Horticulture in the United States. 11 



eties of European origin. The " American garden " appears 

 to be exclusively a European feature. In the Regent's Park, 

 London, every spring, a magnificent display is made of what 

 are termed American plants, consisting of thousands of the 

 most splendid varieties of the above families, and covering 

 an acre or more of ground. These are all brought several 

 miles, (from Bagshot mostly) planted in prepared beds and 

 arranged in groups so as to have a fine eflfect. The exhibi- 

 tion takes place in June, and is considered one of the most 

 magnificent displays which the Floral world can possibly 

 produce. In August, the plants are all removed back to the 

 nurseries from whence they came, and the succeeding year 

 replaced by another set, giving the former time to rest and 

 recover from the removal. It is these displays, which for 

 years were made individually by the late Mr. Waterer, pro- 

 prietor of the American Nursery, near London, and latterly 

 by the Royal Botanic Society, which have made known the 

 attractions of our favored, but, to our own gardens, sadly 

 neglected, plants. 



Our last volume has contained some very excellent articles 

 on subjects not generally considered of vital importance, 

 while in reality they are so ; we particularly allude to the 

 papers of Mr. Bock, upon the Drainage of Plants, and the 

 Efi'ects of Indiscriminate Watering after Potting ; they de- 

 serve to be thoroughly read by the young gardener, or ama- 

 teur cultivator. A long paper on the Preparation of Plants for 

 Forcing, from Paxton's Magazine, is full of sound advice 

 upon the subject of which it treats. It is so common to seo 

 whole houses of plants, with scarcely any flowers till towards 

 the advent of spring, that we might infer it was scarcely pos- 

 sible to have them during mid winter ; but if the right kinds 

 are selected, and their treatment such as is detailed in the 

 articles referred to, a very small house will supply an abun- 

 dance of flowers during a most dreary portion of the winter. 



Many new and fine plants have been recently introduced. 

 Among these, GardemVt Fortun^, Hoya bella and imperialis, 

 Lucuh'a Pince«dwa, Lantana liliacina, Hydrangea involu- 

 crata, Begonm cinnabarina, E'pacris miniata, O'xalis elegans 



