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others, the value of all which was gratefully acknowledged by the great 

 systematist. He was early in correspondence with Peter Collinson of 

 London, who was his agent and warm friend, and with many of the most 

 eminent cultivators of botany and natural history in Britain and on the Con- 

 tinent ', particularly Gronovius, Dalibard, Sir Hans Sloane, Catesby, Dil- 

 lenius, Fothergill, George Edwards, Philip Miller, and Targioni. A mass of 

 letters from these and others are still preserved ; but many have been lost. 

 At the suggestion cf Dr. Hope of Edinburgh, the Royal Society presented 

 him with a gold medal for the services he had rendered to the cause of 

 natural history; and, through the interest of his friend Collinson, he was 

 elected a member of the Royal Society of London and of that of Stock- 

 holm. His two sons, John and William, continued the garden. The latter 

 was the counterpart of his father in moral excellence, amiability, and love of 

 natural history, and his superior in science. He accompanied his father in 

 his southern journey, and published his travels, which are known to all 

 literary men. The present proprietor, Mr. Robert Carr, who married the 

 daughter of John, enlarged the garden, and has been extensively engaged 

 in the business of it for several years past. — J. M. Philadelphia, May 13. 

 1829. [The genus of mosses Bartrami« commemorates Mr. John Bar- 

 tram, the subject of the above memoir.] 



From the same obliging correspondent we received, on May 8. 1831, 

 " No. 7. of Vol. VH. of the Register of Penmylvania, published at Phila- 

 delphia, Feb. 12. 1831." This work, to use its own motto, is " devoted to 

 the preservation of every kind of useful information respecting the state ; " 

 and, besides various interesting articles on other subjects, contains a " Re- 

 port of the Committee appointed by the Horticultural Society of Pennsyl- 

 vania for visiting the Nurseries and Gardens in the Vicinity of Philadelphia." 

 The committee's visits were made in 1830, and their report occupies 6^ 

 close-printed quarto pages. Much of its interest is necessarily local ; but it 

 contains many remarks on American gardens, operations, and plants, of gene- 

 ral interest, which we may subsequently quote. In concluding their report, 

 the committee remark : — " Within these last twenty years, establishments 

 of a botanical and horticultural character have greatly multiplied, and with 

 them books on American gardening, all tending to a general improvement, 

 and liberally supported by a steady demand. Gentlemen have caused 

 to be brought from abroad, likewise, the most esteemed fruits and vege- 

 tables, and we are happy to say that the climate of the United States is 

 eminently favourable to the growth of all European and most of the Asiatic 

 fruits. To be sure, the Curculio and many other enemies, offer serious 

 obstacles to their complete and perfect cultivation ; but, with appropriate 

 zeal and skill, these insect foes may be vanquished. Floriculture has made 

 immense progress within ten years, and is now pursued with an avidity 

 that astonishes even the European practical visiters. Our gardens at the 

 present day are decorated with rarities that money could not purchase a 

 few years ago. Every thing in this lovely department of nature, as well as 

 in those of substantial horticultural usefulness, appears to grow with our 

 growth, and keep pace with the increase of riches, by a commensurate dis- 

 play of good taste and patronage." 



Gardening and Gai-deners in America. — We are not certain that the writer 

 of the following letter intended any part of it for publication : but it is so 

 good that we cannot refrain from giving it to the public ; omitting all names 

 of persons and places, in order to avoid giving offence, either to our excel- 

 lent friend or to any of the parties mentioned : — 



" Sir, I have the honour of acknowledging the receipt of j'our letter of 

 April 15. last. A distant journey to our mountains has detained me from 

 home several weeks, and prevented an earlier answer. I beg you to accept 

 my most grateful thanks for your kind attention to my request, &c. It is 

 chiefly in ***** that **'s services will be required, although his help 



