The flowers are eight inches across, open at night, and continue expanded a day or two. One house for orchids contained a good collection-Stanhopea tigrinum a species requiring very little heat, and even doing well in a greenhouse. The collection of chrysanthemums is extensive, and one house had just been filled with the plants. In the greenhouses, we noticed fine plants of the different Achimenes, Pimelea spectábilis, the beautiful double white Chinese primrose, Hydrangea japónica and Azalea variegata, grafted on to Rhododendron ponticum, apparently in a very flourishing condition. This experiment is well worth trying by some of our amateurs, variegata being naturally a rather slender grower, and rather difficult to keep in good health. By this means, perhaps, it may become almost as robust as the old álba. The autumnal roses in the garden were displaying a fine bloom, but we have already described the same varieties we here saw in flower.

Chiswick Villa, Duke of Devonshire-Chiswick is one of the beautiful seats of the Duke of Devonshire, and is situated on the Thames, adjoining the Garden of the London Horticultural Society.

The entrance is through a double row of lime trees on each side, set about twenty feet apart, in the rows, and so trained and clipped, as to form an arched walk. The house has nothing remarkable in style or construction, but it is aproached through an avenue of the noble Cedar of Lebanon, the largest of which are nearly 60 feet high. The gardener is Mr. Edwards, a very intelligent man, whom we had the pleasure of seeing at Chatsworth, but at the time of our visit he was absent on a journey.

The grounds are beautifully laid out, and grouped with fine plantations of trees, of various kinds, and a branch of the Thames, winding through them, adds to the picturesque beauty of the place. The weather had been so fine and dry, that even here, within a few miles of London, the grass was in some places almost dried up. In the greenhouse, we found a variety of plants, particularly of fuchsias, and also a fine healthy plant of the splendid Rhododendron Gibsonii, introduced from the East Indies by Mr. Gibson, the Duke's collector.

It has not yet flowered. In the stove, we saw a fine specimen of Aphelándra cristata.

The greatest attraction of the place is the picturesque arrangement of the grounds, and the fine specimens of trees and shrubs, some of the former of which were very large, and in fine vigor. A place called the Poet's Corner, contained statues of Cicero, Brutus, and Cæsar, brought from Rome, by the Duke, on his visit to that country, and also stone seats, which we were told were supposed to have been used by them. A fine Cèdrus Deodàra, on the lawn, was more than twenty feet high, and one of the most beautiful objects. There is a Wistària here of uncommon size.

The whole place afforded us great pleasure,, but want of time prevented us from noting down only the more attractive features of these grounds.

(To be continued.)

MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE.

ART. I. Massachusetts Horticultural Society.

Saturday, Sept. 5th, 1845.-An adjourned meeting of the Society was held to-day, the President in the chair.

Voted to suspend the usual Saturday exhibition on the 13th.

Delegations were invited from the New Haven Horticultural Society, and the New Jersey Horticultural Society, to attend on the Annual Exhibition of this Society.

A sum not exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars was appropriated to defray the expenses of the Annual Festival, should the receipts not be sufficient.

The following members were elected:-C. G. Loring, and A. Emery, Boston.

Adjourned one week, to September 13th.

Exhibited.-Flowers: From Messrs. Hovey & Co., splendid German Asters in great variety, several varieties of roses, Phlox Princesse Marianne, verbenas, &c. &c. From E. Allen, two plants of Achimenes grandiflora, and one of Gloxínia speciòsa, German Asters, &c. From Jos. Breck & Co., German Asters, sweet peas, and cut flowers. From W. Quant, a magnificent bouquet. German Asters, and cut flowers, from T. Mason, John Hovey, S. Walker, J. Nugent, P. Barnes, A. Bowditch, J. A. Lowell, Messrs. Winships, John Arnold, W. B. Richards, Kendall Bailey, J. L. L. F. Warren, Wm. Kenrick, T. Motley, Jr., and others.

The premiums on German Asters and bouquets were awarded as follows: ASTERS. For the best display of flowers, a premium to Messrs. Hovey & Co., $4.

For the second best display, to E. Allen, a premium of $3.
For the third best display, to T. Mason, a premium of $2.
Messrs. Quant, Barnes, and Bowditch, judges.

