THE MAGAZINE 



O F 



HORTICULTURE. 



JULY, 1846. 



ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. 



Art. I. Notes of a Visit to several Gardens in the Vicinity 

 of Washington^ Baltimore^ Philadelphia, and New York, 

 in October, 1845. By the Editor. 



In our volume for 1844, (X.) we gave a few hasty notes, 

 taken during a visit to several gardens in the cities above- 

 named, in the fall of 1843. Having had occasion, the past 

 autumn, to make a trip to Washington, we embraced the 

 opportunity to call upon our friends, and to note down the 

 improvements which had taken place since our last visit — a 

 period of two years, 



Washington, October \7th, 184.5. Experiment Garden of 

 the National histitute. — Our first call in Washington was upon 

 our friend, Mr. Breckenridge, who has the charge of the col- 

 lection of plants connected with the National Institute. In 

 the volume above referred to, (X. p. 81,) we gave an account 

 of the plants which then filled the house, and which had 

 principally been brought home by the Exploring Expedition, 

 or had been raised from seeds received from the same source. 



Since then, however, a great accession has been made to 

 the collection, through the untiring exertions of Mr. Brecken- 

 ridge; and, in order to do justice to the plants, an additional 

 wing has been added to the house, so that it now extends up- 

 wards of one hundred and fifty feet, built in the most thor- 

 ough and substantial manner. The entrance is in the centre 

 of the range, where there is a kind of lobby, in which a 

 quantity of large plants are kept ; one half is partitioned off 

 for hot-house, and the other for greenhouse, plants. In the 

 latter we noticed some new Cactae, viz, Cereus csespitosa Dr. 



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