fG* Extract from the " REPORT" of the "VISITING 

 COMMITTEE of the PENNSYLVANIA HORTI- 

 CULTURAL SOCIETY ;" unanimously adopted, and 

 ordered to be printed: 



LANDRETH'S 



NURSERIES AND GARDENS, 



" THESE extensive grounds are on Federal Street, near the 

 Arsenal. * * * * * The earliest collection of Camellias 

 was made here. Some of those now in the possession of those 

 distinguished nursery-men, are ten feet high. * * * * 

 The selection of GREEN-HOUSE PLANTS is valuable and extensive. 



.. 



" In the NURSERIES we saw a great many Magnolias, of which 

 there are no less than thirteen distinct species and three varieties. 

 One plant of the M. grandiflora is twenty feet high and in full 

 bloom. Here are likewise the M. cordata fifty feet high ; a beau- 

 tiful M, eliptica in flower, and a magnificent specimen eighteen 

 feet high, of the M. conspicua; the curious Osage Orange, that 

 retains its lucid foliage longer than any other deciduous tree. * * 



" The NURSERIES are all very correctly managed, supplying 

 every part of the Union; a detail of which would occupy too 

 much of our space; we therefore content ourselves with stating 

 that the stock is very large, and in every stage of growth, con- 

 sisting of 



Forest and Ornamental Trees, Shrubs, Ever- 

 greens, Vines and Creepers, 



With a collection of Herbaceous Plants; FRUIT TREES of 

 the best kind, and most healthy condition; large beds of Seed- 

 ling Apples, Pears, Plums, &c., as stocks for budding and graft- 

 ing ; a plan very superior to that of working upon suckers, which 

 carry with them into the graft all the diseases of the parent 

 stock." * * * * 



* # * Since the date of the "REPORT" from which the above is 

 extracted, the ENTIRE ESTABLISHMENT has been GREATLY EN- 

 LARGED. The collection of Camellias embraces all the finer kinds, 

 and consists of some thousands of various sizes ; so likewise of 

 Roses, and other desirable plants, both tender and hardy Fruit 

 Trees, etc. 



