THE MAGAZINE 



HORTICULTURE. 



MARCH, 1842. 



ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. 



Art. I. A'^otes made during a visit to JVeiv York^ Philadel- 

 phia, Baltimore, and Washington, and intermediate places, 

 from *^ugust 8th to the 2od, 1841. By the Editor. 



(^Continued from p. 47.) 



Baltimore, August 16th. — In the autumn of 1839 we visit- 

 ed Bahimore, and made some memoranda of our tour at that 

 time, (Vol. V., p. 370.) Since then, the taste for horticul- 

 tural improvement does not seem to have made a very rapid 

 advancement. The Maryland Horticultural Society, which 

 at one time was in a flourishing condition, and exerted con- 

 siderable influence by its annual exhibitions, reports of which 

 we have given in our pages, appears to have been on the de- 

 cline, and the last two years, no exhibitions, we believe, have 

 taken place. The interest in the society appears to' have 

 wholly subsided, for we could not learn from any of our 

 friends, that any thing had been done to keep it together, for 

 some time. This is much to be regretted: for a city, rank- 

 ing, as regards its population, only the third in the country, 

 and next to Philadelphia, should possess sufficient taste to 

 keep alive so useful and excellent an institution. 



Baltimore possesses many very excellent gardens, though 

 far less numerous in proportion to its inhabitants, than other 

 cities: there are some fine collections of plants, and many 

 seedling roses and camellias have been raised by some of the 

 nurserymen and florists, sufficient indeed, in their extent and 

 merit, to render the exhibition of a society beautiful and in- 

 teresting. We can only account for the apathy of feeling 



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