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The HoHkuUwist and Journal 



Scfiie in West Laurel Hill Cemetery. 



In the Frontispiece is depicted one of the 

 most attractive scenes, which are character- 

 istic of Philadelphia's famous cemetery. 

 Celebrated equally with Mt. Auburn, near 

 Eoston, or Greenwood, near New York, 

 it shares a national reputation for its beauty 

 of adornment, its size and location. It is 

 situated on a sloping hillside, fronting the 

 Schuylkill river, a little northward of the 

 city. The ground waa originally divided 

 into three sections, north, south and center 

 Laurel Hill ; but demand for space has over- 

 flowed all accommodation, until a new tract 

 has been added — West Laurel Hill Cemetery, 

 which alone contains 110 acres. 



In the immediate neighborhood are other 

 smaller cemeteries, with cultivated rural 

 aspect : Monument cemetery, which is some- 

 what notable, from the fact that it contains 

 a fine granite monument to the memories of 

 Washington and Lafayette. Also, Mount 

 Peace, Mount Vernon, Glenwood, Mount 

 Moriah and Woodland, are each of great 

 beauty and located in the suburbs of the 

 city. The Laurel Hill cemeteries are lo- 

 cated, so as to be forever free from the 

 disturbance of over-increasing city buildings 

 and city streets. They are beautifully 

 planned, laid out, decorated and ornamented 

 with trees and shrubs, which, interspersed 

 among the monuments or statuary, afford 

 a feast to the eyes of any lover of rural 

 taste. 



Co tn pi i menta ry , 



I am delighted with the number of the 

 Horticulturist just received. It seems 

 to me it never was so attractive, and full of 

 good things as now. Shall not try to do with- 

 out it again. Mrs. Dr. E. B. Holmes. 



I congratulate you on the groat improve- 

 ment made in the Horticulturist, in both 

 matter and style. It must be entirely satis- 

 factory to the most fastidious. Success to 

 you ! P. Barry. 



Rochester, N. Y. February 20, 1874. 



-4 Jfiiii/itfire Hose. 



I send you a flower bud of my new dwarf 

 rose, Maiden Queen of LillipxU. The bush 

 is 2| inches high, by 2^ broad. Quito 

 double and perpetual. The bud sent is full 

 size, and expanded would be less by half, 

 than any variety I know. How can I pro- 

 pagate it? W. A. Whitfield. 



Shieldsboro Bay, St, Louis, Miss. 



Flotver Growing in. Olden Tiniem. 



In certain towns in the west of England, 

 the annual flower show is made the occasion 

 for street decorations, and prizes are offered 

 for the best means of accomplishing this 

 end. When the new docks and harbor of 

 Flushing were opened by the king of Hol- 

 land, the authorities offered the sum of tei> 

 guilders as a reward for the most prettily 

 decorated house, and the prize was eagerly 

 competed for by the residents of the lanes 

 and alleys, as well as by those of the main 

 streets. Jjvery thoroughfare in the town 

 was planted throughout its whole extent 

 with fir trees, which were linked together 

 in a tasteful manner with evergreens, the 

 effect being further heightened by the aid 

 of artificial fruits and flowers as well as rib- 

 bons of various hues. 



Triumphal arches were raised at the more 

 important points, and flags streamed gayly 

 in every direction. When will we ever see 

 a floral excitement like this in an American 

 village ? 



The Eai-ly lientrice. 



The Beatrice is the '■'• coviing Peach.'''' 

 The Hale was just right when it was intro- 

 duced, ripened two weeks before everything 

 else — now comes the Beatrice, three weeks 

 before that, and by and by some genius 

 will invent one which ripens a month before 

 — we get up. However, Mr. D. S. Myers, 

 of Bridgeville, Del., says it is "the thing." 



Fruit was shipped from the original 

 Beatrice orchard as early as June 25th, that 

 the trees are very productive (though the 

 fruit is rather small), handsome and entirely 

 free from rot. They carried well — reached 

 New York in good order, and sold at |4.50 



