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been successfully carried into execution. " Messrs. Lucombe, Pince, and 

 Go's plants, &c., were arranged ; they were classed in masses of distinct kinds, 

 which were again subdivided according to their various contrasted hues : the 

 advantages of the application of scientific principles, and of system, were here 

 apparent, great judgment being exercised in the regulation of light and shade ; 

 while the effect of the whole was of the most picturesque and agreeable kind, 

 and well worthy of imitation." (Trewnian's Exeter Flyiiig Post, June 25.) 



The Manchestei- Botanic Garden has undergone much alteration since last 

 year. Those of your readers who are acquainted with these gardens know 

 how comparatively uninteresting the west end was. After leaving the rockery 

 (the most interesting part of the gardens), the fruit garden wall, with little or 

 no shade, presented a very bare and unpleasant appearance, altogether out of 

 harmony with the rural scenery on which the eye had just been dwelling ; and 

 the ground between the wall and the walk was planted only with natural 

 grasses. The rosar^', in fact, was the only temptation to the west end at all. 

 The aspect, however, of this part of the garden is now entirely changed ; and 

 what was the least frequented part of the grounds, will most certainly become 

 a principal resort. The blank wall is hidden by artificial hills, belting an 

 oblong sheet of water, which comes immediately up to the rockery, and as 

 viewed from thence presents a very beautiful and picturesque appearance. 

 These mounds are temporarily covered with dahlias, but are intended for 

 evergreens, rhododendrons in particular : a narrow winding walk leads from 

 the herbaceous ground, so that the visiter can see nothing of the lake until 

 innnediatelj' upon it. Two rural paths diverge into the rosary, which is also 

 entirely hidden from view. The extremity of the lake next the rockery is 

 banked up with stones, which, with the rock behind, have a very beautiful 

 effect, reflected in the lake at sunset. Other alterations are contemplated, 

 and in course of being effected. A house for the propagation of plants is 

 under erection at the west corner of the fruit-garden ; and the land is also 

 staked out for the building of a large ornamental centre conservatory. The 

 whole garden certainly reflects great credit on the taste and management of 

 Mr. Campbell, the curator. — Arthur Bwgess. Lower Broughton, near Man- 

 chester, May, 1835. 



Elcsocdrpus cydneus. — A beautiful specimen of this Australian shrub was 

 exhibited by Mrs. Maryatt, at the Horticultural Society's meeting, in Regent 

 Street, on July 7. It was a plant, in a pot, not above 2J ft. high, but it had 

 several bunches of its beautiful bell-shaped white flowers, with petals fringed 

 at the edges, as if they had been cut out of paper with a pair of scissors ; and 

 it had a bunch of ripe fruit. The length and general appearance of the spike 

 are something like those of Priinus i^adus; and the leaves, also, and general 

 appearance of the plant, have something of the aspect of that tree. The berries 

 were of a shining dark bottle blue, being about the same size as those of Primus 

 Padus var.bracteolata, with the spike loose and hanging down, as on that tree. 

 Elaeocarpus cyaneus is by no means new, having been introduced from New 

 Holland in 1803; nor is it either scarce or tender; for we have had a plant 

 for five winters, to illustrate the order Elseocarpeae, which is placed against a 

 wall, in our Representative System of Green-house Plants, which, for the last 

 two winters, has only been protected by glass, without artificial heat. Our 

 plant is so crowded and shaded, like almost every thing else in our small garden, 

 that It has not attained the height of a foot. Like, we dare say, many others 

 who possess this Elaeocarpus, we had not the least idea of what it was capa- 

 ble of becoming when treated with ordinary care. Mrs. Maryatt has, however, 

 shown what a beautiful plant it is, when it is allowed an opportunity of flow- 

 ering ; and we do not doubt that it will soon become a great favourite. — 

 Contl. 



AUtrcemeria, acutifolia is j^i^^'fectly hardy. — Its roots endure the winter here 

 remarKably well when planted in a light sandy soil, and about 6 in. under the 

 surface. On Christmas-day last it was beautifully in blossom; and, although 

 we have had some considerable frosts this winter, they have made no im- 



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