INFLUENCE OF HORTICULTURE. 17 



lation, is the amount of interest manifested in horticulture. Thus, 

 the three most settled of the original States, we suppose to be Massa- 

 chusetts, New-York and Pennsylvania ; and in these States horti- 

 culture is more eagerly pursued than in any others. The first 

 named State has now seven horticultural societies; the second, 

 seven ; the third, three. Following out the comparison in the 

 cities, we should say that Boston had the most settled population, 

 Philadelphia the next, and New- York the least so of any city in the 

 Union ; and it is well known that the horticultural society of Boston 

 is at this moment the most energetic one in the country, and that it 

 is stimulated by the interest excited by societies in all its neighbor- 

 ing towns. The Philadelphia society is exceedingly prosperous; 

 while in New-York, we regret to say, that the numerous efforts that 

 have been made to establish firmly a society of this kind have not, 

 up to this time, resulted in any success whatever. Its mighty tide 

 of people is as yet too much possessed with the spirit of business and 

 of unrest." * 



* "The New-York Horticultural Society " was organized in the spring 

 of 1852, and is already in a flourishing condition. ED. 



