in the United States. 9 



from seed, and we have no doubt that, in a year or two, some 

 beautiful new kinds will be added to our gardens. The high 

 price which these superb lilies have been held at, owing to 

 their slow increase, and great demand, has prevented their 

 finding their way into general cultivation ; but in a year or 

 two we hope to see them in every collection. The Chinese 

 azalea is the flower next to the camellia which is attracting 

 great attention in England and on the Continent, and many 

 superb new seedlings have been recently produced. We hope 

 our amateurs will try their hand at the production of new 

 kinds. 



We stated, in our annual summary last year, that we 

 should not let a season pass by without impressing upon cul- 

 tivators the necessity of more attention to the culture of hardy 

 rhododendrons and azaleas ; and we are happy to know that 

 what we have already said has induced many gentlemen to 

 introduce several plants into their gardens. Only let a good 

 collection once be seen in full bloom, and, our word for it, they 

 will be more eagerly sought after than any other flowering 

 plant. They are so perfectly hardy, and easily cultivated, 

 that it is only surprising that their great beauty has not been 

 recognized before. Our nurserymen have only to furnish 

 themselves with a good stock, and dispose of them at reason- 

 able prices, and then their introduction into every garden will 

 speedily follow. 



Our extracts from foreign journals, particularly the Gar- 

 dener's Chronicle, contain some valuable hints relative to the 

 art of cultivation. We allude particularly to the advice on 

 watering out of doors, — the drainage of pots, (p. 265,) and 

 the general treatment of greenhouse plants (p. 66). The one- 

 shift system of potting, which a year or two ago attracted so 

 much notice in England, having lost its novelty, is numbered 

 among other theories of the day applicable to some plants, but 

 of no general utility. Guano has attracted less attention 

 among cultivators of plants, but this arises from a settled con- 

 viction of its value, after the many details of experiments 

 of the three or four preceding years. We are most happy to 

 notice that Dr. Lindley has paid a merited compliment to our 

 friend Mr. Teschemacher, in extracting several columns from 

 his excellent pamphlet on Guano. Some valuable hints on 



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