BOUQUETS.-Best bouquet, a premium to W. Quant, of $2.
Second best bouquet, a premium to A. Bowditch of $1.

Messrs. Dutton and Allen, judges.

Fruit: From R. Manning, Van Mons's pears, Nos. 177, and 182, but not in such condition as to judge of their qualities; also plums and peaches. From S. Phipps, Dorchester, a large pear, apparently of fine quality, but too ripe. From Mr. McLaughlin, Bangor, seedling plums, one of which appeared to be worthy of cultivation, being large, of a pale violet tint, and high flavored. From R. Bates, seedling peaches, very good. From E. Marsh, Cushing pears, large and fine, from the original tree. From E. M. Richards, an apple, called the Walpole, from the town of that name, a very brisk and excellent apple. From E. Humphries, a seedling of so good quality, that the Committee named the variety Humphries' Nectarine. From E. G. Bradshaw, fine Washington and Imperial gage plums. Bard apples, very fine, from H. Williams, Esq.

Messrs. Hovey & Co. exhibited Wilmot's new Black Hamburgh grape, a superior variety, with very large round berries; also White Frontignan, St. Peters, and Black Hamburgh; Calebasse Bosc pears, of indifferent quality, and seedling peaches. From the President, Figue d'Ete, Colmar d'Ete pears, the former very handsome, but both indifferent varieties. From Jos. Lovett, fine Washington plums; also other varieties. From J. F. Allen, a seedling peach, very late, but of indifferent quality; also Violet hative nectarines. From F. Poor, grapes, said to have been raised on a vine received from Madeira, where it was called the Blue Muscatel; it appeared to be only the Isabella, grown in a warm and favorable place, and it is supposed some error must have been made in planting the vine. From J. Richardson, Dorchester, beautiful specimens of the Jefferson plum, a large, beautiful, and first rate variety, excelling the Washington. From Mr. Warren, Dearborn's Seedling, and other pears, apples, &c. Apples, pears, &c. from J. J. Low, Capt. Macondry, Capt. Sever, Mr. Waldo, A. D. Williams, O. Withington, J. S. Sleeper, K. Bailey, J. Nugent, Jacob Deane, Messrs. Winship, S. Downer, S. A. Walker, W. B. Richardson, E. Brown, J. T. Buckingham, John Owen, Mr. Hewens, James Munroe, and others.

Sept. 13th.-An adjourned meeting of the Society was held to-day,—the President in the chair.

The committee appointed some time since to report relative to the expediency of substituting medals for premiums, in the place of money, made a report that it was expedient, and the report was accepted. The same committee were chosen to 66 procure information relative to the cost of dies for

medals, the amount required for an appropriation for the object-the relative value of the medals, and any other information relative thereto."

Messrs. French, Newhall, and Richards, were chosen delegates to attend the annual meeting of the Queen's Co. Horticultural Society.

Messrs. Breck, Hovey, Richards, Haggerston, Walker, C. Newhall, and O. Johnson, were chosen a committee to report a list of candidates for officers for the ensuing year.

Adjourned 2 weeks, to Sept. 27th.

Sept. 16th, 17th, and 18th.-The Seventeenth Annual Exhibition of the Society was held on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, the 16th, 17th, and 18th, at the Society's Hall, in School street.

The first annual exhibition of the Society in the new Hall, was of a character, quite different from any of those which have preceded it. This was owing to two causes; first, the increased amounts offered for floral designs, and the second to the tables of the hall, which admitted of a greater display of large objects. The display of pot plants was not so large as usual, but no effort was made to procure such, as the increasing quantity of fruit required more space than heretofore. Their absence, however, was more than made up, in the magnificence of the designs, which were indeed the attracting feature of the exhibition. The whole arrangement was excellent, and the Society may feel proud in the possession of a Hall so well adapted to its wants.

The entrance staircase was covered with a bower of evergreen; opposite this, at the semicircular end of the hall, stood the Floral Temple of Mr. Haggerston, and the Chinese Temple of Messrs. Hovey & Co.; in the rear of these were arranged a quantity of evergreens and fine pot plants, in front of which stood a table of fruit containing the splendid basket from Mr. Haggerston. At the other end of the hall was placed the Gothic pyramid, from Mr. Quant. On the sides of the room were the smaller designs and large bouquets, and around the clock was displayed the elegant wreathing from Mr. S. A. Walker; the whole forming a tout ensemble truly grand. The cut flowers consisted mostly of asters, the dry summer having been very unfavorable to the growth of the dahlia, and this superb autumnal flower, for the first time, was eclipsed by its rival, the aster.

