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cioe the banks of their suburban lines) This, as well as the horti- 
tural affairs of the Corporation, are under the management of Mr. 
E. L. Richardson. The grounds are all laid out with neatness and 
simplicity, exe are easy and inexpensive to maintain. 
At e of my visit a bank of a native rose (Rosa humilis) was 
clothed with : edo and a more beautiful sight it would be difficult to 
imagine. Bulbous plants and pereas which require little care are 
allowed to grow amongst the s 
The boundary fences were hidden. with masses of shrubs and climbers ; 
a few fine specimens of trees occupy positions on the fine lawns, an 
Ampelopsis Veitchi clothes the walls of the building, round which 
Forsythias, Berberis Thunbergi, and other ornamental shrubs form a 
charming fringe. 
competent judge has remarked :—“ It is not too much to say that 
* these Muni of the Pony ton and Albany railroad, taking buildings 
* and grounds together, are the best of their class in the world." It is 
believed that n ossis Sek found them a good business investment. 
WELLESLEY, THE RESIDENCE OF Mr, H. H. HUNNEWELL. 
“ The whole estate consists of two hundred acres.» About forty acres, 
l flat, sandy, arid plain in 1851, was more or less covered 
with a tangled growth of dwarf pitch pine, scrub oak, and birch, all of 
which were cut down and ploughed up.’ 
The Pinetum contains by far the most interesting collection of coni- 
ferous trees cultivated in America. A few of the more remarkable are 
Picea pungens (laden with cones at the time p: b! visit), a fine example 
of a blue form of P. alba, others of Abies concolor, beautiful specimens 
with bluish leaves, 4. brachyphylla, A, Veitchi A. cilicica, Picea 
ajanensis, P. polita, P. orientalis, Thuja rs 15 feet high, &c. 
r. Hunnewell considers P. ajanensis as one of t ost promising of 
all conifers. The Japanese Taxus cuspidata brevifolia does well here, 
and is as hardy as any native tree. One of the glories of Wellesley is a 
fine tree of Magnesia macrophylla, which one would hardly have 
any North American E th stately leaves are white beneath, some- 
times attaining three feet or more in length, and a blossom measured 
14 inches across; in colour this was white, with a large purple blotch 
at the base of the inner petals. A bank of Kalmia latifolia was a 
magnificent mass of flowers; the late Dr. Asa Gray used to regard this 
species as the most beautiful of all pube plants. Rhododendron 
catawbiense and its progeny are largely grown at Wellesley; R. ponti- 
cum, ənd seedlings gees ed from it not being able to withstand the 
severe winters. ‘Two rhododendrons of garden origin, viz., R. myrti- 
folium (not the myrtifolhtà of Schott and Kotschy, a near ally of 
. ferrugineum) and R. Wilsoni, thrive well. 
e Japanese maples do well, and soms of them (Acer japonicum, 
for ae) are in late autumn amongst the most brilliantly coloured 
of all trees or shrubs; they are later in donning their autumnal garb 
than the American species. Cornus Kousa, perhaps better known 
under the name of Benthamia japonica, was still in flower at the time 
of my visit. Magnolia hypoleuca was in fruit, and must have been fine 
a short time before: this species has not yet produced flowers in 
Britain ; it is a noble foliage plant. Catalpa speciosa, already described 
in fpe s of t Profano Sarge 
