THE MAGAZINE 



or 



ORTICULTURE 



JANUARY, 1844. 



ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. 



Art. I. A Retrospective View of the Progress of Horticul- 

 ture in the United States, during the year 1843. By the 

 Editor. 



In again presenting our annual summary of horticultural 

 improvement throughout the country, it is gratifying to be 

 able to record the continued interest which is everywhere 

 manifested in the various branches of gardening. At no 

 period during the last five years has the amateur cultivator 

 had so much cause for congratulation upon the increased 

 attention given to horticultural pursuits, and the advanced 

 state of horticultural science, as at the present time. 

 With the return of greater commercial prosperity, and we 

 hope continued, there seems to be a more general taste for 

 rural life. Villa residences are objects which more and more 

 engage the attention of gentlemen of wealth ; and the pos- 

 session of a cottage residence, even by individuals of limited 

 means, is looked forward to with eager interest. This gen- 

 eral desire for gardens and grounds has created a steady 

 demand for trees, plants, shrubs, &c., and a renewed zeal 

 on the part of our nurserymen has been exerted to keep up 

 with the advanced condition of improvement. 



The increase of horticultiu'al associations during the past 

 year, is another gratifying evidence of the dissemination of a 

 loveof gardening pursuits. In our last volume (p. 461), there- 

 port of the Cincinnati Horticultural Society shows with what 

 zeal and spirit the amateur and practical cultivators of the 

 West, have entered upon the task of presenting to the pub- 

 lic the evidences of a more extended love for fruits and 



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