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were either gigantfe specimens of hrugmansias, loaded witi their 

 great white trumpet flowers — enormous scarlet geraniunls, trained as 

 pyra»8^4£is, -ten feet high, and brilliant with bloom — rich passiioris, 



-and other vines, climbing up the rafters, or veiy finely grown exotics, 

 in tubs or large pots; , ' 



Among, the latter, I noticed with astonishmfent, /McAsias, grown 

 like standard rosesto a wonderful, size, running up with a ferfectly 

 strajght stem sixteen feet high, and branching into a fine spreading 

 or depending head of foliage, studded at every point with their 

 graceful ear-drpps. Fuchsia corrallina, among several species, was 



" much the finest, treated in this way, — its luxuriant dark foliage, and 

 deep critason-purple flowers being quite beautiful. 



I saw here two rare plants, which will, I think, be' veiy fine de- 

 corations to our gardens in summer. The first =is' HahrotKamnus 

 elegans ; a plant from Mexico, which, it is thought, may stand the 

 winter here.* It was planted in the ground here, and trained to a 

 pillar some ten or twekf feet high. The end of every branch w^ 

 loaded with' clusters of fine dark pink flowers (of the tint of a ripe 

 Antwerp raspberry;); and I was told it blooms without interruption 

 from spring to winter. The size, color, and profusion of the blossoms 

 are striking, and the whole plant is extremely showy. The second 

 favorite is the GestfUrfi^aurantiacmn ; a greenhouse shrub, lately in 

 trodujced'from Guaiemala. It grows six or eight feet high, with fine 

 luxuriant , shoots, and is loaded all summer with richT clusters of 

 goidm huff blossoms — very ornamental. Both these pliints made 

 a grand display hei'e in the conservatory,, planted in the ground, and 

 trained to the columns ; but if I am, not greatly mistaken, both will 

 thrive equally well iaijthe United States, if turned out in the o|)en 

 border, and trainedv.up to stakes like the dahlia,»:^the roots being 

 taken up and housM in winter. ' ■, 



, The society of. subscribers^ to whom this garden belongs, have 

 two or three horticultural shows in the grounds, every year, which 

 are among the most brilliant' things of thetkind on this side of the 

 Ailahtic. On these occasions, the grounds are open to any one who 

 chooses to purchase tickets, and are thronged by thousands of visit- 



* I think Mr. Buist has introduced this fine plant, and has .it in lijs nur- 

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