supposed tender plants; for we feel convinced that they may, under favorable circumstances, be brought to bear the severity of our winters, as well as many others which were once considered equally as tender, but which are now among the greatest ornaments of our gardens. Málope grandiflòra, that fine annual, was beginning to display its delicate flowers, as also nothèra odorata, a pretty species; Kénnedya coccinea, and another species, were showy with sheir scarlet and purple flowers: Strelitzia regineæ, Ornithogalum grandiflòra, and Polygala speciosa, will be in bloom in the course of a few weeks: P. grandiflòra is now displaying its singularly elegant flowers; of camellias, we noted imbricata, anemoneflòra álba, rubricaúlis, Chandlèri, ròsa múndi, acutifolia and all the more common sorts: imbricata, not quite expanded, will be crimson, striped, or blotched with white. A species of Cinerària, much resembling some of our indigenous golden rods, but not so showy, was coming into bloom. Large specimens of Azalea ledifòlia, and phoenicea here, are full of buds. Westringia rosmarinifolius was pretty, with its small whitish blossoms. We are not, however, very partial to the fragrance of its foliage. Veltheimia viridiflora, several pots of, were throwing up their spikes for flowering; Acàcia longifolia, the largest specimen of in the vicinity, was full of its brilliant yellow blossoms. Mr. McLennan informed us he headed the plant in a year since; but it has grown so rapidly that the same operation will have to be performed again the coming season.

Here, also, we found nothing doing in the forcing grounds. But, the coming week, Mr. McLennan informed us, he should have his hot-beds in preparation, and the seeds of cucumbers, radishes, &c., probably

sown.

Nursery of the Messrs. Winships, Brighton-The extent of this establishment is well known to most of our readers. The collection of herbaceous plants, ornamental shrubs, forest and fruit trees, is one of the best in the vicinity; and the green-house, which is upwards of eighty feet in length, is filled with a profusion of plants, which are well grown and in a healthy and vigorous condition. Since the early part of last summer, the whole has been under the management of Mr. Story, a young man of much intelligence, and great zeal in horticulture and floriculture: we were indeed surprised to find such good order and neatness prevalent throughout. Of the variety of plants contained in the nursery, we shall probably have occasion to make mention at some future time: we now confine our remarks to the green-house. We here, however, saw but little that was new. Among the camellias, Pompònia and maliffòra (C. Sasanqua var. plèno ròsea of the Bot. Register), were the only ones we saw in bloom: the former had expanded eight or ten flowers, all of which were white except one, which was blush-colored. This proves the sportiveness of the variety. Of the Cácteæ, here is one of the finest collections in the country, and the plants most excellently grown. We are happy in stating this, for we are confident that this singular and highly ornamental tribe, when its attractions are better known, will be indispensable in every good collection of plants; and those of our readers who are lovers of the species, who already possess many kinds, and wish to add to their number, will here find a fine collection to select from. There is also some elegant plants of several species of Erica. Mr. Murray, lately gardener here, is one of the best cultivators of heaths, and he propagated, while with the Messrs. Winships, a large number: they have now acquired a good size. Azalea índica hybrida, Erica herbàcea, E'pacris grandiflòra, and many common plants, were in flower. Mr. Story showed us several pans of seedling cape jasamines, Gardènia flórida: he informs us that he finds them very difficult to keep alive through the winter the first season, after planting, as they are

liable to damp off; the seeds he brought with him from the south last year. The plants are considerably crowded together, too much so, to appear to the best advantage. The demand for bouquets, however, is large, and we presume that many are placed in the house for that purpose only.

Amateur Garden of Mr. Sweetser, Cambridgeport.-Jan. 22d. The most remarkable plants in flower, in this choice collection, are the camellias. Of those new, a variety under the name of C. j. pulchérrima is decidedly the most beautiful. In form and color, it greatly resembles C. j. punctata; but the petals are not quite so much sprinkled with pink as the latter sort. It is a free grower, the foliage of a deep shining green. The difference between the two is not near so great as we have observed between two flowers on a plant of C. j. variegata. It is a singular instance of the similarity of two sorts, one raised in England, the other in France. C. j. althææflòra has expanded several flowers; Welbánkii ròsea plèno, álba plèno, pæoniflòra, Pompònia, rùbra plèno, and some others, with several flowers each. Henriette (belle), a French variety, is a small, single, red flower. In the course of a few days, De Candóllii will be expanded: from the appearance of the bud, it will be red, striped or blotched with white. From one bud, on a small but vigorous plant of fimbriàta, two perfectly formed flowers were developed: we rarely meet with such an anomaly in this genus. In the course of the present month, a number of new varieties will come into flower; among others, Sweetii, said to be one of the finest. The plants in the house look in excellent health. The hot water system as detailed at p. 6, works with very little trouble, and the temperature is easily kept from 42° to 48°.

