on Gardens and J\^urseries. 329 



with my journey, and more especially as 1 met with the kindest 

 attention from those whom I had the pleasure to visit, and for 

 which I take this opportunity to return my sincere thanks; and I 

 hope that these remarks, which it was not my intention to ofter 

 as a communication in your Magazine, will be viewed with indul- 

 gence, as it has been my endeavor to speak impartially, and to 

 offend no one; and any error of misapplication I may have made 

 in this, or may make in any other, article 1 may publish, I shall 

 at any time be glad to correct. 



In my observations I was much gratified at the general zeal 

 for the improvement of horticulture, and noticed many prettily 

 laid out places; but mostly found a deficiency in the collections 

 of hardy shrubs and perennial flowering plants, which, with a 

 little attention in collecting, would greatly embellish the flower 

 garden. Such as the phloxes, rudbeckias, pentstemons, and 

 similar showy tribes, should be collected, so as to give a variety 

 of bloom all the flowering season, which is one of the principal 

 features of the flower garden; no class of plants affords more 

 delight, and it is to be hoped that they will be more generally cul- 

 tivated. A collection once formed can be easily multiplied. 



With these remarks I conclude this article, with the hope that 

 it may prove interesting to your readers. They are only made 

 with a view to disclose the interest taken in horticulture, in the 

 more remote places from those generally known, and where, 

 though the places are yet mostly newly established, they bid fair 

 to be among the finest residences in the country. 



Yours, most respectfully, 



E. Savers. 



Boston, August 1, 1837. 



Mr. E. Savers, the author of the above comniunicaiiou, and also of 

 several excellent papers in our first and second volumes, some of thoin 

 under various sii^natures, is now in Boston, and will be Iiappy to attend 

 to any thing which may be offered, in his profession. How well hv is 

 capable to perform its various duties will be readily inferred from 

 reading his several articles. It is some years since he has been in the 

 vicinity of Boston, at which time he had the management of one of the 

 finest situations that was to be found at that time. He was afterwards 

 employed by the late Dr. Hosack, at Hyde Park, since which time he 

 has been laying out gardens and pleasure grounds in the vicinity of New 

 York and Newark, N. .1. He will remain in Boston several weeks, 

 and will attend to any orders. 



It would give us great pleasure to receive similar accounts of the gar- 

 dens in various parts of the country. Gardeners visiting their brethren 

 of the profession in distant places from where they reside, will confer a 

 favor by sending us notices of such. It is one of our greatest objects to 

 keep our readers informed of the progress of horticulture throughout 

 the country. — Cond. 



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