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the pelargonium, as practised by Mr. Cattleugh, one of the 

 most successful cultivators in London, is invaluable to all who 

 wish to procure superior specimens of this popular and showy- 

 flower. The two reports which we have given of the exhibi- 

 tion of the London Horticultural Society, are sufficiently in- 

 teresting to deserve the attention of all possessors of plants. 

 Amateur cultivators should not rest satisfied with their labors, 

 until they can attain the same degree of excellence in the 

 growth of these plants. We believe all will agree with us, 

 that the great aim of a gardener should be, to grow his plants 

 to the highest degree of perfection; and that a conmion plant, 

 covered with blooms and rich foliage, ])ossesse3 greater at- 

 tractions, than a stunted, ugly shaped, and meagre flowering 

 variety, merely because it has the merit of a new name. 

 Grafting the Cacti is very extensively practised in Baltimore, 

 but as we shall refer to the subject when we give the details 

 of our visit to that city, we omit it at this time. 



Commercial Gardens. 



It is gratifying to observe a better demand for plants and 

 slirubs, than has been the case in former years. The demand 

 for fruit trees, in particular, has been greater than the supply, 

 and the stock, in many instances, has been reduced below 

 what are considered good saleable trees. This has occurred 

 with pears and apples, of which there are few nurseries, 

 possessing a supply of the newer and better sorts, that 

 are able to furnish good sized trees. The constant and 

 certain demand, creates such a continued drain upon the yoimg 

 stock, that it has not time to acquire a good size. This de- 

 mand for trees, has caused the establishment of some new 

 nurseries in various parts of the country. 



In the vicinity of Boston, Messrs. Hovey & Co. have in- 

 creased their facilities for supplying all the productions of the 

 garden. They have become the proprietors of a fine spot of 

 ground, containing u[)wards of thirty acres, only two and a half 

 miles from the city, which they intend to devote to the purposes 

 of a nursery, flower garden, &c. They have erected a large and 

 splendid conservatory, eighty-four feet long by twenty-two 

 feet wide, which will be finished early the approaching spring; 

 it is a span-roofed house, and will be complete in every part. 

 We shall give some engravings of it in an early number of 

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