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vigorous plant of the i^hododendron liybrida, covered with 

 strong buds; and also a fine Witsenia corymbosa. Along 

 shelves, placed closely to the glass, are a number of seedling 

 polyanthi, just beginning to exhibit their flower buds. 



On entering the rose-house, which is eighty feet in length, 

 facing east and west, we were particularly struck with the 

 uncommon health, vigor, and beauty of the plants: these are 

 Mr. Mackenzie's peculiar favorites. The collection is one 

 of the finest we ever met with, and contains all the new vari- 

 eties. Among those in a state of inflorescence were Glorie 

 de France or Monthly Cabbage, Noisette Lauiarque, Isle de 

 Bourbon, Hermosa, Madame Desprez, Marechal de Villiers, 

 Bengal triumphans, Bon Silene, Trioraphe de Luxembourg, 

 La Reine, Victoire modeste. Noisette Ama^na, Thea Ca- 

 mellia, Golcondi, Aurora, odorata, Faustine, Bengal celeste, 

 Marguerite, Bourbon, &c. Among the other plants were a 

 fine stock of Phlox Drummondii, all the varieties, and a new 

 finely fringed variety of the Primula sinensis, &c. 



The green-house, which we next visited, is thirty feet in 

 length, the plants in which were in the finest health. In this 

 department, the justice which Mr. Mackenzie deserves can 

 scarcely be meted to him, as the constant demand for bou- 

 quets keeps him almost entirely bare of flowers, and the 

 evening previous to our visit, almost every bloom had been 

 sold. However, among those yet in flower, we noticed some 

 seedling raetrosideros, completely covered with buds; Cine- 

 raria crinita, Kingii, and a seedling, as perfectly distinct from 

 any one of the tribe as a plant possibly could be, (T will for- 

 ward a descri[)iion of the plant, when in full flower;) .yScucia 

 g'enistifolia and dealbata, veiy fine; Senecio elegans 4lba; 

 Calla ffithiopica; Tropa3'ohim tricolorum, &.C.; jasamines, and 

 some few ericas, and the new Kennedya coccinea or Glycine 

 coccinea, completely covered with its brilliant scarlet blooms. 



Tiie hot-house, (which finishes our review,) is an elegant 

 apartment, thirty feet in length. On the rafters, the finer 

 sorts of passiflora are jiendent with blooms; the alata, Lou- 

 doni, rncemosa, &c., the Ipomfe^i Horsfalb'a', and otheis in 

 rapid growth. Among the blooms were the Poinsetu'/ pul- 

 cherrima, Combreium purpureum, BIet?a Tankervillre, Plum- 

 bago rosea, llhipsalis salicornoides, .^'loe vulgaris, justitias 

 var., heliotropes, &,c. We noticed fine plants of the Croton 

 pictum variegatum, Cocas flexuosa, Dracaenas var., and a 

 fine collection of epiphytes, or orchidaceous plants. The 



