152 THE FLORIST AND / 



Resolved, That a committee of three be appointed, by nomination, to 

 examine and report what, if any, alterations are needed in our Constitution 

 or By-Laws to prevent a repetition of such a transaction. 



Signed, William S. King, 

 Sam'l Walker. 



This report, with the annexed resolutions, after an interesting argument 

 of more than two hours' duration was adopted, at an unusually full meeting, 

 with but one dissentient voice. 



R. Morris Copeland, of Roxbury, then moved to a reconsideration ; which 

 motion was lost. 



The following Committee was then appointed to act under the second 

 resolution : Messrs. B. V. French, Samuel Walker and R. Morris 

 Copeland. 



Adjourned to June 3d, at 11 o'clock, A. M. — Practical Farmer. 



A VISIT TO ROSEDALE. 



Every one who has a taste for gardening, and a very great number who 

 have not, have heard of the horticultural establishments, in this city, of Mr w 

 Robert Buist. Our recollection of his place in South Twelfth street, where 

 his green-houses were, and of another a few squares below, where the Roses 

 and Dahlias were raised, dates back, perhaps, eighteen years, a period which 

 may be considered a long time in the writer's case, as it embraces two-thirds 

 of his life. We recollect the immense double white Camellia, and the first 

 Butterfly flower (Onciduim papilio,) which astonished us. But that was 

 some years ago, as we have said. Since then, this Nursery, driven out of 

 town by want of room, has been removed to a distant (comparatively) part 

 of the county. 



On the Darby road, within four or five miles of the Market street bridge, 

 we come to a relic of Pennsylvania antiquity, the old Swedes' church of 

 Kingsessing, which is situated at the corner of the road and a lane which 

 leads to the Rosedale Nurseries. Turning down this lane, we come, in a 

 short time, to the place we set out for. A tasteful cottage and an immense 

 quantity of glass houses are before us. More than 20,000 feet of glass; 

 larger than any other place in the United States. Looking around, you 

 catch a gardener and press him into service ; or, if you are lucky, the pro- 

 prietor himself. We say, if you are lucky, for the director of such a busi- 

 ness as is carried on here, has but little time to spare. Under such guidance 



