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first establislied it [see Vol. IV. p. 275.], was a good judge of 

 seeds; but he has, by his industry and application, arrived at 

 a thorough knowledge of the subject : and his exertions are 

 M^onderfully seconded and forwarded by his son, Mr. George 

 Thorburn, whom I found every gardener and botanist in 

 America to speak of in the highest terms. 



Mr. Smith, Mr. Wilson, and Mr. Kenny have seed-stores 

 in New York. Mr. Wilson's I did not visit; but I was in- 

 formed that this gentleman has also an extensive nursery and 

 garden for the growth of fruit trees and culinary vegetables, 

 though my arrangements prevented me from visiting it : an 

 omission which I shall rectify, this summer, on my return. 



The Establishment of Mr. Hogg, at Bloomingdale, had un- 

 dergone a most material improvement since my last visit; 

 particularly in the extensive addition made to his hot-houses 

 and pits, and in the vast number of new, rare, and valuable 

 exotics he has added to his admirable collection. Those who 

 were acquainted with this gentleman's superior knowledge of 

 plants when in this country, may rest assured there is no 

 falling off since he has ci'ossed the Atlantic ; and I was truly 

 happy to find he stands high in the estimation of every gen- 

 tleman with whom he is acquainted. 



Mr. Floy's Nursery. — The rage for building about New 

 York has considerably circumscribed the grounds of this 

 establishment in the vicinity of the city ; but Mr. Floy has 

 purchased a piece of land at Haarlem, which he has con- 

 verted into a nursery; and which, from the different soils it 

 contains, is peculiarly adapted for the various tribes of fruit 

 trees and plants with which his establishments are so richly 

 stored. Mr. Floy has been very successful in originating 

 some most splendid varieties of new camellias, of which I 

 saw the figures ; I believe the different varieties have been 

 sent to this country, and will therefore soon find their way 

 into the English collections. 



Mr. Bridgeman has a small nursery and seed-store in this 

 vicinity; but not having sufficiently examined it to make my- 

 self fully acquainted whh its details, I decline giving a partial, 

 and probably unjust, statement of its contents. 



The Linncean Botanic Garden is the property of the 

 Messrs. Prince, at Flushing, Long Island. Of this establish- 

 ment much has been said, and much has been written. Its 

 extent, the great variety it contains, the multiplicity of agents 

 employed for collecting and disseminating plants for and from 

 it, and the assertion of Mr. Prince, jun., to myself personally, 

 that no man in England, with the exception of yourself and 

 Mr. Robert Thomson of the London Horticultural Society, 



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