3G0 Foreign Notices : — North America. 



much vaunteil in that country under the name of crab-{:rass ; but, from ilie 

 dried specimens presenteil at the same time, it is conjectured to be no 

 other than Digitaria filiformis. — G. R. March, 1832. 



NORTH AMERICA. 



yew )'(i)7i, Jan. 10. 18.32. — It may £;ive you some idea of the rarity 

 of caniellias, and the abundance of piiic-apples, in this city, to inform you 

 tliat the hitter are now selHng at 3(/. and Id. eadi, and the former at a 

 doUar for an expanding bud. Almost the only nurserymen who have 

 tlicse flowers to cut for sale are the Messrs. Thorburns ; and so great is 

 the demand, that they have always a list of persons desirous of purchasing 

 flowers, who are supplied, in the order in which their names stand on the 

 list, as the buds successively expantl. The flowers arc worn by young 

 ladies in their hair at parties. — B. P. 



E.vtra(t from a Letter lately received from North America. — [The follow- 

 ing extract is from the letter of a journeyman gardener, whose employer 

 in the United States is a respectable nurseryman. We give it chiefly with 

 a view of showing the extreme imhistry of the young man, and the kind- 

 ness of his employer.] I arrived safe here on the 22d of September, hav- 

 ing been a month and twenty-two days crossing the Atlantic, that is, 

 from land to land. I have been very well received here, and have been 

 well trcatetl ever since. I live in the house, and sit at my employer's own 

 table ; I have access to a very good library ; and, upon the whole, I anti- 

 cipate a very good situation. .... . . 



I study a part of every night at my English and French grammars ; and 



Mrs. has promised to teach me to draw and colour fruits. I take 



a lesson on the (ierman flute every night from the junior Mr. ; and 



as 1 have already learnetl gynniastics, such as swimming, boxing, riding, and 

 fencing, I entertain a strong hope of attaining all that 30U recommend in 



vour Knci/elopci'dia to be learned by gardeners. Mr. has got your 



three Euci/clo})(cdias. . . . Tlie weather, ever since I came, has 

 been di-lightful. These two months past we have had but three wet days^ 

 and these two or three last mornings a little hoar-frost : the thermometer 

 ranged from oO° to 7.5^ of Fahrenheit, out of doors, in the shade. 1 will 

 not pretend to describe the richness of the scenery around this city, be- 

 cause I know you have fancied it all before this time; I shall only say 

 tiiat I am delighted wherever I turn. The taste for plants and gardening 



is spreading very ra[)i(lly in this country. Mr. told me that he now 



sends more nursery .stiitf west of the Alleghany INIountains, than he for- 

 merly sold altogether. The nuu'ket increases annually. Mr. Alexander 

 iiordon lately called here, on his way to Florida and .South Carolina: he 

 looked in good health and spirits. lie admired the apple trees in the 

 nursery, and declared there were not any like them in North America. 



A horticultiu'al society exists in this city, I may say in embryo ; but 

 the members appear to be (juite enthusiastic, and of course it will succeed. 

 A new member will be admitted without paying the regular subscription, 

 if he has written any thing lor the advancement of gardening knowledge. 

 I have been proposed, and balloted in already. — W. Xov. 2.j, 1831. 



A lioolc on America has lately been produced by Mrs. Trollope. It is 

 of the same character as Captain Hall's : but, as it relates chiefly to man- 

 ners, we think it is calculated to do much more good than the former. 

 Both writers will be found cleverly (lis.sected in Tail\s JIagnziiic for May, 

 18.'J2, and an admirable criticism on Mrs. Trollope will be found in an article 

 entitled Asmodeus, tSrc, in the Xew JMonthli/ j\la<iazine for the same month. 

 The Americans, in the case of Mrs. Trollope, will do as the Scotch did in 

 the case of Dr. .Johnson, after the publication of the doctor's tour in 

 Scotland. They will profit lioni the remarks of their enemies. " They have 



