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the same as the JuUenrie of our gardens. On our visit to the 

 garden on our return from Paris, we tasted this and several 

 other pears, which were then in good condition for eating. 

 The specimens from the walls were many of them exceed- 

 ingly large and handsome. The Andrews, and several of our 

 best ximerican seedlings are yet quite unknown in the Soci- 

 ety's collection. 



With Mr. Gordon we visited the arboretum, which occupies 

 the corner, next to the entrance gate, and first passed through 

 the new conservatory, which was filled with plants. It is 

 about two hundred feet long, and twenty feet wide, and is 

 built of iron, with a curvilinear roof, facing north and south, 

 one end opening to the lawn, where the exhibitions of the 

 Society are held. A central bed occupies the entire length of 

 the conservatory, in which are planted shrubs and plants. On 

 each side is a broad shelf filled with cacti, fuchsias, &c. &c. 

 The most showy plant in the bed was Cestrum aurantiacum, 

 lately introduced from Guatemala, with yellow flowers, very 

 showy ; Templetonia glauca, nine feet high : Mimosa mar- 

 ginata, extending its slender stems up tlie rafters several feet, 

 and very pretty ; iStatice Dickinsonii, handsome, with pink 

 flowers; Fitis heterophylla with pretty variegated foliage. 

 The mass of plants was composed of camellias, roses, &c. 

 On the shelves we saw a fine Fuchsia, called Chauvierw, with 

 very large crimson flowers, of free growth and habit ; Cho- 

 lizema varium, beautiful ; Chiroma pubescens, handsome, 

 with a variety of succulent plants. A plant of Bonapartea 

 juncea had just began to throw up its spike of flowers ; but 

 when we saw it a second time in October, it had attained 

 the heightof nearly fifteen feet, and would soon open its blos- 

 soms. 



We next saw the arboretum ; this is distributed round the 

 borders in the form of a belt, which is a judicious arrange- 

 ment. Some of the trees were very fine specimens, but those 

 which attracted our attention were a specimen of the Cedrus 

 Deodara twenty-five feet high, and ^'bies nobilis several 

 feet ; the former a most splendid tree, hardier, Mr. Gordon 

 informed us, than the Cedar of Lebanon, and of course suffi- 

 ciently so to stand our climate. An insect has been very 

 injurious to the pines, eating up the middle of the young 



