66 
tetraptera (the so-called Snowdrop tree), Tulip tree, Cucumber tree 
Magnolia aceuminata), Locust. (Robinia Pseudaca acta) which here 
was quite free from borers. .Bass-wood, gak a remarkable Pitch Pine 
(Pinus rigida) by far ~ finest I had ever 
The return to New York was made by ws Masses of American 
Arborvite, Juniperus shoes Cornus florida, Ailantus (natura- 
lized), Pinus rigida, &c., were noted along the banks of the river. 
Along the margins of the ponds the purple Loosestrife (Lythrum 
Salicaria) was in beautiful flower, in the water itself Sagittaria 
variabilis and Nymphea odorata, produced a fine effect. Here and 
there a mass of the Cardinal flower (Lobelia cardinalis) with its larges 
intensely red blossoms, had taken possession of a plot of ground t 
exclusion apparently of everything else ^ In the dryer spots HUKATA 
Rudbeckia, Solidago nemoralis and Saponaria “officinalis (this last 
introduced from ius urope and naturalized here) 3 oduced fine colour 
effects vim third week in August when I saw them 
At Irvington. about a score miles from New York, is d the 
home of Washington Irving, half hidden by elm The east end of the 
house is covered with ivy, grown from datti * given ate Irving at 
^ Abbotsford by Sir Walter Scott." 
Rose growing under Glass.—lIn many places roses are. cultivated 
short -— having a steep pitch to cateh as much light as possible in 
winter. Beds, with narrow walks between, are rai on wooden 
inches deep, are planted out in rows, young plants which have been 
raised from Uds selected cuttings and established in small pots ; 
the distances vary according to the variety used, but on an average they 
are nine or ten inches from plant to plant and twelve or fourteen inches 
from row to row. Bone meal is often mixed with the soil and as soon 
as the plants begin to poe freely the surface is mulched. As a rule 
the plants are grown but a single season and. after that they are thrown 
away, the old soil entirely: senna and replaced by new in which 
young plants are again wn. Some wees try two or three 
varieties a second year, but this is not usual. The varieties most largely 
[deas ey, the following, Pearl, Clothilde Soupert, Niphetos, Catherine 
Mermet, The Bride, Madame Hoste, Sunset, F. W. Bennett, and 
poate Beauty. All these must be cut with long stems, a short- 
stemmed flower would not be accepted by the flower sellers. In a very 
large rose-growing establishment near Washington as many as 20,000 
ose flowers have n eut in one day; from this place they are 
forwarded by mail all over the United States. 
