THE MAGAZINE 



OF 



HORTICULTURE. 



JULY, 1848. 



ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. 



Art. I. Notes on Gardens and Nnj'series m the Vicinity of 

 New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Washington. 

 By the Editor. 



{Concluded from jpage 244.) 



Philadelphia, March 17th, 1848. — An increasing taste for 

 plants and flowers has caused the estabhshment of several 

 new gardens and nurseries since our visit in 1845. And 

 while these new gardens have furnished a good supply, the 

 older ones, with one exception, have greatly increased their 

 facilities for extending their business, and have made many 

 additions by the importation of new plants. At another op- 

 portunity, we trust we may have more leisure to give some 

 account of the gardens of these new aspirants for a portion 

 of the favors of amateurs and lovers of plants. 



Exotic Niirsej-y of R. Bidst. — Several additions have 

 been made to this establishment, and we found, that, since 

 1845, the old flower-garden, fronting Eleventh Street had 

 given way to a low, lean-to roofed camellia house, adapted 

 for bringing forward young stock ; it faces the north, and is 

 about sixty feet long, and fifteen wide. The whole stage 

 and front shelf was filled with plants — including seedlings — 

 from one to three feet high. From this, we passed into the 

 old camellia house, stocked with larger plants, several of 

 which were yet in bloom, though the high season had passed. 

 Among the number, we noticed Halley's Monarch, of consid- 

 erable reputation, but showing no signs of excellence, the 



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