THE MAGAZINE 



OF 



HORTICULTURE, 



JANUARY, 1845. 



ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. 



Art. I. A Retrospective View of the Progress of Hoj^ticul- 

 ture in the United States, during the year 1844. By the 

 Editor. 



Tex\ years have now elapsed since the first pubHcation of 

 the Magazine. It would, perhaps, be interesting to some of 

 our readers to go back, and pass in review the changes and 

 improvements which have taken place in the science of Hor- 

 ticulture during that period ; to others who have been our 

 constant readers from its commencement, it would probably 

 only be repetition of what we have annually said under this 

 head. We may however, take this opportunity to remark, 

 that no subject of importance, connected with gardening, has 

 been introduced during the existence of our Magazine, which 

 has not been noticed in its pages. It indeed forms a complete 

 history of gardening in the United States for the last ten 

 years. 



Since our first Retrospective View of gardening in 1838, 

 (Yol. lY.) seven years ago, there has been no period when a 

 more active zeal has been manifested in the pursuit of Horti- 

 cultural science, and a desire to promote its advancement, than 

 at the present moment. Renewed interest is everywhere ap- 

 parent, and amateur and nursery collections are rapidly 

 springing up in various parts of the country. Horticultural 

 societies are steadily on the increase, and several have been 

 organized, and held exhibitions, the year just passed. 



The Massachusetts Horticultural Society, after two or three 

 years' trial have succeeded in purchasing a piece of land in 

 a central position in Boston, and have now erected a beauti- 



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