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to neatness. By some very slight contrivances, and a 

 moderate degree of care, this error might be remedied ; 

 the paths might be rendered dry and comfortable,— -while 

 we had, to wade from hot-house to hot-house, though it was 

 now the finest season of the year. 



Exhibition of Fruit-trees. 



On the same day, we visited an inclosure on the Ports- 

 mouth lload, not far from Vauxhall, which a large paint- 

 ed board announced as an " Exhibition of above five 

 thousand hardy fruit-trees in a bearing state." Our ex- 

 pec tat ions concerning this exhibition had been consider- 

 ably raised, and we must confess they were proportionally 

 disappointed. Many of the trees were infected with the 

 apple aphis (Aphis lanigera), and were neither in a heal- 

 thy nor a bearing state. The want of fruit might no 

 doubt in some degree be owing to the nature of the past 

 and present seasons; but the general aspect of the whole 

 establishment was nowise calculated to give satisfaction. 



Camellias and Peonies. 



We immediately afterwards viewed the nurseries of 

 Messrs Chandler and Buckingham, also on the Ports- 

 mouth Road. The collection of the different varieties of 

 Camellia Japonica is here very ample. The following 

 were pointed out to us : Single red and double red ; double 

 white ; double striped ; Middlemisfs camellia, or double 

 rose-coloured ; double-red waratah or anemone-flowered ; 

 double Kew blush ; and the double buff-coloured. The 

 double-white waratah or pompone, is another, but very 

 variety. The number of large plants of Camellia, 

 from three to five feet in height, was very great; and 

 the quantity of young plants was altogether surprising. 

 There is litre likewise a very full collection of the be* 



