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gardener, Mr. Cowan, The general arrangement of the hor- 

 ticultural buildings is less systematic than at Mr. Cushing's, 

 and less imposing in their appearance, — though their extent 

 may be greater. A new poultry house, recently erected close 

 by the garden, has really a most striking effect, — the design 

 is perfectly unique, — its style of architecture is, — I don't 

 know what, assuredly neither Gothic, Doric, Elizabethan or 

 Ionic, — probably a mixture of all the four : It has a fine ap- 

 pearance, however, and looks very much like a Chinese 

 Pagoda, without its colors. In the greenhouse were some 

 good specimens of the older kinds of Erica, a very large 

 double white Camellia, and a miscellaneous assortment of 

 other greenhouse plants, in a good, healthy condition, and 

 displaying plenty of blooms. The vines in the graperies 

 looked well with fine, firm, well ripened wood, just such 

 as one would expect to produce abundant crops from. My 

 visit to this fine place was very hurried, having only a few 

 minutes to spare, and I omitted many things highly worthy 

 of notice and record, and displaying in a high degree the 

 zeal and ability of the excellent manager of these gardens, 

 Mr. Cowan. As a whole, it is a fine place, embosomed 

 among beautiful and finely arranged woods, and altogether 

 well worthy of the high reputation it has hitherto possessed. 



In concluding my remarks on the gardens around Boston, I 

 beg to say, that I have omitted many things in this sketch, 

 from its length, which I might have inserted, and many 

 more highly worthy of being recorded, which in my hurried 

 visits, I necessarily overlooked. It is evident that under 

 the fostering cai-e of the Boston amateurs, and their excellent 

 Horticultural Society, gardening holds a higher position, 

 than in any other part of the United States. Some may doubt, 

 and even dispute this statement. But I will ask, — where 

 is the place that excels it ? 



It is to be regretted that there is such a general apathy 

 and indifference with many individuals towards gardening 

 and gardeners. Too many persons are disposed to underrate 

 the labor and skill of this class of men, treating with indiffer- 

 ence their learning, intelligence and practical knowledge : and 



