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1833] THE PHILADELPHIA FLORIST. 



>'o-,new, have been found by the introducer to have been almost under .■-•) 

 p their noses for a Ions; time. A gentleman who imported Balsamina c (j 

 latifol'.a alba, this fall, while lamenting over the dying appearance of ^ 

 his plant, was astonished at finding a good stock of it at the nearest 

 nursery. The Croweas are a very desirable genus of plants, on ac- 

 count of their beauty and their long bloom. Ipomsea ficifolia — A 

 splendid bloomer. We saw two large plants of it this fall, which 

 were one mass of flowers for several months. It can also be made 

 to bloom well in the winter season ; the plants have been in the pos- 

 session of the present owner about three years. 



James Cuthill, of Cambenvell, seems to be one of the most constant 

 and the most reliable of the correspondents of the Gardener's Chron- 

 icle. His excellent practice, founded on strong common sense, has 

 made him an oracle among: the root growers of England- A man of 

 moderate information, who has courage and patience to try experi- 

 ments and note the result, can generally learn something which will 

 become useful to himself and others. 



It is rather a dangerous matter to meddle with the gardeners. We 

 think you will find before long that you have said' something which 

 you will hear from. But we will endorse what you say, as far as 

 some gardeners are concerned, and no doubt your friend "Antho- 

 philus," whom Dr. Lindley would call "Anthophil," will break a 

 lance on your side. When you are unhorsed by the practicals, we 

 shall expect to hear his a au secours" followed by an effectual charge. 



We hope that after your admonition, those "gentlemen who have 

 money and taste enough to have gardens," will not leave their gar- 

 deners in the position of the Israelites, when required to make brick 

 without straw. That "getting along" is observable too often in gen- 

 tlemen's places, and is frequently the fault of the want of proper 

 interest on the part of the proprietor. 



Messrs. Editors — Allow me at the beginning of my letter to cor- 

 rect an error which was made in my last, the writing of Cymbidium 

 for Calopogon. The Cymbidia are, I believe, generally tropical 

 species, although I have seen the names used as synonomous in herba- 

 ria collected in this neighbourhood. In one herbarium which 1 have 

 lately had the pleasure of looking over, I saw fine specimens of Orchis 

 spectabile, Orchis (Plafanthera; fimbriata, cristata, and of six or 

 seven other species of this beautiful order, which were collected in 

 the neighbouring parts of New Jersey. 



The spring blooming plants of our fields and forests are remarkably 



\ beautiful. Beginning with the Hepatica, which is about the first 



h flower in bloom, and the very many species of Violets, some of them, o^ 



| £J Viola pedata, with such large flowers; the wood A nemone^ (Jj. nemoro$a)g) 



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