Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1831-03-04
IcoaIMUNICATED.l

Extract from, the Report of the Visiting Commit
Tee ofthe Pennsylvania Horticultural Society,
made Juty, 1880.
NURSERIES AND GARDENS OF d. & c. LaNpRErH.
"These extensive grounds stand on Federal
street. near the Arsenal; they were irst cultlVat'
ed forty-one years ago, and have been well Kept
mp ever since.
made here; some Of those now III the possession
of these distinguished nurserymen, are 10 feet
high; they have twenty-five sorts, TWO vi them
seedlings, in high estimation.
..The selection of Greenhouse Plants IS va
mable, and misunderstanding among many
others, of Rho,lodendron arborea. Z! ieet high,
hearing rich crimson flowers. The Erythrina
crista~ilii, conspicuous in the Papihonaceous
tribe. and bearing for the second time this season
{. profusion of flowers; the Strclit2Ia regina,
with its curiously formed. and elegantly contrast
ed flowers; the Corrra Speciosa, &c. different
species of the genus Citrus, consisting OF the
Orange, Lemon, Citron, Shaddock, &c. are In
GOOD order and covered with fruit.
..The Greenhouses are 1872 feet long, to
which are added a room 10 by 90 feet, and
extensive glass framing for keeping plants. Adj
ioinino to the mahsiOn-hOuse are some handsome
evergreen hedges of the ArbOryitr, Thuya Occi-
dentais, and Orien,all!s; some of them are well
grown although only three years planted.
..In the Nurseries we saw a great many mag
noIia, of which they possess no less than thirteen
distinct species, and three varieties; one plant
of the prandiOra is 90 feet high, and III full bloom.
Here are likewise the CUdata, so feet high; a
beautiful Eliptica. in flower, and magnificent
specimen Is feet high of the Conspicua; the Gu
rous Usage Orange, that retains Its lucid foliage
IL 4, iron
,aroe VirgiIia lutea; the Gordonia pubescens;
the Halesia. Carolina snow-drop trec;-a beau
tiful bush 8 feet high of the Clethra accuminata;
the Audromeda arborea; varieties of red. yellow.
and white, Azalis; line Hydrangeas, planted In
the omen ground many wears back, some oi sbich
are 4 feet HIGH, and % feet in circumference,
with abont two hundred flowers. one flower mea-
sured IL inches diameter; it Is thus proved that
with little protection this shrub will stand our
winters in the open ground; large bush oil the
Pyrus Jaronica, more than so feet round, stands
the winters well too.
"The nurseries are very correctly managed
and cover 40 acres, supplying every part Of the
Union, detail of which would occupy too much
of our space. We therefore content ourselves
with stating that the stock is very large. and IN
every stage of growth, consisting OF Forest and
Ornamental Trees. Shrubs, Eyergreens. Vines
and Creepers, with collection Of Herbaceous
Plants, Fruit Trees Of the best kinds, and most
healthy condition; large beds OF Seeding Ap-
ples, Pears, Plums, &C. for budding and grating
npon, plan very superior 20 that OF working up
OF, suckers which carry with them into the graft
all the diseases OF the parent stock. In these
grounds are to be seen in the spring the most
beautiful Hyacinths in the country, consisting of
City different sorts of the double kind.
e. - h..~n hnA
scattered over the country from these grounds.
and NAV always be depended upon. The seed es-
adjustment Of these Horticulturists is the most
extensive in the Union, and their reputation Is
well sustained from year to year. TO ob,ia
the chance of mixture of the arina plants OF the
same family. they have established another nur-
serv at a suitable distance. so that degeneration
cannot take place, and which secures to puchas-
ers genuine article; the age, quality. and process
Of culture of every plant being thus known to the
proprietors, the supply from their grounds is re-
commended with great confidence. When prop
ery assorted and labelled, the seeds are sold at
their Ware-housei 20. 81 Chestnut Street, where
nav be had likewise all kinds Of Garden Tools,
and publications on Botany. Horticulture, Land
seape and decorative Gardening"
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TooAMuNItArEp.
Some one, no matter who, has left it on record
that two sailors once entered into poetical con-
test, and one of them gave as his prize couplet:
"as she slides sips she along "a
4 true friecd is hard to be found"
But the other beat him all hollow by roaring
out
"My quart pot holds gallon
BY zounds!" n.
The Ne,c Pope.-As it is now considered al
most certain that Cardinal Weld, will be elect
al pnna hx the members of the sacred COLLEGE.