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rose (Rosa setigera), phloxes, vete sunflowers, fuchsias, &c. made 
brave show. A very fine specimen of Kent ucky coffee, 80 feet high, 
laden with its large pods, was a wtriking object. Very large tulip trees, 
pin oaks, sweet gum, and Asimina triloba, furnished abundant shade. 
A golden weeping box, 20 feet bigh, with a trunk 10 inches in 
diameter, wus by far the finest specimen I had ever seen of this variety. 
Sargent had never seen large a plant of this sporen Large 
Chimonanthus, Magnolias, did Philadelphus were also noted. 
Vernon Park, à small estate of eight acres, one of st a dozen 
and a half. small parks which Mr. Meehan has been instrumental in 
thereabouts, is a charming spot, and contains numerous remarkable trees 
It contains a fine Magnolia macrophylla, the first plant brought into 
eultivation in America, and without exception the largest Papaw 
( Asimina triloba) I ever either saw or read of; from 10 to 20 feet are 
given as the limit of size in Gray’s Racer this is 40 feet high, with a 
stem 15 inches in diameter; it was bearing a good crop of fruit. Other 
noteworthy specimens were examples of Cornus florida, Paulownia, 
English yew, red oak, and tulip tree. 
Germantown Cricket Club.—The finest specimen of the cucumber 
tree Magnolia acuminata, I have heard of is in the grounds of the 
above- mp Ouen institution; its stem has a girth of eight feet, and it is 
between 80 and 90 feet in height. A remarkable yellow wood Clad- 
rastis tincioria, probebly brought on  horseba ck by Audubon, and 
most likely the first of the species planted in America, is here; it Z 
fenced round and evidently well cared for. Other monan ytr 
here are a very large Larix americana, a grand White Pive (Pinus 
Strobus), a large ad s and a fine specimen of Z/ex opaca 
The Huwdson.—A trip was made up the Hudson to Pou zhkeepsie, 
whence a drive of a few miles brought us to Hyde Park, the residence 
of Mr. Walter Langdon. The grounds of Hyde Park are of consider- 
able extent and present features of special interest; they were laid out 
by Parmentier during the earlier half of the present pag cc Fie 
original beauties of the situation have been emphasized by judicious 
clearings and skilful management. From the natural terrace near the 
house with a distant view of the Catskills, and to the north splendid 
river pubis the eye ranges over wide stretches of turf bordered by 
noble t All who are interested in landseape gardening should see 
this ds po is a practical objeet lesson showing how the foregrounds 
to such fine distances should be treated. “For a long time," says 
Downing in his * Landscape Ta iege " * Hyde Park, was the finest 
* seat in America, but there are now many rivals to this claim." 
Parmentier's labours and example are consider by Downing to have 
effected, directly, far more for landscape gardening in America than 
those of an any other individual whatever. 
By a rocky stream there are large Hemlocks, and in the turf near I 
found naturalized an oe of our pyre enny irre 
Nummularia. A blaze of Rudbeckia hirta by the border of a ; 
it up one of the vinti. Among the notable trees seen were ge 
Chestrut Oak ( Quercus e fine White Pines and Sugar Maples. 
One hill-side crowned by large Norway Spruce and White Pine, 
standing out boldly against the sky, was golden with native composites, 
of beeches in pepe ier pe contrasted with the sombre 
colour of the pines. A specimen of Ginkgo, with a stem 36 inches in 
diameter, was duly admired; xm others of Purple Beech, Halesia 
