in 

 full glory. 



The grounds of William Whiting, Esq., on Warren Street, Roxbury, can 

 almost claim the enviable reputation of a model place, though hi extent 

 inferior to most which have called for the attention of the Committee, com- 

 prising only about five or six acres. It is here we see Avhat taste and care 

 can accomplish ; for in a few short years a barren rock has been converted 

 into a fruitful and beautiful garden. The only natural ornaments of the 

 place were a few fine oak, walnut, and beech trees, but now we view a mass 

 of foliage, and walks tastefully laid out ever vary the scene. Of fruit there 

 is not a great variety, nor is there an extensive flower garden ; but both 

 fruit trees and flowers are pleasingly planted in suitable situations. 



The vegetable and strawberry beds were well kept and free from weeds. 

 The paths are in fine order, and the Committee can truly say that no visit 

 of the season has given them more pleasure than their short call a,t Mr. . 

 Whiting's. 



A few steps bring us to the flower garden of Martin Trautman, in truth 

 almost a wilderness of flowers ; ericas, camellias and roses were in good 

 order, though seen of course in an unfavorable season, and a few choice 

 seedling gloxinias were well worthy of propagation. 



The well known country seat of Jonathan French, Esq., was next on our 

 list ; and we need only say that in every respect it maintains its previous 

 reputation ; the greenhouse plants and flower garden were in fine order, and 

 a collection of new seedling verbenas worthy of especial praise. We here 

 saw some choice new petunias, fuchsias, lantanas and salvias ; but to us, 

 with the exception of the Countess of Ellesmere petunia, they did not ap- 

 pear so striking as to recommend them above others longer and better 

 known. Two noble Seckel pear trees, loaded with fruit, were noticeable 

 objects, as the largest and finest specimens of the kind it had been the for- 

 tune of the Committee to see. 



The nursery and garden of A. Bowditch & Son next occupied our atten- 

 tion ; the phloxes and greenhouse plants were in fine order, and the young 

 Norway spruce indicated a situation well adapted to their growth. Mr. 

 Bowditch kindly forwarded the Committee on their way to the green- 

 houses of William Wales on Columbia Street, Dorchester, and James 

 Murray in Roxbury. 



At the former a fine specimen of Araucaria excelsa demands especial 

 notice ; also noble plants of Melaleuca and Acacia in variety. Mr. Wales 

 is justly celebrated for his fine specimens of Azalea indica, some of which 

 were in full bloom even at the time of the Committee's visit. Large beds 

 of ericas, and other flowers useful for bouquets, were laid out in eve*y direc- 

 tion, as well as borders of the more strictly bedding plants, verbenas, salvias. . 

 gauras, ageratura, heliotropes and nierembergias. 