Mr. Sweetser has just had completed a small pit for forcing, which is heated on the plan of the green-house: at another time, we shall speak further in regard to it.

Hawthorn Grove, Dorchester,-M. P. Wilder, Esq. From the lateness of the month, we are compelled to omit our notice of this place. The inside of the camellia house is not yet wholly finished, and consequently the plants are not arranged in their places. The steam and hot water apparatus answer every purpose, and the command of heat is more than sufficient. Several new camellias are now in bloom, but not so many as there will be during the next month. Before our next number goes to press, we shall endeavor to improve the opportunity to give our readers an account of them. Many fine plants have been added to the collection; among others, nearly a hundred new and superb varieties of Amaryllis.

At our Garden, we have now in bloom a beautiful variety of the Prímula, a notice of which will be found in another page of the present number. Epacris grandiflora is covered with its copious wreaths of exquisite rosy red and white blossoms. Camellia japónica insígnis, fimbriàta, anemoneflòra álba, the double white, double striped, and other common kinds, are in bloom. During the month of February, the following will flower:-élegans, exímia (of the French), flórida, corallina, althææflòra, Herbértii, sericea, Parks' rose stripe, imbricàta, ròsa múndi, punctata, Chandleri, Wiltòni, Harrisònii (Harrison's new white), crassifolia (crassinérvis), venòsa, glòria bélgica, reticulàta, and some others; exímia, of the French, is decidedly distinct from the English: a flower on a plant of the latter, which has opened at Hawthorn Grove, corresponding precisely with the figure in Chandler's Illustrations, &c. The foliage, however, of the two, is nearly alike.

REVIEWS.

ART. I. The Gardener's Magazine and Register of Rural and Domestic Improvements. Conducted by J. C. Loudon, F. L.S., H. S., &c. In Monthly Numbers. 8vo., 18. 6d. each. No. LXVI and LXVII, for September and October.

THE first article in the September number is a continuation of "Notes on Gardens and Country Seats," by the conductor, and contains an account of the celebrated Fonthill Abbey, which occupies eight or nine pages. This place, when occupied by Mr. Beckford, several years since, was one of the finest in Britain. He spent immense sums of money upon it, stated to be, on good authority, £1,600,000, (about $7,000,000). Since his time, however, it has been fast declining, and suffered to run to neglect, so as hardly to be recognised for what it was formerly.

Article II is the fourth of a series of designs for laying out a flower garden, to which is appended an improved design, with remarks by the conductor-of no value to our readers, without the accompanying plans.

The third article is also a plan for a flower garden to this the following excellent remarks are added, which are deserving of a careful perusal, by those who have small gardens, and wish to embellish them in a high degree:

"In laying out a mixed or shrubbery flower-garden, much may be done in a small space, to give variety and effect, particularly if a small stream of water can be led through it. In this case, close planting is necessary, in order to give as much variety to the walk as possible, by preventing its being seen in long distances: a rustic erection or two placed in the line of the walk, to walk through, and covered with creepers, with a recess in the centre, furnished with a seat and table, may be appropriate for such a garden; and the streamlet, if it can be brought in, flowing over a small cascade, or issuing from some figure, it will be all the better; and then it may be conducted to a pond for gold and silver fish, or for an aquarium; and at some distance, towards the extreme end, it may be widened, to afford an apparent necessity for a bridge, which may be thrown over it with the assistance of the roots of large trees, on the sides of which creepers may be introduced. A mass of rockwork, in an appropriate situation, will add to the effect, also a few vases, with other embellishments. These, with the walk around properly arranged through the shrubbery, with beds of flowers here and there in the openings placed on its margin, and a few clumps, with shrubs in the centre, with a few dotted upon the grass, will make a very engaging retreat, and may be accomplished in the space of a half or three quarters of an acre, which, if of an oblong shape, is all the better."

Article VI is a description, with engravings, of a mosshouse erected at Murtle, in Aberdeenshire. We extract the following account of the same:

"The ground plan has nine equal sides, with a portico all round, supported on nine rustic pillars, each one foot in diameter, with capitals one foot two inches square, and four inches thick; and on which rest four courses of rustic planks, six inches thick each, laid horizontally, which connect the whole of the pillars."

"The floor of the cell is laid with broken bottles, with their bottoms upwards, and the hollows filled in with Roman cement and sea shells. The space below the portico is paved in star and diamond forms, with small stones of various colors from the sea beach."

