THE MAGAZINE 



HORTICULTURE 



FEBRUARY, 1843. 



ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. 



Art. I. Notices of Gardens and Nurseries in the vicinity 

 of New York, from memoranda made during a visit in 

 October, 1S42. By the Editor. 



In the autumn of 1841, we gave an extended account of 

 our visit (Vol. VIII. pp. 321, 361,) to several gardens in the 

 vicinity of New York ; and, as we then noted down all we 

 saw which would be interesting to our readers, we did not 

 deem it worth while to visit the same places again after so 

 short a period. Our stay being hmited, we, therefore, took 

 the advantage of calling at such establishments as we had 

 never before had the pleasure of visiting, but which, from 

 their extent and reputation, we were anxious to give our 

 readers some account of in our pages. 



Flower Garden of D. Monck, 4.th Avenne, near 2Sth 

 street. — Mr. Monck's establishment is situated on the 4th 

 ■Avenue, but a short distance beyond Mr. Hogg's, and is 

 easiest of access from the Haarlem Rail-road, the change 

 of horses for steam, being made at the depot a few rods 

 below. 



The grounds consist of about two-thirds of an acre, 

 enclosed by a high fence; but a small part of this is 

 devoted to cultivation, as there are several ranges of 

 houses and frames, which cover a large portion of the 

 surface. We unfortunately did not find Mr. Monck at 

 home, but we walked through the houses with the fore- 

 man : they consist of a greenhouse, about one hun- 

 dred feet long ; a rose-house upwards of fifty feet ; two 

 houses for miscellaneous plants, one hundred feet each ; 

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