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maples are very fine here, as well as many other choice Japanese shrubs. 
Many trees collected by Dr Hall Mr. Hogg, and other American 
travellers in Japan first found their way pro general en throug 
the Flushing nurseries, and as a. conseque there are finer specimens 
f some species here than are to be seen ke Pere ; ; Uijeihie stellata, 
12 feet bigh, is a case in point. Vitis inconstans (better known as ` 
Ampelopsis Veitchi) has climbed in 10 years 60 feet up an old tree. 
A large bush of Cercis chinensis, 15 feet high, and as much through, 
was the largest specimen of the species I ever saw. We saw and 
admired a goo IDEO a fine Weeping Hemlock, and noteworthy 
specimen of We ng Sophora, Tamarix chinensis, 35 feet high, 
Magnolia inda, 50 feet high (this last is no ess known in a wild 
state, and is generally regarded as a form M. ‘acuminata ; Mr. 
Parsons states that it comes true from seed). "The trunk of a double 
cla. cherry 5 or 6 feet through near the ground, separates a little 
r up into eight or ten trunks, each as ig as the stem of an 
palais cherry tree 5 3 the height is between 60 and 70 feet. Just 
opposite Mr. Parsons’ I noticed a fine fastigiate form of the Sugar 
Maple, which chevy à be à goin favourite, particularly where shade 
trees are wanted, but where suffieient room is not available for the 
= spreading type 
e on the influence of stock on scion may be of interest ; Picea 
Pusat does well here grafted on the Norway Spruce, and under 
such conditions, so Mr. Parsons says, keeps clear of red spider, which 
often sadly disfigures and cripples own-root plants. 
New York ro PHILADELPHIA. 
In company with Professor C. S. Sargent, I left New York on the 
evening of August 21st for Philadelphia. In marshes by the railway 
I noticed enormous tracts of the Indian Rice, or Water Oats, Zizania 
aquatica, a tall grass, the seeds of which are largely gathered for food 
by the North-Western Indians. ‘The seeds, too, furnish food to countless 
water-fowl, and on this account several attempts have been made to 
introduce the plant into ponds, &c. in Britain; many years ago Sir 
Joseph Banks cultivated the species in his garden at Tuicwordi Alon 
the ditch sides in the marshes Hibiscus Moscheutos was flowering freely ; 
it isa handsome perennial 2 worthy of cultivation as an ornamental 
garden plant. e Pin Oak (Quercus palustris) is common in the low 
grounds all along the rou 
Fairmount Park.—In this park was held a few years ago the great 
Philadelphia Exhibition, and Horticultural Hall, one of the structures 
erected for the purposes 'of the RONDA still stands, a fine structure 
remarkably well cared for. It contains a number of very fine palms 
"d ger stately tropical plants, x being accorded plenty of space to 
its beauty to the best advantage. Most of the specimens are 
nd out, and there is a groundwork of Selaginella, interspersed 
with Marantas, Caladiums, Remusatia, &e. Cocos plumosa with 
Wie deliciosa climbing up stem produced a fine effect, and a mass 
of bamboo (labelled B. striata), about 60 feet high, occupied a central 
position. 
Some very fine oe trees were noted as also very large white 
 mulberries. Among other n trees were Quercus tinctoria, 
ee alba, E [0 (the Spanish Oak), red maple, Vyssa multiflora, a 
e health y Pseudolarix ities about 30 feet high, Gleditschias, z 