"The joists are four inches thick, and five inches deep, and on them rests the roof, which is slated next the timbers, with a coat of heath nine inches thick above the slates; this being considered as corresponding better with the rustic work than either slates or tiles. The wall of the cell is nine inches thick, and consists of nine upright posts, on the inside of which are nailed horizontally, the upper edge standing out about an inch from the posts, strips of wood three fourths of an inch square, and one inch apart. In the interstice at the upper edge, and in those between the strips, the moss is rammed in with a wedge-shaped piece of wood. The ceiling is done in the same manner, and has the form of a star in the centre, pointing towards each corner: this star is made of Cenómyce rangiferina. The cornice is made of the cones of the Pinus sylvéstris var. rùbra, three rows being laid horizontally, and one row set on end, and projecting a little outward. The door is made of rustic work, and has a Gothic window in it similar to the two windows in the wall, filled in with stained glass."

We hope to be enabled, in the course of the present volume, to give one or two plans as models to build by.

Article VII, on the management of grass lawns, is an excellent paper. The author recommends frequent waterings in dry seasons, particularly when placed upon dry soils; which should be commenced on the first appearance of any change in the color of the grass; manure, he also advises, should be occasionally used; the richer the better, as the less quantity will be required: it should also be very fine; and should be as free from the seeds of weeds as possible. Soot, the author observes, will impart a greater degree of energy to the soil than any other manure it produces a beautiful verdure, and is an antidote against worms. In laying down lawns, the soil should be of an equal depth over the whole, and of equal quality; otherwise the grass will be of unequal growth.

The first article in the October number is an account of some of the residences and nurseries near London. The planting of Arboretums, at most all the principal nurseries, as well as at all the fine country seats in England, is becoming very general, and it was more immediately with a view to collect information in regard to many of the fine specimens of trees at the different places, that the remarks in this article were made. We hope this subject will interest many of our amateurs, especially those who have plenty of land, and induce them to plant trees in this scientific method. We believe this to be a high species of embellishment, and cal

culated to afford much gratification to the scientific mind. The following we extract, as it may be useful to nursery

men :

"Among the nursery practices which were new to us here, is that of buying in seedling birch trees which have been pulled up out of the copses. These are found to root much better than seedlings of the same age and size taken out of a regular seed-bed; doubtless because, in the latter case, a greater proportion of the taproot requires to be cut off. In the case of the young birches pulled out of the copses, the taproot, which could not get far down into the hard soil,has its substance in a more concentrated form, and is more branchy; hence little requires to be cut off, except the ragged fibres; and it may be considered as acting as a bulb to the upper part of the plant. The tops of the seedling birches are shortened before planting; and the plants, Mr. Young informs us, make as much wood in one year, as regular nursery-reared birch seeelings will in two. It is found, in this part of the country, that the downy-leaved blackbarked seedling birches stole much freer when cut down as coppice wood, than the smooth-leaved white-barked weeping variety. The plumleaved willow is here grown to a great extent for planting in copses, as also are the common ash and the sweet chestnut."

In the Epsom Nursery, Cliánthus puniceus, Deùtzia scàbra, Benthamia fragifera, Bérberis Aquifolium, and various other rare shrubs, are for sale by the hundred. The collection of climbing roses is stated to be beyond all praise.

Article II, is the first of "a series of designs for laying out suburban gardens and grounds from one perch to several acres in extent." Designs 1 and 2 are for frontages of houses, containing one and a half perch each. The author remarks:

"The series of designs which I propose for your acceptance will consist of what may be terined " designs for suburban gardens," and such as, perhaps, may be useful to some who may be about to commence the laying out of gardens to the extent of any of the designs that this series will embrace. I have begun at a low scale, namely, that of mere frontages to houses that are attached or joined together; the first of which consists of four frontages, of one perch of ground to each; and the second also of four frontages, consisting of about one perch and a half to each. The ground to these being of small dimensions there is not room for much display of taste and variety; but it may not be amiss to offer a few hints upon them; and first, with regard to the walks : - these I should prefer being laid down with stone, with neat kerbs, about 2 in. high at the sides; and, where there are clumps that do not join the walks, I should prefer them to be surrounded with grass rather than gravel, as I consider the latter to be in bad taste, though it is frequently employed in the vicinity of the metropolis.

"With regard to the plants and shrubs proper for gardens of this description, I should recommend their maximum of growth to be in proportion to their situation, as by this means a greater variety may be introduced. I have seen instances where a single tree has overshadowed nearly a whole garden of this description, and thus rendered void the possibility of anything else growing therein. I would recommend, also, that the partition fences of the frontages, of whatever material they may be constructed, should not exceed the height of 6 feet, in order that as free a circulation of air as possible may take place, as this is highly ne