42 Notes and Recollections of a 



ready for building a propagating house, in the rear of the 

 house on the south side ; the length of the whole being 

 upwards of 200 feet. The main house, which is span- 

 roofed and running north and south, was principally filled 

 with camellias ; that extending from it, on the southern 

 angle, with roses, geraniums, &c. ; and the house on the 

 east with cactuses and a miscellaneous collection of plants, 

 the whole in very good health, but from the recent comple- 

 tion of part of the houses, not yet put in order for the win- 

 ter. When the whole range is finished and the plants well 

 arranged, Messrs. Hogg will have a fine opportunity to 

 show to advantage their excellent collection. 



In the nursery, being yet young, the trees were not nu- 

 merous, but we noticed many plantations of stocks, and 

 other quarters of worked trees, one and two years from 

 the bud or graft. The collection of pears, apples, peaches, 

 &c., is very good. The collection of herbaceous plants for 

 which the nursery has always been noted, was arranged 

 in beds just at the entrance to the grounds ; but as the sea- 

 son was late, and cool nights had destroyed the beauty of 

 the plants, we saw no flowers deserving of note. We re- 

 marked, however, a fine stock of many things, particularly 

 iS'piras^a japonica, one of the most showy of the genus. 

 Several large beds of the Tuberose, grown for the bulbs, 

 were in the most vigorous condition. It has been thought 

 by many amateurs that the Tuberose could not be grown 

 to perfection in our climate ; but Messrs. Hogg, as well as 

 Mr. Feast, of Baltimore, produce roots equal to those im- 

 ported from Italy. In England the cool summers do not 

 allow the production of good bulbs ; but under our clear 

 sky, and almost scorching sun, there is no difficulty, if the 

 young ofisets are well managed, in raising an abundance 

 of roots. 



Among the ornamental shrubs Ave noticed a fine lot of 

 Chinese arbor vitac, from seed : they stand the winter with- 

 out the least injury, and we must again advise the trial of 

 this fine species in the latitude of Boston, where it is rarely 

 seen ; believing that the difierence of temperature between 

 the two cities cannot be so great as to destroy the plants. 

 Of i?6sa Harrisonii Messrs. Hogg have a fine stock, as well 

 as several seedlings raised from it, some of which they 

 think excel the parent, being quite as free bloomers and full 

 as double. We believe they are not nafhed otherwise than 

 the Seedling Scotch. 



