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it has dorived from his powerful and accomplished mind, his unwearied industry, 

 and his elevated character. His services will long be respectfully and gratefully 

 remembered, and I am sure that 1 speak in the name not only of all who hear me, 

 but of all who know him, when I express the best wishes for his health and hap- 

 piness. Wherever he may go, though no longer among us, he will never cease 

 to be of IIS." 



AVe cannot agree with Mr. Gray, in his rcmaik that " New York, a city which 

 has added to its other liigh claims to distinction, thatof taking the lead in Ameri- 

 can horticulture." Their nurseries and gardens may enumerate in their large 

 collections, many choice varieties of fruits and plants. But the successful and 

 scientific management of such, has been carried to the highest state of perfection 

 by the amateurs and gardeners in our own vicinity. 



Mr. Gray concludes with an appeal to the merits and beauty of the exhibition, 

 as evidence of the success, which has attended the exertions of the members of 

 the Massachusetts Horticultural Society. 



Art. n. RevieiDS and Extracts of Works on Horticulture. 



1. The Gardener's Magazine, and Register of Rural and Domestic Improvement. 

 Conducted by J. C. Loudon, F. L. S. H. S. &c. In monthly numbers, 8vo. 

 Is. Gd. each. London. 1834. 



2. The Horticultural Register, and General Magazine of all useful and interesting 

 Discoveries connected vnth JVatural History and Rural Subjects. Conducted by 

 Joseph Paxton, F. L. S. H. S. Li monthly numbers, 8vo. Is. each. London. 

 1834. 



Li our reviews and extracts from these excellent works, (especially that con- 

 ducted by Mr. Loudon) we commence with the volumes for the last year. We 

 find in them a number of articles, containing much and valuable information, 

 which we shall, if possible, present to our readers. These will be followed up 

 with extracts of everything useful from each successive number, as received. 

 We hope thus to keep our readers informed of all improvements in horticulture 

 which may be made by our transatlantic friends. 



On growing Ftrm and other Plants in Glass Cases, in the midst of the 

 Smoke of London ; and on transplanting Plants from one Country to another, 

 by similar means. 



I was accidentally led, about four or five years ago, to make some experi- 

 ments on the growth of ferns, &c., in closely glazed vessels, from the following 

 circumstance. I had buried the chrysalis of a sphinx, in some moist mould, in 

 a large bottle covered with a lid. Tlie insect attained its perfect form in about 

 a month, when I observed one or two minute specks of vegetation U[Jon the 

 surface of the mo\dd. Curious to oI»serve the developement of plants in so 

 confined a situation, I placed the bottle outside one of my windows with a 

 northern aspect. The plants proved to be one of Poa annua, and one of Ne- 

 j)hr6dium [Aspidium Swz.] FiWx mas. In this situation they lived more than 

 three years, din-ing which time no fresh water was given to them, nor was the lid 

 removed. The fern produced four or five new fronds every year ; and the Poa 

 flowered the second year, but did not ripen its seeds. Both plants ultimately 

 perished from the admission of rain water, in consequence of the rusting of the 

 lid. I have re|)eated this experiment, with uniform success, upon more than 

 sixty species of ferns, belonging to the following genera: — ^splenium, Aspid- 

 ium, ^diantum,i?lechnum, Cheilanthes, Dav:ilh'a, Dicksonia, Doodia, Gram- 

 mitis, Hymenophyllum, Lycopodium, Nephrodium, Nipliobolus, Polypodium, 

 Pteris, and Trichomanes. Various other plants, vascular as well as celluLir, and 

 more particularly those which delight in humid situations, succeed as well 

 as the ferns. Among others may be enumerated : — Oxalis Acetosella, Ane- 

 mone nemorusa, Dentaria bulbifera, Paris quadrifolia, Veronica montana, 



