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by so many persons, that he was induced to sell both plants and 

 flowers: customers have increased at such a rate, that it is as 

 much as he can attend to, in the spring of the year, to execute 

 their orders. 



In the green-house we noticed but few things in bloom except- 

 ing the geraniums; these were coming into flower finely. Mr. 

 Maynard, we observed, had begun to propagate his dahlias, and 

 in a small house, adjoining the green-house, had a great number 

 of stools in pots; among these were nearly all the fine kinds of 

 the past year. Both in New York and in Brooklyn there is a 

 great and increasing taste for dahlias, and we were surprised to 

 learn that in some of the smallest city gardens nearly a hundred 

 varieties are, in many instances, grown. This desire to possess 

 fine dahlias is not so general around Boston; but we hope soon 

 to see the same zeal manifested by the amateur cultivators in its 

 vicinity which has been the means of introducing the dahlia to 

 general notice in and around New York. 



We were much indebted to Mr. Maynard for his kindness, 

 during our visit, in introducing us to several of the gardens in the 

 city; we hope when we again visit this garden, that it will be dur- 

 ing the summer season, when we shall find much that is new and 

 interesting to attract our attention. 



J\Ir. Russell, Florist, corner of Jay and Willoughby Streets. 

 — This collection is mostly noted for its fine geraniums, of which 

 Mr. Russell has a great stock of plants, including a considerable 

 number of seedlings of his own raising. The plants were ex- 

 ceedingly well grown, and in tliis respect would compare with 

 Mr. Hogg's. So early in the season but kw had begun to ex- 

 pand their blossoms; one or two seedlings had a truss or two open, 

 which bid fair to be excellent flowers; Mr. Russell possesses 

 a very good variety, and annually imports new kinds. Gera- 

 niums are in great demand in New York and Brooklyn, and 

 even in Philadelphia; but there does not seem to be near so 

 great a desire to grow them in the vicinity of Boston as in the 

 former places: now, however, that cultivators are getting the 

 newer kinds, we anticipate for them a more ready sale. We 

 hope amateurs will commence the production of new geraniums 

 from seed; they produce their flowers during the second year of 

 their growth; and their variable and sportive character, when 

 raised from seed, is a source of much interest to the cultivator; 

 very few American seedlings have yet been produced of any 

 merit. We here saw, for the first time, a plant of the true /Rho- 

 dodendron arboreum var. Russelliantun. We presume we have 

 seen, within the past two years, at least five or six plants in 

 flower, (among them one in our own collection,) which were re- 

 ceived from England under this name; but from the description 

 which has been given of the flower, and from the drawing itself, 



