Horticulture in the United States, for 1849. 



FLORICULTURE. 



Some capital articles have been contributed to our last 

 volume, the most important of which are upon the Lisian- 

 thus, (p. 72,) Calceolaria, (p. 174,) Guava, (p. 35,) Heaths, 

 (p. 215,) Clerodendrons, (p. 254,) Daphne, (p. 257,) Fuch- 

 sia, (p. 263,) Pansy, (p. 304,) and Ranunculus, (p. 356.) 

 Each of these form complete treatises, which cannot fail to 

 afford the young amateur the most valuable aid in the 

 management of these plants. Our general notices have 

 also contained the essence of all that has been found in the 

 foreign journals which could in any way facilitate the opera- 

 tions of the garden. Under the head of General Notices, 

 in the Table of Contents, they may be referred to, and it will 

 be unnecessary to repeat them here. 



In our volume for 1848, (XIV. p. 34,) we gave our readers 

 an article on the cultivation of the beautiful Japan lilies, and 

 we then stated that they would probably be found quite 

 hardy in our climate. Another year's experience has proved 

 them to be as easily and certainly grown in the open ground 

 as the common white lily ; and they will eventually become 

 as common ornaments of the garden as that old variety. The 

 past autumn we planted a bed containing upwards of three 

 hundred bulbs of the four different kinds, with some of our 

 own seedlings ; and, the coming summer, we anticipate a 

 brilliant show during the months of August and September. 

 The hardiness of these lilies greatly enhances their value ; 

 for, although they will always be among the most beautiful 

 plants for cultivation in pots, for ornamenting conservatories, 

 greenhouses and verandahs in summer, their hardiness will 

 enable all to enjoy their beauty who have not such places to 

 ornament, or who do not wish the trouble of their culture in 

 pots. 



The new plants of the year have not been very numerous 

 or very remarkable. A few of the new Phloxes were fine, 

 more particularly Triumphator, Robert de Flandres, Camille, 

 These, Arsinoe, and Beppo. These we shall describe, with 

 several other new ones, in another number. The finest 



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