THE MAGAZINE 



OF 



HORTICULTURE. 



APRIL, 1844. 



ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. 



Art. I. Notes and Recollections of a tour through Hartford^ 

 New Haven, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Wash- 

 ington, and some other places, in October, 1843. By the 

 Editor. 



{Concluded from p. 88.) 



Philadelphia, October 21st. — On the evening of the 19th 

 "we left Baltimore, and before dayhght on Saturday, the 

 20th, we arrived in Pliiladelphia, where we spent the day 

 in visiting several of our friends, whose gardens we have 

 already fully noticed in our previous volumes ; but we now 

 add a few brief notes relative to their improved condition. 



Exotic Nursei'y of R. Buist. — Since 1841, Mr. Buist has 

 considerably enlarged his city grounds, by purchasing the 

 premises adjoining, which were formerly occupied by Mrs. 

 Hibbert, the widow of the late Mr. Hibbert, who, since the 

 death of her husband, has kept a very good collection of 

 plants : the range of houses is now consequently lengthened 

 to nearly three hundred feet. Since our visit, Mr. Buist 

 has erected another new house, which is heated on the tank 

 system, and he has kindly promised to give us the results 

 of this mode of applying heat, as compared with copper 

 or iron pipe and brick flues. 



Mr. Buist has a large and choice collection of plants, and 

 has lately made many additions. Passing through the 

 houses, we noticed several new species of 0''xalis, viz. O. 

 purpureus, lanatus and elongatus, the two latter, we believe, 

 received from the exploring expedition. Among the Cacti, 

 we noticed some new Echinocactuses, and a fine stock of 

 E. Eyriesii, Rodanthe, &c. In the greenhouse we saw fine 

 specimens of Achimenes longiflora, Chorizema ovata, and 



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