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cause of Horticultural pursuits, in a department hitherto too 

 much overlooked. 



In the grounds of John A. Kenrick, Newton, we saw one 

 hundred plants of Rhododendron Maximum, in a most healthy 

 state, under a north wall, and seemingly in a condition for 

 successful growth. Azaleas of various varieties were doing 

 well in a similar exposure. Magnolia glauca and M. longifo- 

 lia in good condition. M. conspicua, though a Chinese spe- 

 cies, is incidentally mentioned in this connection, as flowering 

 well in the open border, by a slight protection in winter. 



J. W. Russell, Superintendent at Mount Auburn, we are 

 happy to state, has succeeded in introducing to the grounds 

 of the Cemetery some of the more beautiful native flowers, 

 hitherto found impatient of culture. We mention particularly 

 Epigaea repens, whose deliciously scented gems are among 

 the first harbingers of spring. 



Gentians, Lobelias, and a few other showy flowers are not 

 unfrequently met w^ith in cultivation among amateur florists. 

 J. £. Teschemacher has created not a httle interest in 

 behalf of several plants, viz. Trillium and its species, Gerar- 

 dia, &c. Some of the native liliaceous flowers are attended 

 to, as Lilium superbum, Canadense, Philadelphicum, Ery- 

 thronium Americanum. Occasionally the rarer western 

 flowers may be seen, as Polemonium reptans of lovely blue 

 and of a creeping habit, and Claytonialatifolia and Virginica, the 

 '' Spring beauty." The Polygalae and Oxahses offer beauti- 

 ful objects for easy cultivation, while not a county in New 

 England, which may not have its peculiar and rarer flowers, 

 rivals of these from other climes. 



6. PUBLIC GARDEN. 



Efforts have been making, during the past summer to es- 

 tabhsh a public Garden in the city of Boston, to consist of a 

 choice collection of green-house and out-door plants, shrubs, 



