Before leaving the vicinity of New York, to which, before this series of "visits" can be completed, we shall be obliged to return to finish our notes, we paid an interesting trip to the nurseries of our friends, the Messrs. Parsons, at Flushing; the new house of one of the members of the firm, ornaments our pages to-day as a frontispiece, and a description of it will be found on another page.

These nurseries are among those which have, by general consent of purchasers, been called "reliable," because character goes before profit with the proprietors. What they supply, you may depend upon as according with the description, and, if it does not, you may be sure of corrections being made. The active season of shipments having passed, we had leisure for a good survey of the " table of contents" of these extensive nurseries, and noted a few of its specialities for the benefit of our readers.

Stuartia virginica, one of those beautiful and rare flowering shrubs, which we seldom see in collections, these nurseries will be able to supply a moderate demand for; stoles from an old plant, with flower pots to receive roots from various branches, we were delighted to recognize in tolerable abundance. This plant, unlike our favorite, the Gordonia pubescens, is hardy, at least as far north as New York; we do not hesitate to say it is one of the very valuable additions to every plantation; especially should we recommend it for a dressed, wide border, where its summer bloom will eclipse anything at the same season.

The following plants are also among the rarer kinds, and are in abundance at this garden nursery: -

Taxus variegata,

"Dovastoniana, hardy. Upright English Yew, a very fine plant, and hardier than the Abies Morinda and Excelsa. Scotch Firs, of good size and shape. Deodara, in abundance. Norway Spruce and White Pine, ditto. Menzie s Spruce - but this has not proved hardy at Flushing.

Rhododendrons. Here is a fine supply for bedding and massing, and at prices that will be satisfactory to its admirers, and which might, we think, he insured to survive a moving.

We pencilled, as we passed'through, the following list, which we publish as matter of information, and to recall some articles that our readers may have forgotten: -

Clethra Alnifolia and Acuminata,

Colutea, Deutzias,

Fern-Leaved Beech.

Clematis viticella,

Spirea Callosa.

Lonicera Brownii. " sempervirens.

Magnolia conspicua - grafted on the acuminata. Never purchase one that is not thus grafted, if you want an abundant bloom, and a handsomely formed tree.

Virgilia lutea. We were not a little pleased to find this, our long-established favorite, plenty here, although small. Let no one who plants, and who has it not, allow the opportunity to escape.

Magnolia longifolia, a plant greatly resembling the glauca, and valuable as a variety.

Taxus adpressa,

Podocarpus Japonica.

Retinospermum ericoides.

Quercus pedunculata.

White Spruce, or Abies Alba.

Tilia argentea pendula, very fine.

Pinus excelsa, perfectly hardy, and very beautiful.

Abies lasiocarpa, very similar to Nobilis, and from California.

Pinus muricata, a California Pine like Cembra.

This list we might greatly enlarge, but we forbear, as the catalogue is largely distributed, and we have no wish that any of these hasty sketches should assume the character of an advertisement; in the present case, we had to seek, personally, the information we are able to give, and to make an exertion, after great fatigue, to procure even our meagre outline. Many of the rare varieties are kept more for the interest attaching to them, there being no demand, at the high European prices, to warrant large importations.

The Residence of J. A. Perry, Esq., at Bay Ridge, Long Island, on the road to Fort Hamilton, presents some of the finest views of New York Bay and the surrounding scenery; the place has great capabilities, and Mr. Perry is developing them rapidly; no one possesses a finer appreciation of the ornamental and beautiful than Mr. Perry, as is evidenced by his former splendid residence in Brooklyn, by his improvements at Greenwood Cemetery, and now at Bay Ridge. New York and the country is indebted to Mr. Perry for the very existence, no less than the present improvements of Greenwood Cemetery, which he presides over with an affection and care that cannot be too much praised. In due time his exertions in this quarter will be fully appreciated, as they are already by those who seek to know to whom they are so largely indebted.

With this number we close, for the present, our visits "Around New York." The ensuing numbers will contain brief remarks on places in the neighborhood of Boston, Newport, Baltimore, Philadelphia, etc. etc.