J^otes made during a Visit to ATczc York, ^-c. 369 



Since the fall of 1839, some alterations have been made in 

 the range which was formerly occupied as a green-house and 

 hot-house. After the stove was built, the hot-house plants 

 were principally removed to that, and the partition moved, so 

 that twenty feet of the further end is now devoted to the 

 growth of orchidaceous plants. INIr. Paulsen showed us a 

 number, which were doing well; they had not been under his 

 care long, but appeared to have had good attention: most of 

 the.'ii were unnamed species. 



The plants looked exceedingly well, with the exception of 

 the camellias. The largest /Rhododendron lLUSseII/'dnM';u we 

 have ever seen, is in this collection; it was full of flower buds. 



In the open garden, we found the beds filled with a variety 

 of plants, particularly dahlias, but they had not yet begun to 

 flower. Several small beds were filled with verbenas, petu- 

 nias, &c. Among the verbenas, which we\e mostly the older 

 kinds, we noticed a new pink or flesh-colored one, ( K. Brielh't,) 

 very similar to one we have raised ourselves. In the bor- 

 der, we observed a very fine specimen of the new plant, 

 Lisianthus Russellidints, with upwards of fifty buds and flow- 

 ers, of which eight or ten were open. This plant, Mr. Paul- 

 sen informed us, was of the most simple cultivation, requiring 

 merely to be turned out into the ground at the usual season, 

 some time in May; they grow freely, attain a good size, 

 and flower most abundantly. In England, it is found a rather 

 difficult plant to manage; this must, we apprehend, arise from 

 the greater moisture of the climate: cultivators there have 

 also considered it too tender, and have kept it in the green- 

 house or hot-house, cramped up in jiots. It is a very superb 

 plant; its large blue flowers, displayed in spikes, make a very 

 conspicuous appearance. It must, when it is better known, 

 become very generally cultivated. The garden is kept in 

 good order, and reflects much credit upon Mr. Paulsen. 



Garden of J. Cox, Esq. — This garden, nearly opposite to 

 IVfr. Perry's, is about an acre in extent, and is neatly laid out. 

 The flower garden is laid out in small beds, edged with box, 

 and planted with a good collection of annuals, verbenas, &c. 

 We noticed a seedling petunia, raised by INIr. Hutchinson, 

 the gardener. It is a pale lilac, something similar to Groomii, 

 but rather better. The plant, when we saw it, had been cut 

 down for propagation, and we could not so well judge of the 

 beauty of the variety, but it appeared a fine kind. The 

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