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delphia friends will see it in all the perfection it has been 

 exhibited at the meetings of the Massachusetts Horticultu- 

 ral Society, when it again obtained both the 1st and 2d 

 premiums of the last season. 



We intended to have made some remarks upon Mr. 

 Buist's collection of roses, to which many new kinds have 

 been lately added, and among others Noisette Solfitaire, 

 one of the new yellow roses of so much merit ; but our 

 time would not permit us to take down scarcely any mem- 

 oranda, even what we have already written having been 

 from a recollection of what we saw in our hasty walk 

 through the grounds. 



Garden of P. Mackenzie. — A new greenhouse erected on 

 Spruce street, and parallel to it, completes a square of 

 greenhouses and hothouses for the growth of plants. Ad- 

 joining the greenhouse in the rear, Mr. Mackenzie has built 

 a neat brick dwelling, three stories high, in which he re- 

 sides ; his whole premises, comprising dwelling house and 

 upwards of three hundred feet of glass, occupying less 

 than half an acre of ground ; this is certainly economising 

 space. 



The objects of most attention here were the seedling 

 azaleas of which we have often spoken, and of which de- 

 scriptions have appeared in our pages, the last at page 55. 

 Mr. Mackenzie pointed out to us great numbers of seed- 

 lings, many of which were from the A. variegata, and, he 

 has expectations of some new and quite distinct kinds. 

 The readiness with which seeds are obtained, and the fa- 

 cility with which they are raised, invites the amateur to 

 give this tribe more attention ; if a large and fine flower, 

 like speciosa could be obtained, spotted or striped with 

 white it would be a great desideratum ; and we see no rea- 

 son why this may not be done : variegata is an approach 

 to it, but the flower is wanting in the brilliancy of its colors. 

 Crossing the large white Nepal rhododendron, with some 

 of the azaleas would also give a new feature to the family, 

 by increasing the size, texture and brilliancy of the foliage, 

 and at the same time, adding to the size, as well as clus- 

 tered habit, of the flowers. We look forward to beautiful 

 results from judicious intermixture of the various kinds of 

 rhododendrons and azaleas. 



Mr. Mackenzie's collection of camellias is large and very 

 fine, as is also his collection of roses — and we found every 



