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dahlias were just beginning to flower, and promised a fine dis- 

 play in a week or two. 



Attached to the house is a kind of green-house or phmt 

 cabinet, in which a variety of plants are kept during winter; 

 and, in the place of a larger structure, contributes much to the 

 pleasure of the family. 



JMuUijiora Garden^ J\Ir. JMaynard. — Mr. Maynard has an 

 excellent collection of dahlias, which were now just beginning 

 to bloom. He has a great assortment of annual plants, par- 

 ticularly of German asters and balsams. A pyramid, formed 

 of the cypress vine, was one of the most elegant objects in 

 the garden: this delightful little runner is not half so exten- 

 sively grown as it should be: if the seeds are only properly 

 prepared by scalding, they will come up freely, and the 

 plants, when once up, will grow as easily as the morning- 

 glory. Its delicately pinnate foliage, studded with rich 

 crimson scarlet flowers, form an object admired by all. The 

 Basella tuberosa, or Madeira vine, so called, we saw ramb- 

 ling over a trellis and making a rapid growth, but not yet in 

 bloom. It makes a pretty runner, and produces an abundance 

 of fragrant flowers, which appear in September and October. 



Mr. Maynard cultivates a great number of the Isabella grape 

 vines, and the t^iianthus glandulosa, which are both in good 

 demand; the former both for the purposes of covering arbors 

 and walls, and for its fruit; and the latter for shade trees. 

 No tree is so much planted, in the vicinity of New York, as 

 the .^ilanthus; its rapid growth, and its large wavy pinnate foli- 

 age, render it conspicuous and ornamental above all others. 

 Young thrifty two year old trees, planted out, will attain the 

 height of twenty to twenty-five feet in five years, with the 

 branches proportionally large and spreading. The trees are 

 not, we believe, attacked by any insect, and they retain a rich 

 verdure during the whole season. We would advise the more 

 general planting of this tree in the vicinity of Boston; for we 

 are convinced that, in good situations, they would flourish as 

 well as in the vicinity of New York. 



INIr. Maynard's garden is centrally situated, and affords a 

 good opportunity for amateurs and cultivators to add to their 

 stock of such plants as he has for sale. 



Jfewburgh., ^^ug. IO//1. — We have long had a great desire 

 to visit this place; separate from the maginficent views which 

 are obtained of the river and highlands, from Newburgh, we 



