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^Botanic Garden of Berlin, supposed to Be the most extensive in cul- r*J 

 ,° tivation, there are of the natural order of composite or compound ?£j 

 flowers, as the dandelion and aster, Compound, 16,00; Leguminosse, \ 

 1150, peas, beans, vetches, clover, &c, are familiar examples ; Labia- 

 tese, 428, salvia is a familiar example; Umbelliferse, 370, parsnip, car- 

 rot, hemlock, &c, are familiar examples; Grasses, 3544, grasses, as 

 Timothy, sweet vernal, orchard grass, &c; Cyperacese, 2,000, carex, 

 or sedge, numerous in this vicinity. Of the order Composite there 

 were known to Linnceus, the great Swedish Botanist, 785 species of 

 compound plants or syngenesia according to his classes. Now there 

 are 12,000 known to Botanists of this most extensive order. 

 [to be continued.] 



The Gardener's Society's Exposition. 



Be it known to all men and others, who know anything of Garden- 

 ing, that the great exhibition of the Gardening Society, is amongst 

 the things that have been. A fait accomplit — we would have wished 

 for the sake of the Venerable Horticulturist, who presided over 

 the Committee of Arrangements and a few others unnecessary 

 to enumerate, that he had been supported by better men; we 

 say this advisedly. We could have wished that for the sake of a new 

 charitable institution, the men for whose benefit it was originated 

 had felt their position. We shall say no more, the exhibition was a 

 successful one, and we shall notice it at more length in our next 

 number. 



Amongst the contributers, we would enumerate Mrs. Dr. Rush, 

 Jas. Dundas, Esq., F. Knorr, A. Dryburgh. J. D. Fulton, and several 

 others not known to us. 



A fine Amaryllis from the "windows," was contributed by Mr. 

 Cresson. 



The list of Public Contributors, we shall give at another time. 



C. Cope, Esq , sent some fine Strawberries as a Donation, to be 

 sold for the benefit of the Society — also cut flowers. 



Thos. P. Croft, contributed seeds for the same purpose. The ex- 

 hibition lasted four days. 



Our Monthly Tour of Inspection. 



We stopped at a place in Chestnut street, Florence's we believe, 

 gardener Wm. Furmage. We were surprised to find a neat minia- 

 ture garden with lawn and borders well kept, and greenhouse and 

 conservatory filled with healthy specimens, a few fine oranges and 

 •) lemons, good greenhouse plants and tender annuals. 



