JVotices of Green-houses and Hot-houses, 125 



Art. it. J^'^otices of Green-houses and Hot-houses^ in and 

 near Philadelphia. jYo. 4. By A Philadelphia Am- 

 ateur. 



JVurscry of Peter J\Iackenzie, Spruce street, (between 

 Schuylkill, Fifth and Sixth streets.) — Mr. Mackenzie is well 

 known as one of the most successful growers of plants in the 

 city or county of Philadelphia. His houses bear the highest 

 testimony to his skill, and the constant beauty and vigor of 

 his plants to his exertions in the cause of floral science. 



INlr. Mackenzie's geranium house, (which we shall com- 

 mence with,) faces the east, and is forty feet in length, and 

 completely filled, on the large stage, with uncommonly vigor- 

 ous plants, of the finest large flowering kinds; among the 

 rarer we noticed Foster's Alicia, Dennis's Perfection, Garth's 

 Perfection, Diomede, &c., and a quantity of hybridized seed- 

 lings, raised from the finest sorts. In the front are placed a 

 large quantity of Daphne indica, ericas, gardenias, epacris, 

 &c. In the arrangement to give efi'ect and contrast to the 

 whole, were fine plants of the Citrus Diyriilolia, Mandarin, 

 sweet oranges, &c. 



The camellia house, the same size as the last, which we 

 next entered, is stored with a fine number of vigorous thrifty 

 looking plants, all of which are the production of the last 

 three years. Among those in bloom were the following: ' 

 — Gray's Invincible, Bealii (one of the finest in cultivation,) 

 Elphinstonia, punctata, Rossu', Donckelaeri, ochioleuca, 

 delicatissima, elegans, triumphans, Press's Eclipse, Lan- 

 drethi, variegtita, alba pleno, rosea, Ch'ndleri, conchiflora, 

 imbricata, Pomponia, incarnata, candidissima, Colvillu", ex- 

 imia, oxoniensis, tricolor, C. reticulata, &c., and a fine 

 quantity of young stocks, of which more than a thousand will 

 be fit for use the coming season. On the front, a large num- 

 ber of seedling azaleas, of which the greater proportion will 

 bloom the coming spring; among the rest, we noticed the 

 elegant seedling displayed by Mr. Mackenzie last season, 

 which is decidedly the most beautiful of this gorgeous tribe. 

 The mother plant he intends sending to England in a few 

 weeks, with a figure of the flower. A very fine plant of the 

 .Acacia floribunda is situated in the centre of the house; ev- 

 ery axil of its leaves pendent, with its lovely blossoms; and a 



