THE MAGAZINE 



OF 



HORTICULTURE, 



JUNE, 1849. 



ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. 



Art. I. On the Acclimation of Tropical Exotics in Flor- 

 ida. By the Rev R. K. Sewall, East Florida. In a Let- 

 ter to Dr. A. Mitchell, St. Mary's, Geo. Communicated 

 by Gen. H. A. S. Dearborn. 



Dear Sir, — I enclose letters from Dr. Mitchell, of St. Mary's, 

 Georgia, and the Rev. R. K. Sewall, of East Florida, on the 

 Culture of Tropical Plants, which I will thank you to pub- 

 lish in your instructive and highly useful Magazine. With 

 sincere esteem, your most obedient servant, H. A. S. Dearborn. 



Hawthorn Cottage, Roxbury, May 10, 1849. 



My dear Sir, — I here submit to you a correspondence from 

 the Rev. R. K. Sewall, of E, Florida, on the acclimation and 

 cultivation of tropical plants in South Florida. We are truly 

 pleased to learn, that the labors of the cultivator have been 

 crowned with success in the region alluded to, and that the 

 luscious fruit of the Bromelidcece will soon be added by in- 

 dividual effort to the extensive list of our introduced fruits. 

 We have heretofore maintained, that the most active agent 

 in the dispersion of plants is man ; and that plants of oppo- 

 site zones can be brought to exist on food not naturally suit- 

 ed to its constitution by care and proper cultivation. Rea- 

 soning from analogy, we are well convinced of the impor- 

 tant facts before us — and do anticipate that it will not be long 

 before these small fruiteries, now established by individual 

 enterprise, will become an extensive article of exportation ; 

 alike profitable with a ready supply for our home consump- 



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