THE MAGAZINE 



OF 



HORTICULTURE. 



FEBRUARY, 1850. 



ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. 



Art. I. Notes on Gardens and Gardening i?i the neighbor- 

 hood of Boston. By R. B. Leuchars, New Haven. 



The admirers of fine plants and fine gardens, cannot fail 

 to be struck with the superiority of the gardening establish- 

 ments, in the neighborhood of Boston. Whether the visiter 

 directs his attention to the extent of the grounds, — the gen- 

 eral arrangements of the garden, — the hardy ornamental 

 trees, that embellish and beautify the landscape, or the col- 

 lections of tender exotics, that grace the greenhouse and con- 

 servatory, he finds all these, — even under the severer frosts 

 of longer winters, — carried out with a degree of energy, per- 

 severance and skill, unequalled in any other part of America. 

 In most other places, gardening, is yet in its infancy ; in 

 some, still in its cradle ; and in others, it has hardly sprung 

 into existence. Here, however, it has come to maturity, 

 and has attained a goodly age. 



It is a very general impression among English gardeners, 

 (and I must plead guilty to having inherited some of the 

 same feeling,) that there are no places in this country that 

 will bear comparison with the fine gardens in England. 

 'Tis true ; there is neither the extent, nor the magnificent 

 structures, of a Chatsworth, of a Dalkeith, of a Sion House, 

 and some others ; but with the exception of some of these 

 very extensive places, there are few others, among the noble 

 and titled establishments of old England, to which the splen- 



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