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which can be procured beyond the N. W. Arm, somewhere near the 

 Pipe-house, or in Dartmouth ; also some nice sandy loam ; mix an equal 

 part of each with a part of sand, fill up the beds or holes some six or 

 twelve inches above the garden soil, according to size, so as to throw oft 

 the spring and fall rains, and put in the plants, — slightly protect them the 

 first winter. 



As the above plants are North American, and some are found in our 

 own Province, they are quite hardy. But as they are scarce here they 

 cannot easily be obtained from the woods. For the information of our 

 amateurs I may be allowed to mention that good plants can be procured 

 from Hovey & Co., of Cambridge, near Boston, or from W. C. Strong, of 

 Nonatum Hill Nurseries, Boston. 



R. Power, 



Public Gardens. 



To the Editor of the Morning Herald : 



Sir, — In associating Mr. Morrow's name with this plant, it was not 

 meant to claim for him any exclusive right of discovery. The notice in 

 the "Agricultural Journal," copied into the papers, was merely prelimi- 

 nary. In the full history of the plant, I shall try to give the credit that 

 is due to every one connected with it. Colonel Chearnley appears to 

 have been the original discoverer. The following correspondence will 

 show what Mr. Morrow has done. I shall feel obliged to any one who 

 may communicate any additional information, either through the Press or 

 privately, I doubt whether this is the " Gold Plant" of the Miners, as it 

 is so rare, and does not grow on the rocky barrens where gold is found. 

 I fancy also that the plant referred to by Mr. Buskirk, as called "Holly" 

 by Colonel Chearnley, must have been the Ilex opaca, which I believe 

 was discovered by him, and is almost as interesting as the Rhododendron, 

 but no one now knows where it was found. It is the American Holly, 

 and closely resembles the Irish one. 



I am, Sir, 



Your most obd't serv't., 



George Lawson. 



Dalhousie College, Jan. 10, 1876. 



Halifax, Jan. 7th, 1876. 

 Mr dear Dr. Lawson, — 



The following is all I can tell you about "Green Bushes": 

 "When I was hunting in the Musquodoboit district with Mr. E. G. 

 Stayner, in September, 1864, we were one day talking with the Indians 

 who were with us about some plants. One of them mentioned a plant, 

 "green bushes" he called it, which grew in the woods over towards Sheet 

 Harbor ; but he said only in one spot, and that it was not then so abund- 

 ant as it had formerly been. From the Indian's description I thought it 

 must be a Rhododendron, and agreed with him that he should go, and, if 

 possible, get me a plant. He did not go until the summer of 1866, and 



