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Missouri Botanical Garden 
George Engelmann Papers 
188 THE GA RDENER’ S MOM TILL Y. June, 
and the test conducted paper on horticulture and 
its kindred sciences that is anywhere published in 
the English language , and we refer to it with 
pride that one so deserving as Mr. Downing 
most assuredly is should be so well thought of 
even in Europe as well as he is in his own country. 
May he long be spared to assist us with his great 
experience and his kind advice which is ever 
freely given.— Brigg's Illustrated Floral Work. 
A Beautiful Place for Sale.— We find 
the following in a Western paper, and we trans¬ 
fer it to our magazine in order to say that it was 
a source of great pleasure once to spend part of 
a day at this pretty spot, and to hope that it 
will fall into some one’s hands capable of enjoy¬ 
ing the many beauties the place possesses. 
u I. D. G. Nelson, of Fort Wayne, Indiana, of¬ 
fers for sale his beautiful country residence near 
that city, with about 150 acres of land. This 
place is one of the most beautiful in Indiana Mr. 
Nelson has long been an enthusiastic and practical 
horticulturist, and everything about the premises 
shows his good taste and judgment. This is a 
rare opportunity for some live horticulturist, 
or any gentleman who is horticultural^ in¬ 
clined.” 
New York Botanic Garden.— The April 
number of the American Garden contains a 
highly interesting sketch of the first American 
botanic garden, established by Dr. Hosack, on 
the Hudson, and in whose honor the pretty lit¬ 
tle American genus of Papilionaceous plant, 
Hosackia, is named. There is with the article 
a sketch of the greenhouses. 
Saul’s Catalogue contains a very beauti¬ 
ful colored plate of the crisped geranium Queen 
Victoria of which we recently gave a plain cut 
in our pages. 
Pennock Brothers, Cut Flower Trade 
of Philadelphia.— The Philadelphia Commer¬ 
cial has the following in regard to one of the 
leading cut flower firms of Philadelphia : 
“ The business was established at the above 
mentioned location in April, 1864, where they 
have continued with more than ordinary success 
ever since, though to make room for their large¬ 
ly increasing business they will remove in July 
of the present year to their large and commodi 
ous store, No. 1514 Chestnut Street, when they 
will make every effort to still increase their al¬ 
ready large business, and at the same time give 
general satisfaction to their patrons. The hot¬ 
house, or greenhouse of this establishment, situa¬ 
ted on the Darby Road, near the West Chester 
Railroad, is one of the largest, most convenient 
and well appointed greenhouses in the city or 
country. These gentlemen put up flowers in 
any style or shape that may be required, and 
guarantee to give general satisfaction, and to 
fill all orders intrusted to them at the shortest 
possible notice. On a recent visit to the Messrs. 
Pennocks, we noticed a large mound made of 
white flowers, tea rose buds, lilies and smilax, 
for the funeral obsequies of the late Dan Bryant, 
the comedian. In the centre of this mound is a 
cross two and a half feet high, made of the 
same flowers. On the beam of the cross is wo¬ 
ven or worked, in purple flowers, the name of the 
deceased comedian. This cross was presented 
by the theatrical profession of this city, and is 
composed of over eight thousand flowers. At 
the last Assemby ball, the Messrs. Pennock 
Brothers made one hundred and fifty hand bou¬ 
quets, which cost from eleven to fifteen dollars 
each, and contained over twenty-eight thousand 
flowers of different kinds. These they delivered 
in all parts of the city. During their busy sea¬ 
son these gentlemen work from twenty to twenty- 
five hands. The members of the firm are A. L. 
Pennock, Thomas Cartledge, John Westcott 
and H. A. Pennock, all thoroughly practical 
gentlemen, fully up to the details of their busi¬ 
ness, giving their personal supervision to every 
article leaving their establishment.” 
The Colorado Horticulturist, by J. H. 
Foster, has made its appearance from Greeley. 
It is well edited and filled with matter just suited 
to the wants of the region where published. We 
hope it will receive a generous support, 
Victoria House of the Duke of De¬ 
vonshire. —A correspondent of Journal of Hor¬ 
ticulture says: The other most remarkable fea¬ 
ture of Chatsworth is to my mind, as I have al¬ 
ready said, the Victoria regia house. There 
may be, for all I know, other houses for aquatics 
as large as this, but I am sure that none can 
ever equal it in interest. No one standing within 
it can ever equal it in interest. No one stand¬ 
ing within it can forget that it is the little germ 
from whence arose the gigantic glass house of 
1851 and the Crystal Palace at Sydenham ; but 
whether or no there are others larger there are 
none more attractive. We have not only the 
queen of Water Lilies in excellent condition and 
in full flower ; but round the house are different 
varieties of Nelumbiura and Nymphsea, while 
Palms with their graceful and elegant foliage 
placed at the edge of the tank add their charm 
