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Vaccinium arboreum, a small trco about six or eight feet high ; when in 

 flower is entirely covered by a profusion of white blossoms'; the fruit ripens 

 in October. 



Styrax grandiflorum and S. glabrnm, highly ornamental, and the last 

 very fragrant with the odor of the white jasmine, which it very much re- 

 sembles in the form of its flowers. 



Ilahsia diptera. I have seen the II. tetraptera growing in this city, the 

 flowers of this other species are double the size and full as numerous. 



Stuartia malacodendron ; most beautiful ; when one considers what has 

 made of the Camellia, which in its original and natural state makes but a 

 poor appearance, what may we not expect from an assiduous, continued and 

 proper cultivation of this splendid flower. 



Mylocarium ligustrinum, an evergreen, and highly ornamental when in 

 flower. 



Bejaria racemosa, possessing all the beauty of any of the Azaleas, .and 

 at the same time time having fine shaped, glossy, evergreen leaves. . • 



Asimina grandiflora, a shrub not two feet high, producing large white 

 flowers. 



Herbceous Plants. 



Canna jlaccida ; Thalia dealhata, grows in the water, they are therefore 

 perfectly protected from the effects of frost. Salvia azurea; Iris tripetala, 

 as fine a species as can be found in any quarter of the globe. Houstonia 

 rotundifolia, a small plant which hardly rises from the earth, one of the first 

 offerings of the spring, growing on the road sides, and resembling small 

 patches of snow. Spigelia marilandica ; Phlox glaberrima, flowers through- 

 out the whole summer; Phlox pilosa, Phlox subulata ; Viola pedata, with 

 two and three coloured flowers ; Convolvulus sagittifolius ; Sabbatia pant- 

 culata, Sabbatia gentianoides, with rose coloured flowers three inches in 

 diameter; Asclepias pauperula ; Ilydrolea corymbosa ; the four different 

 species of Pancratium ; Lillium Catesbcei; Helonias erythrosperma ; Rhex- 

 , ia glabella, the ornament of the forests in the month of June. Silene 

 fimbriata ; Jussieua glabella, a water plant which frequently covers the sur- 

 face of the ditches and canals with its golden flowers. Lythrum alatum ; 

 Sarraccenia variolaris and S. flava ; Hypericum glaucum ; Passiflora in- 

 carnata ; Hibiscus grandiflorus, H. speciosus, and H. scaber with yellow 

 flowers. Poly gala luiea ; Lupinus villosus ; Clitoria virginica; Liatris 

 secunda, L. elcgans, Liatris odoratissima ; Aster squarrosus ; Chaptalia 

 intcgrifolia. 



All these are perennial, and with probably one or two exceptions would 

 bear the greatest intensity of our winters. They can be obtained without 

 much difficulty and at little expense. J. LC. 



