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Amongst some pots at the entrance there were fine plants, of the now well 

 known Weigela, the pretty Indigofera decora i Forsythia viridissima and 

 a fine white variety of Wistaria Sinensis. Round the sides of the ditch were 

 many magnificient specimens of Edgeivorthia chrysantha, and Qardenia 

 fiorida Fortuniana, growing in the open ground. Some of the Gardenias 1 

 were 4 feet high and 15 feet in circumference. When covered with its large 1 

 camellia-looking blossoms, it is extremely handsome, and at all times forms' 

 a pretty evergreen bush. In a bed in the middle of the garden the white 

 variety of Platycodon grandiflorus was in full bloom, and near it a bed of 

 Dielytra spectabilis. Both these looked very handsome, particularly the 

 latter ; its large purse like blooms, of a clear red colour tipped with white,; 

 and hanging down gracefully from a curved spike, and its mountain-like 

 leaves, render it a most interesting plant, and one which wilt become a fa- 

 vorite in English gardens. Several kinds of roses were growing in pots, 

 and amongst them the new yellow, or salmon coloured, introduced by the 

 Horticultural Society. This rose deserves more notice at home than it has 

 yet had ; doubtless it will be more thought of when it is better known and 

 properly treated. It should be planted out at the foot of wall with a south- 

 ern or western aspect, and allowed to scramble over it. It grows rapidly ; 

 the flowers are of a strong colour, and are produced in great profusion. Fine 

 plants of Viburnum plicatum and V, macrocephalum, were also noticed, 

 both in pots and also in the open ground. I also observed some young 

 plants of the interesting palm tree ( Chamerops exeelsa ? ), which I have al- 

 ready noticed in the earlier pages of this work. It is perfectly hardy about 

 Shanghae, and thrives there, unprotected, throughout the severest winter. 

 There other palms, yet this was the only one that seemed hardy. Here' 

 were also some beautiful peach trees, with double flowers. Two of these 

 have already been described by Dr. Lindley, and named the double white, 

 and double crimson peaches. But, fine as they undoubtedly are, there is a 

 third, far more beautiful and striking than either of them. This produces- 

 large double whithe flowers, whic are striped with red or crimson lines like 

 a carnation. A tree of this variety, in full bloom, is one of the most beau- 

 tiful objects that can be imagined. These double peaches seem to be par- 

 ticularly well adapted for forcing, as they form their flower buds fully in 

 autumn, and are ready to burst into bloom with the first warm days in 

 spring. A little artificial heat, therefore, will bring them into full flower 

 about the new year, or any time from that period up to March. As spring 

 flowers, they are highly prized by the Chinese.' Itinerant gardeners carry 

 them about the streets for sale in the northern Chinese towns. The flower 

 buds were then just beginning to expand ; the buyer puts them into pots, 



