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Arctostaphylos Uva-ursi, a much more vigor ous form than the one we 
are accustomed to see in Europe. Ceanothus, Potentilla fruticosa, 
Betula pumila, Amorpha canescens, Rosa SU A Hypericum kalmia- 
amongst the shruhs noted. In damp spots amongst grass were large 
numbers of Calopogon pulchellus, a pretty terrestrial orchid with large 
rose-purple flowers; Yradescentia virginica, Actea spicata, var. rubra. 
with its racemes of red berries; Lysima longifolia, a graceful loose- 
strife, well worth a place in English gardens; and coccinea, 
with its bright scarlet bracts; in this of the country the species 
in damp spots the mocassin flower, Cypripedium spectabile, ot hand- 
somest species of the genus in North America, was not uncomm 
Mount Hore Nurseries, ROCHESTER. 
The sole reason for my stay in Rochester was to see the famous 
nurseries of Messrs. Ellwanger and Barry. Surrounding the offices of 
the firm is au extensive lawu studded with specimens of rare trees and 
shrubs; and the belt d ornamental trees, &c. which separates the 
Weed ground from the lawn in question, and also from the street, 
full of good shane the full history of each being known to the 
proprietors Amon ‘the e specimens on the lawn I pet a large eo rii 
conspicua and a very tine cutleaved European birch ; this i is a a charming 
tree in America, and seems to grow better there than in England; 
any sate, I have never seen such beautiful trees n. this country as T ea 
scen in sueh widely separated places as Washington, St. Louis, Rochester, 
New York, &c. Our native Viburnum posses has an ‘honourable 
place, and is valued for its brightly coloured fruits. At Kew this is 
like proportions. A fine Ulmus montana, var. superba, a large-leaved 
form of our wych elm, was, Mr. Ellwanger informed me, a year-old 
plant received from Van Houtte in 1942. e finest specimen of 
Fagus sylvatica, var. crispa, I ever saw is here; it is about 30 feet 
high. Good trees of Pinus ponderosa and the Austrian pine, which 
does well here, were among the best conifers 
e nurseries cover an area a of 600 acres, about 400 of 
which are devoted to young fruit trees. Everywhere there was 
cultivation and clean, well-grown stock. The fruit trees for sale are 
used for the 
next few 5 years. Under Sry Founda insects or fungoid diseases, 
uc do not cause any trouble, and in the latter half of qon the stock 
was a perfect picture of health and vigour. * verywhere acts 
aceordiig to the maxim that what is worth doing is Worth doing well. 
One remarkable feature of the place is a large collection of nearly 400 
varieties of pears in a fruiting state, apples, < cherries, plums, &¢., on a 
proportionately equally large e scale, No similar attempt, on so broad a 
e, has been made in America either by individuals or by Govern- 
