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and hidden, leaving sufficient distances between them to be 

 filled up in due time with Duke van Thol tulips, hyacinths, 

 Persian iris, jonquills, narcissus, &c. which will be merely- 

 imbedded in the moss, without pots, but only with a little 

 enriched sandy loam. The moisture of the moss with which 

 the pots are surrounded will prevent that bane of greenhouses, 

 cold produced by evaporation from the outer surface of the 

 pots. It has only been a month in operation, which is hard- 

 ly time enough to judge of its merits ; all I can say is, that at 

 present, it seems to work well. The length of my small 

 greenhouse is 15 feet, breadth inside 5 feet ; cost, about fifty 

 dollars. It will hold about 200 plants, which is more than I 

 can attend to properly. It is heated by a very simple hot 

 water apparatus of a novel construction, which I use for 

 heating the basement room, in which the apparatus is placed. 



I cannot help thinking that the cheap luxury of a winter 

 garden like this is a desirable appendage to every dwelling 

 inhabited by a lover of flowers. I expect to see it gay all 

 the winter with roses, camellias, ericas, &c. &c. 



Boston^ 10 t/i Oct. 1845. 



Art. IV. Floricultural and Botanical Notices of New Plants, 

 figured 171 foreign periodicals ; with Remarks on those re- 

 cently introduced to, or originated in, Americati gardeiis, and 

 additional information upon plants already m cultivation. 



Edwards's Botanical Register, or Ornamental Flower Garden and Shrubbery. 

 Each number containi.ng from six to eight plates ; with additional miscel- 

 laneous information relative to new plants. In monthly numbers ; 35. 

 plain, 3s %d. colored. 



Paxton^s Magazine of Botany, and Register of Flowering Plants. Each 

 number containing four colored plates. Monthly, 25. Qd. each. Edited 

 by J. Paxton, Gardener to the Duke of Devonshire. 



The Gardeners'' Chronicle, a stamped newspaper of Rural Economy and 

 General News. Edited by Prof. Lindley. Weekly. Price Qd. each. 



Curtis's Botanical Magazine, in monthly numbers. By Sir Wm. Jackson 

 Hooker, K. H., &c., 3d series, vol. 1, 1845. Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 5. 



Floricultural Intelligence. Bouvardm flava. — This is a 

 new species of recent introduction to Belgium, where it has 



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