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the amount of excessive aes these plants are some- | 
times subjected to. There is also a house devoted to | 
the cultivation of Odonto ni rrien Masdevallise, and. 
other plants requiring similar cool treatmen 
which are deservedly now so much in fashion, 
his nursery is also fa for its wealth in hardy 
herbaceous and alpine plants, of which th 
h 
lost, an which was anything but an evidence of good 
taste in Hs gardening communi 
outside 
S, give ure to loo api 
reflects creditably, not bay put the general ang 
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plants, et an the week Rees no little of 
its appearan 
Rela- 
in mowing and rolling, 
defective in ee ae ngs 
sitede ae 
a rem kabiy h t 
bo Shs like anne feathers, 
ments, 
ooping 
Other fine Contes 
Holland plants, as a as of the 
are extraordinarily ric 
ish and amongst other 
Phatyoustitin gran 
W 
super 
have hitherto seen i 
en the ordina 
mark hi e of the zeal and ability displayed by his 
ardener, as test y his success the Florence 
exhibition, ha once made hi andsome € pre, 
sent, Encouragement under such Cinca stan is 
Fic. 26.—THE CHINESE GARDEN AT THE VILLA PALLAVICINI, GENOA 
ment, but npon those in charge of the several depart- 
ments, 7, Baines, 
ITALIAN ao 
i 7 short distance from 
the Hortus Cliffortianus of Linnæus. 
visit to this celebrated garden was {r under 
On 
of the ites t specimen. were ad the removed to 
the exhibition building in Florence, E whine great height 
somewhat dwarfed the Dropar ioi of these noble 
such as a fine set of the spees of Podocarpus, 
Taxodium distichum and T mpervirens, Salisburia 
adiantifolia, and Picea copie lonica, are scattered 
here and there. Shrubberies of Ghent Azaleas 
in full bloom strike h visitor wit 
surprise. Camellias also thrive well out-of-doors, 
do likewise many of the N oll plants, and 
su Palms, such as Cham Fortunei. Several 
splendid M lias are dotted about on the lawns, 
and among humbler plants cy Pansies are a feature 
of the prde and so are the belts and edg of th 
bright showy Ix ae Aap Stoves and green- 
houses and fi and spacious, and 
conte the fact “that rate rot th them tet temporarily 
: of their contents a ined to sh 
the Serine of the collec 
€ princi say Re ore than 600 fee 
and we believe it is in céuteiiplation to erect a si 
house, nearly 400 n length xis Me in width an 
14 > pc a greenhou conservatory 
were mostly empty, their con stents pei either in the 
exhibition, or placed out-of-doors 
for the summer, 
New 
The collections of Acacias, Proteads, and 
always welcome and never misplaced. e to 
we may allude t t that has 
ed 
Chirita 
Among ( Orehids j in bloom we naija Cn 
» Calanthe veratrifolia, Dendrob 
Cattleya Aclandiz, &c. Orchid culture, p 
me — sis = ey ~ ssn a ee 
success accomplished oe "of ee first comme 
Propagating Orchids in the case 5 
è eaey ae of fv constricted mat alb we 
e d s tti 
os 
are better adapted for 
most Conti 
mapes Lage: 
poni tnig A 2 eig this, i pts Bal ent. 3 a 
dismantled 
