The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1871-06-18

and other varieties of pear trees (sOme
| of them grated in ounce roots; the
regular French prune; apricot, fig,
ounce, orange, lemon, etc.
sHRUBs AND HERBS.
Currants grow nearly all over the
garden, and most of the bushes are
prcstrate with the weight of the half
grown berries; 1900 bushes now bear
'ing and 700 others which will bear
next year, including the common red
lribeS rubrum), black (ribeS nigrum) },
white, yellow, and n tree of the
large English variety, brought from
Brigham Goung'S garden. and which
has grown nearly seven feet i'll II
year. Owe 200 gOOseberrv bushes,
loaded TO the ground, embracing the
Hoteland, scotland, large English
bottle very rare and vaiuable) and
bunch varieties. Strawberries are
abundant, including a large bed of the
delicious wild, and hundreds of hills
OF the common California. the large
white, scarlet ltragaria \l~rginlana).
alpine, and the English hautboy-the
latter being the largest and most lu>-
ciouS strawberry known. OF raSpber-
rieS there are three choice varieties; of
hlackberricS. twO-the American and
Lawton. Then there is buckwheat,
cotton, tobacco. African or Chile pep-
per, pepperment, garden sage, sweet
mint. camomile, hor>emint. tausy,
and an endless variety Of hot house
plants on trial.
GRASSES.
There are twelve varieties of exotic
grass besides three or four Indigenous
grasses. We shall name only the al
falfa, blue joint, short blue. foXtail,
tickle the latter will lodge in the
throat of a horse and tickle him To-
death. and v~ariegated, no two leaves
of whicn are alike in coloring, and
which forms a beautiful ornament for
a bouquet.
FLOWERS y VINES.
That perfection of beauty, freshness.
brilliancy and perfume, the Rose, is
found everywhere about the grounds.
houses. and among the trees. there
being over 200 bushes, embracing al
most every variety known. of which
we noted the wild, emblem of simple
itv: Queen of the Prairie. or rose of
' u Eii--tEllN' VI ihIt~lAliN anu
Arabia: the bridal wreath. which
sheds its flower leaf to the touch;
orange. emblematic of generosity;
moss. of pleasure: white, of silence;
Persian yellow. Of inidelitv: Softer
mo; green. a very rare specimen, the
flower being the color of the stalk
leaves and possessing as little fra
GRANGE: giant of battle, a red rose on a
vine, and the very pertec-
ton of fragrance. %brilliance and beauty.
come next IN multiplicity
of varieties, some OF which ma be
Is follows: the silver leaf.
nutmeg, fish, horseshoe, apple, rose,
and General Washington.
>WectWlIllamS sentiment. "ChiId-
hnod"1 are everywhere distributed.
cuIt racing three varieties. the red.
bite and v~aTiegated. with every
OF color and shade of beauty.
OF hOuey>uckle there are tour varie-
lies. the >Wcet>centel. Chinese, varie-
and a silver-Itaf hOuevsuckle
imported from scotland by the late
Sandy Bowers, which i at once the
most infinitely mathematical and
magnificent specimen OF Natures
handiwoIk We have ever seen. The
balloon flower. growing upon a deli
bush over i've feet high and not
around at the ground than AN
ordinary lead pencil. is another nat
Iral wonder of the floral Kingdoms:
pendant from a dropping stem. the
is balloon shaped, nearly a.
a. a hen egg. the petals tcrnI-
nate around Il small but perfect circle (
disclosing imperfectlN eN>erted sta
nen> which are in themselves models I
If beauty-the external ground of the
balloon being of a rich golden hue
,crmiculated with numerous large
veins of Vermillion from which innu-
nerah!c branches shoot out obliqueIy.
The Four-o'clock. a gorgeous wild
lower, which suddenly expands it>
broad yellow perianth at I o'clock in
afternoon and closes against the
hill of the morning. The messenger
.arieties of lily. including the yellow.
'oGuetry; the VIII t.. purity and mol
and the superb. emblem of
plendor. oieander, or rose bay.
The ~variegated dahIia. sentiment. Ii
The summer and chicken
lOu>es are covered with hop vines.
cactus there are two varieties. the
olumnar and .iointed. yellow Jas
nine, the active principle of which is
he most powerful sedative known in
Medicine: the delicious lemon YER
'ena: the beautiful holIvhock. emblem
f fruitfulness; ivy. friendship; the
'lue perlWlnkle. sweet remembranceS:
he emotional lilac; larkspur. rose
larv, petunia. lavender. pirnia; several
elicate sensitive plants, whose leaves
lose n whose stalks drop over on
he ground at the slightest touch; the
wall flower. wax plant, snap
ragon, dew plant. scarlet runners.
Id man, Wandering Jew. Jenny
Keepers and Johnny-,iump-up. ,
There are in DIR. Snaps gaNien )
lanX trees. shrubs, flowers, vines. I