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(^ which were furnished gratuitously by the spirited proprietor to all re- ^A 

 q° spectable applicants. The fine specimens of orange and lemon trees ^ 

 were nearly equal to those of the Tuileries. The best private col- 

 lection of Camellias was then at Clapier's, and consisted of about a 

 dozen miserable specimens; compared with the forests of those plants 

 now cultivated like willows, they would present a striking contrast. 

 The Geraniums of those days embraced about eight sorts, 'yard longs ;' 

 the monthly, daily, and tea roses numbered four kinds — Pink Daily, 

 Hamilton Monthly, Sanguinea and Tea Rose. The cluster monthly 

 sorts, now Noisettes, were Champney, White Cluster, and Landreth's 

 Carmine. The Azalea and Rhododendron had just then made their 

 appearance, and were introduced we believe by Hibbert. Landreth's 

 Nursery had the finest collection of Camellias and Hyacinths, and if 

 we mistake not, the famed Camellia Jacksonii or Landrethii then made 

 its debut. 



Now sir, having given you these outlines, you and your readers can 

 complete the figure, and compare it with the year of 1852, the epoch 

 of the " Philadelphia Florist and Horticultural Journal." I cannot 

 close without one word about the first Horticultural periodical in the 

 United States, started in Baltimore say twenty-two years ago. It was 

 $5 subscription per year, to be issued monthly, with one colored plate. 

 It ceased w T ith the first number, which had a miserable daub, intended 

 to represent an Orchid in it, and cost me a V per Dickehut its Editor. 

 We opine brighter and longer days for the " Florist." 



[TO BE COx\TINTJED.] 



FOREIGN GRAPES. 



DESCRIPTIVE LIST. 



Prepared for the Philadelphia Florist, by James Powell. 



No. 5. Charlesworth Tokay. — Young wood green, foliage dark green, 

 broad in proportion to length, deeply lobed, irregularly serrated ; foot- 

 stalks long, tinged with red ; bunches compact ; berries oval, yellow- 

 ish white, skin thick ; an excellent grape, with Muscat flavor. 



No. 6. Chasselas Red. — Young wood green, changing to a blueish hue 

 before ripening ; foliage thin in comparison to others ; pendulous, with 

 deep lobes, underside red j petiole or leaf stalk short ; bunches large, 

 berries round medium size, thinly set on ; bunch red when fully ripe, 

 and well colored ; flavor very sweet and pleasant. 



No. 7. Chasselas Golden. — Young wood green and smooth ; foliage dark 

 flL green with a light purplish tinge on the under side ; lobes not deep, 

 [•£ bluntly serrated ; petiole long, pendulous ; bunch large, well-shoulder- Q\ 



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