Progress of HoriicuUure in the U. Slates. 5 



ous trees have been set out, and a large number will be planted 

 another year. The banana has fruited in the hot-house of 

 J. A. Perry, Esq., Brooklyn, N. Y. 



In the vegetable department of horticulture there continues 

 to be more attention given. In our last volume, articles on 

 the growth of celery and other vegetables, have appeared, 

 which have supplied much usefid infornjation: we shall endeavor 

 to offer, from time to time, articles upon the cultivation of other 

 vegetables, which will assist those who have not had sufficient 

 experience. At the Worcester Horticultural Society's ex- 

 hibition, there was a good display of various kinds, some 

 remarkable for their size; and we need only refer to the re- 

 port of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, (Vol. VI., 

 p. 465,) to show the interest which has been created in the 

 production of superior vegetables, by the offer of a few 

 liberal premiums. The Massachusetts Horticultural Society 

 has also set a good example, by offering premiums, but not of 

 sufficient amount to induce many cultivators to take interest 

 enough to become competilorsr Other societies, we trust, will 

 not neglect to encourage so important a branch as the kitchen 

 garden. 



Floriculture. 



The introduction of new plants from abroad, as we have 

 before remarked, at the close of the last volume, has been 

 very limited. W^e are not aware of but few new things, of 

 any importance, which have been added to our collections 

 during the year. The desire for the possession of new plants 

 is not so great as it has been in previous years. In the in- 

 discriminate introduction of every plant which has been glow- 

 ingly described in periodicals, amateurs have found that many 

 of them were not of sufficient merit to deserve a place in a 

 good collection, and they are now selected more with re- 

 gard to their intrinsic beauty, than for their rarity. The de- 

 mand for new plants has also been limited within the past 

 year. Of the small number of j)Iants which have been in- 

 troduced from Britain, we may mention Salvia patens, a splen- 

 did species, with brilliant blue (lowers; and Ipomae^a ruhio 

 caerulea, which is now in full bloom at the Public Garden, 

 and one of the most showy of the ipoma^as. 



In our rioricultural Notices will be found a variety of val- 

 uable information upon new plants, to which we refer our 



