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Messrs. Ritchie & Dick are the owners of the stock of the 

 Cainelh'a var. Henipsteadti, already noticed in our pages, (p. 

 259:) we saw a well executed wax flower, and from that, 

 should pronounce this variety to be of great value: it will be 

 offered for sale another year. Among the newer kinds, we 

 noticed good saleable plants of C var. CarswelU'dna, coeles- 

 tina, amabile, E'stherf, philadelphica, Dillerii/, ochroleuca, 

 Donckelaeri, tricolor, Sherwoodii, Julidn«, Campbellu, deli- 

 catissima, Fordu, Prattn, picturata, &c. They also possess 

 some very fine plants of the old double white, variegata, &c. 



We shall only notice the collection of roses, which were 

 planted out in a long narrow bed, over which a house was to 

 be erected the present fall. The following is a list of a few 

 of the best in each class: — 



Bengal. — Queen of Lornbardy, Eugene Hardy, Fabvier, 

 Marjoline de Luxembourg, Don Carlos, Belle Amelie, Ste- 

 phens's new China, Lawrenceidna, Madam Arsant, INIansais. 



Tea-scented. — Cels, Goubalt, Princess Maria, Clara 

 Sylvain, Bougere, Nephetos, Bon Silene, Victoria Modeste. 



Noisette. — Fellemberg, La Cherie, Gabriel, Charles X., 

 Lamarque, Monstrosa, Belle, Triumph de Bolivar. 



Isle de Bourbon. — Madam Desprez, Hermosa, Marshal 

 de Villiers, La Brun, Gloire des France, La Phoenix, Emily 

 Courtier. 



Another season, this bed must offer a display of flowers 

 well worth seeing. Messrs Ritchie and Dick are enterprising 

 men, and excellent cultivators. 



[J'o be continued.'] 



Art. ITL Some notice of the Royal Victoria Grape Vine: 

 icith a brief account of a late Visit to Chatsivorth, the scat of 

 the Duke of Devonshire, Eng. By the Hon. T. H. Per- 

 kins. 



Sir, — In one of your late numbers, you mention the Royal 

 Victoria grape, which was brought by me from England the 

 last spring. I send you a printed description of it, which you 



