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ences below, for one head gardener and seveial un- 

 der ones, under his charge by whom they are direc- 

 ted. In a small place the cheaper labor may be 

 dispensed with, but the skilled head gardener must 

 be retained, — so also in the heating apparatus. In 

 a large place after one large boiler is obtained hot 

 water may be carried to any house, and the expense 

 is only for more pipe, but in a small place expen- 

 sive boilers and apparatus must also be had for 

 very little work to be done with them. 



Some few people here get over the difficulty by 

 gettii g large establishments, and the best skill, 

 trusting to "market " the overstock not required 

 by their own family ; but aside from- the natural 

 feeling a man of refined taste has against making a 

 profit of his pleasures, it does not seem to work 

 well in practice, for we have never known but few 

 American gentlemen who did not abandon the 

 selling system after a few year trial. 



It is evident that these houses are a great want 

 with us, and yet that they have not been presented 

 in proper shape, so as to meet with general adop- 

 tion. We have thought by introducing the subject 

 in this form it may meet with thoughts from our 

 intelligent gardeners, and some good grow out 

 uf it. 



The following are the references to the plan : — 

 Description of Plan. A. 1st and 2d Peach 

 Houses and Early Fig House. B. 1st, 2d, 3d, 

 Vineries. C. Fernery. J). Stove. E. Orchid house. 

 F. Pine Pits. G. Cucumber and Melon Pits. H H 

 Vegetable or plant pits. I. Orangery. J. Late 

 Vinery. K. Water tank. L. Plum house. M. 

 Plant Houses. N. Choice Dessert Pear house. 

 0. Peach and Nectarine house. P. Apricot and 

 Cnerry house. Q Q. Late Fig houses. R. Tool 

 and Potting houses, &c. S. Head Q-ardener's house. 

 T. Mushroom Louse, Vegetable and Fruit store. 

 U. Under gardeners' Kooms, Offices, Fuel store, 

 and Boiler house. 



5l3^ Communications for this department must reach the Editor 

 on or before the 10th of the month. 



Jl3='The Editor cannot answer letters for this department pri- 

 vately. 



Communications. — We have many excellent ar- 

 ticles from friends on hand, which, as we sent our 

 matter to press a little earlier than usual this month, 

 we hold over for next number. 



Return of Mr. Wilder. — We are pleased to 

 learn, from a note from Mr. Wilder, that he and 

 Mr. Barry have enjoyed themselves remarkably 

 well at Paris. Both, with Mr. Thompson, have 

 been engaged amongst the judges in the Pomologi- 

 cal department. They proposed to leave Paris on 

 the 17th of August, so as to be in time for the 

 Meeting at St. Louis. 



Death of W. N. White.— This distinguished 

 Southern Horticulturist died, recently, at Athens, 

 Georgia, in his 48th year. Mr. W. was wellk-nown 

 as the author of Gardening for the South.'' — the 

 only literary production, we believe, of Southern 

 Horticulturists, and an excellent work. He was, 

 also, Editor of the Southern Cultivator^ the only 

 Southern (Agricultural) journal which survived 

 through the war, — a fact which, alone, showed the 

 estimation in which he was held, for only the really 

 useful could exist in such a storm. 



Mr. W. was, we believe, an Englishman by birth, 

 but no one born on the soil had more dearly to 

 heart what he conscientiously believed to be the in- 

 terests of his country than he ; and the South has 

 lost, in him, a true citizen ; and Horticulturists, 

 North and South, an esteemed and valuable asso- 

 ciate. 



Golden Dwarf Peach. — W. J. R., Monmouth, 

 111 — "My object in writing to you is to ascertain 

 whether the Golden Dwarf Peach is an acquisition 

 or a humbug. I understand that Messrs. Miller & 

 Co. , advertised it in your Monthly. Are they reli- 

 able men ? Have you seen parties who have it in 

 bearing? I have only just seen your Monthly for 

 the first time, and am not posted up." 



[For those who want 2i dwarf Peach — that is, one 

 growing naturally but a few feet high, and bearing 

 fruit in proportion to its size, and of a good average 

 qualityas any other Peach — Van Buren's Golden 

 Dwarf is " no humbug," but a real, genuine article. 

 Its dwarfness is its only merit.] 



Forest Trees in Michigan.— Messrs. T. T. 

 Jjyon and Sanford Howard have memorialized the 

 Legislature of Michigan in reference to the encour- 

 agement of Forest tree raising in that State. Their 

 petition was referred to a committee, consisting of 

 the Hons. R. C. Kedgie, J. J. Woodman, and 0. 

 H. Fellows, who made a very interesting report in 

 favor of the views of the memorialists, showing the 

 incalculable advantage to a State of its Forest tree 

 interest, and to Michigan in particular, and recom- 

 mending the State to grant special privileges to 



