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four -year-out plant is not yet more than nine inches 

 high, althougli house grown specimens of the same 

 age are about twice that height; and for foliage 

 effect it stands favorable comparison with the silver- 

 edged geraniums, hence it will be found especially 

 useful for amateurs and others who may have no 

 means for wintering these universal favorites. We 

 observe that the successors of the late Dr. Von 

 Sieboid are sending out from their celebrated Ley- 

 den nursery the original or green form of this plant 

 which is expected to be still more hardy, and if of 

 the same compact habit of growth it will also be an 

 escellent plant for edgings, &c. 



Aralta Sieboldii has stood out the three last 

 winters alongside of the lays, and although its leaves 

 or rather leaf-stems, were bent down and slightly 

 injured by the snow and frost of last January, the 

 plant is now putting forth a full complement of 

 new shoots and enlarged foliage. Mr. Fortune says, 

 that in northern Japan this species is a' handsome 

 evergreen bushy shrub, from twelve to fifteen feet 

 in height; and its fine glossy foliage, which, when 

 viewed at a short distance, may be compared in 

 size and appearance to that of the horse-chestnut. 

 Will form quite a novel feature among that of other 

 hardy evergreens. 



Griseltnia littoralis.— This beautiful, glossy, 

 broad-leaved evergreen, which sometimes grows in 

 New Zealand to the height of sixty feet, was not 

 in the least affected by the 11° of minimum tem- 

 perature last January, which cut down the com- 

 mon Laurustinus and injured the shoots of the 

 common bay laurel, as well as those of the sweet 

 bay, that were growing in its vicinity, so that it 

 may be considered one of the showiest of hardy 

 evergreens. — R. M. S. in The Farmer. 



[Griseltnia littoralis always suffers severely near 

 London in hard winters, and has been frequently 

 destroyed at Stoke Newington, notably so in the 

 winter of 1860-6L In the nursery of Mr. Drum- 

 mond, Bath, it is not hurt in winter, and it fiowers 

 freely, and bears abundance of berries but no doubt 

 they will prove of great value for our Southern 

 States.— Ed. G. M.] 



DoMBEYA Mastersii.— i?o^. Mag., t. 5839. 

 StereuliacejB. This is the plant described with some 

 doubt as D. angulata, at p. 14. It is a fine, cool- 

 stove shrub, with cordate-ovate velvety leaves, and 

 axillary peduncles, bearing simple or sub-compound 

 corymbs of perfumed white flowers. Native of tro- 

 pical Africa. Flowered at Kew. 



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Pears in New Jersey. — A recent visit, in com- 

 pany with Dr. Trimble, to the grounds of J oseph 

 PiERSON, Newark, N, J., afforded an opportunity 

 of witnessing some very successful results, more 

 particularly in pear culture. The grounds devoted 

 to this purpose embrace several acres, and a large 

 number of sorts have been submitted to thorough 

 trial. After some thirty years experience, the pro- 

 prietor finds, in accordance with results nearly 

 everywhere, no sort so uniformly reliable and certain 

 as the Bartlett. Next to this he places the Duch- 

 ess de Angoulerae, Beurre Clairgeau, Louise Bonne 

 of Jersey, Beurre Diel. Many of his trees were 

 dwarfs, which had been worked over, which he 

 supposes have thrown out pear roots. He has 

 trimmed them up as standards, finding the lower 

 specimens of fruit not so good as those higher above 

 the ground. The Clairgeau is very successful with 

 him, and he pointed out a number ot trees which 

 had been legrafted only three years ago, that were 

 now loaded with handsome specimens. It is need- 

 less to add that he gives his grounds excellent cul- 

 tivation. — Country Gen tleman. 



Notes of Private and Public Establish- 

 ments IN AND AROUND BALTIMORE. — The first and 

 oldest private place, is "Hampton," once belonging 

 to Gen. Charles Bidgeley, but now inherited by his 

 grandson of the same name. This is a very old 

 establishment, and laid off in the old stjde, with 

 sloping banks to a considerable extent. The gar- 

 den and grounds have a very fine effect, when in 

 order, but require many hands, and much more 

 labor, than one of modern style. Here are some 

 fine specimens of different ornamental and ever- 

 green trees around the mansion ; also in the plea- 

 sure grounds, which have been added a few years 

 back, here is a fine orangery and some of the finest 

 specimen plants of the kinds to be found, yielding 

 an abundance of fruits ; also, two vineries, producing 

 fine specimens of grapes, and two greenhouses well 

 stocked with plants, including a miscellaneous col- 

 lection. A considerable quantity of early vegeta- 

 bles are raised in frames for home consumption. 

 "Hampton" lays about eight miles north of the 

 city and one mile from Towsontown. 



"Mondowin," belonging to Mrs. Geo. W. Brown, 

 lies two miles north of the city, on the Hookstown 

 road. This is a well regulated place, under the 

 management of Mr. Jacob Stedtmeyer, the gar 

 dener. The grounds are neatly laid cue with beau" 