Of the pot plants, there were some fine specimens, particularly of fuchsias, from the President of the Society, and Messrs. Hovey & Co.; also large plants of Achimenes, from the same. Messrs. Hovey & Co. showed a splendid specimen of the Lisianthus Russelliànus, and one of the Gladìolus gandavensis. Among the cut flowers, the most prominent objects were a Chromatella rose from Messrs. Breck & Co., very beautiful, and twenty-four varieties of new phloxes, from Messrs. Hovey & Co.

The collection of fruit was very extensive, and contained some of the finest specimens we have ever seen. Mr. Manning sent the immense number of two hundred and forty varieties of pears, and much better grown than in preceding years. The President of the Society also contributed upwards of one hundred and twenty varieties, among which were very large specimens of Van Mons Leon le Clerc. Upwards of sixty varieties were sent

by the Hon. J. S. Cabot, of Salem. Mr. Lovett's specimens were very fine, particularly his Flemish Beauty. Messrs. Hovey & Co. exhibited Van Mons Leon le Clerc, Dunmore, Vicompte de Spoilberg, &c. The two largest collections of apples were from Mr. Deane and Mr. French. Mr. Allen's grapes were very handsome, but the finest shown were the Muscat of Alexandria, from Mr. Quant, and Wilmot's new Black Hamburgh, from Messrs. Hovey & Co., the berries of which were perfectly black, and as large as plums. Mr. Russell, gardener to Horace Gray, Esq., exhibited some excellent grapes. The best display of peaches was by John Hill, who sent two dishes of the Lemon Rareripe, but which appear to be Crawford's Late Melacaton.

Many other fine fruits might be particularized had we space.

The vegetables, we regret to say, were less numerous than in previous years liberal premiums were offered, but from some cause there does not appear to have been scarcely any competition for the prizes. The eggplants and Drumhead cabbages were the only articles of note.

The weather, during the days of the exhibition, was remarkably fine, and a larger number of visitors thronged the room than on either of the three or four preceding years.

PLANTS. From the President of the Society, four fine fuchsias, the names of which we did not ascertain, two pots of Achimenes pedunculata, one of A. longiflòra, and one of Gésnera zebrina, with its singularly beautiful velvety leaves, banded with dark green. From Messrs. Hovey & Co., six large fuchsias, from three to four feet high, viz.: Defiance, Chauvièrii, Majestica, Eppsii, Oxoniensis, and Pride of Peckham, one pan of Achimenes pedunculata, one of A. longiflòra, one of A. grandiflòra, a superb specimen of the very rare Lisianthus Russellianus, with four of its large deep blue flowers fully expanded, and the brilliant Gladiolus gandavensis. From J. A. Lowell, two plants of Eugènia sp. each 12 feet high, Doryánthes excélsa, Ardisia serrulàta, nine feet, and two lauristinuses six to seven feet high. From W. E. Carter, forty pot plants, among which were Melaleucas, Dracæ'na fràgrans, Cèreus sénilis, Amaryllis Belladonna, Gloxinia álba, rùbra, &c., four plants of Achimenes longiflòra, A. grandiflòra, Sálvia spléndens, Hedychium Gardneriànum, &c. &c. From W. Meller, Achimenes longiflòra, Eugènia myrtifolia, &c. From Messrs. Winships, orange trees in fruit, Agapanthus umbellàtus in bloom, and other plants. DESIGNS. This was an entirely new feature in the present year's exhibition; but they added greatly to the interest of the show, especially in the absence of dahlias and good specimen plants.

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From Messrs. Hovey & Co., a Chinese Temple, six feet wide at the base, and upwards of eighteen feet high, made three stories high, and terminated with a pyramid of flowers. It was constructed of moss, eral colors, evergreens, and various flowers, principally asters. made and completed in less than two days.

It was

From D. Haggerston, a Floral Temple, seven feet wide, and fifteen high, in the Grecian style it consisted of a hexangular base, with six columns,