THE 

 AMERICAN 



GARDENER'S MAGAZINE- 



JULY, 1835. 



ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. 



Art. I. Notices of some of the Gardens and Nurseries in the neigh' 

 borhood of New York and Philadelphia ; taken from Memoranda 

 made in the Month of 3Iarch last. By C. M. H. 



There is another class of gardens in Philadelphia, called public 

 gardens, which combine in addition to a flower garden, green-" 

 houses, hot-houses, &ic., a bar-room or tavern ; this latter addition 

 We are far from believing useful or needful. Gardens for public 

 amusement and recreation are very desirable in large cities, and we 

 should be happy if our own contained one, layed out with taste, and 

 with some knowledge of Landscape scenery, and properly and judi-- 

 ciously conducted. There is something of the kind much needed ; 

 and now that even the few fine private gardeiis which have hereto- 

 fore attracted the admiration of the stranger as well as the citizen, 

 and which have beautified the appearance of the city, seeming like 

 rich and fertile fields, in the midst of barren wastes — now, that these 

 (one of which, we had hoped, would have ever remained, if not in 

 private hands, as a public garden, and as a breathing place to a 

 thickly inhabited city) are cut up and destroyed in the t'ule o( imblic 

 improvements — to make room for piles of brick and stone — the want 

 of them will be more quickly perceived. There is scarcely a city 

 in England, or upon the continent, but has its public gardens, "Tea 

 gardens," or something of the kind. 



But to return — in Philadelphia there are two, one of which we 

 visited, and which is well known as McArranh Botanic Garden 

 and Nursery ; Mr. McArran is, we have understood, a man of sci- 

 ence and good taste, and that to him Mr. Pratt's place at Lemon 

 Hill is chiefly indebted for its picturesque beauty, and the disposition 

 of the grounds, garden, &c. Mr. McArran's green-house, which 

 adjoins the house, is filled with various plants. We here saw fine 

 large plants of the double white Camellia, which we believe were 



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