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THE LADIES MAGAZINE OF GARDENING. 
Continent, but he has profited by all he has seen. The plants in the 
garden are looking very well, and there is a miniature Pinetum , with a 
splendid Araucaria imbricata , and a very beautiful Deodar Cedar. 
September 1.— Edinburgh. —After Mr. Loudon’s return, we visited 
Mr. Lawson’s Museum, which differs from that of Messrs. Drummond at 
Stirling, in not containing real implements, but only models. There were, 
however, very interesting specimens of wood, tree seeds, different kinds 
of grass and corn and their seeds, and other kinds of agricultural produce ; 
and in another room, a collection of geological specimens, and a model 
of Arthur’s Seat, Salisbury Crags, &c. There was also a small green¬ 
house, with a collection of pines and firs, in tubs. 
September 2.— Horticultural Exhibition. —The principal plants that 
struck me in this exhibition were the specimens exhibited of Lisianthus 
Russelianus , which were handsomer and better grown than any I had 
ever seen in England. It seems to be a favourite plant in Scotland ; and 
I saw there a great many varieties, some of wdiich had very large flowers, 
and all were flowering abundantly in greenhouse heat. After seeing the 
Exhibition, we walked through the garden, and examined some experi¬ 
ments which had been tried on the peach-tree, by placing the branches at 
different distances from the wall, to see at which they would flower first; 
when it was found that the earliest blossoms opened at the distance of six 
inches. Dark walls and light walls were also tried, when it was found 
that the former had the advantage by ten days. There were also some 
curious experiments which had been tried with inarching. We then pro¬ 
ceeded to the Botanic Garden, where we saw a very large Bread fruit- 
tree, a large Jack tree, and the largest Camphor tree I ever saw. The 
heaths in this garden have long been celebrated; and I found them quite 
equal to my expectations. 
September 3.— Lawsons Nursery. — Here we saw a great many 
interesting plants, particularly Lilium eximium, flowering splendidly in 
the open air. There were several new oaks, a beautiful maple, called 
Acer colchicum , with very thin leaves on long petioles, so as to quiver like 
the aspen poplar ; and the Washington thorn ( Crataegus cor data), which 
in mild winters retains its leaves all the year. Moss-roses are cultivated 
here on a large scale, and there was one with mossy leaves, which I had 
never seen before. We saw also some young Arbor vitce plants, which 
had exactly the appearance, in the seed-bed, of Junipers. Mr. Lawson 
told us that the weeping elm, which we found in great abundance in the 
Scotch gardens, was found wild in the woods of Camperdown, near 
Dundee. In two beds close to each other, were Pentstemon gentianoides 
coccinea, and P. G. fruticosa , which we had heard frequently asserted * 
