286 Principal Nurseries and -private Gardens 



Were not M. Noisette ray warmest friend, I would not be 

 so severe, but I am confident he will attribute my severity to 

 the real cause. 



Mr. Legare, the editor of the Southern Agriadturist, is 

 most indefatigable in his exertions, and has clone much by ex- 

 ample, and by his most useful publications, in forwarding the 

 science of horticulture in the southern states. His corre- 

 spondence with Mr. Charlwood of London will, I am con- 

 fident, be the means of introducing many new vegetables to 

 that part of America, where they are much wanted ; for I 

 have met with gentlemen in the south who never saw a cau- 

 liflower. I was most happy to find the gardens around Charles- 

 ton in a very flourishing state : many new vegetables have 

 been introduced since my last visit ; and, considering the short 

 period which has elapsed, the progress made is wonderful. 



At Savannah, State of Georgia, as before, I found the gar- 

 den of Thomas Young, Esq., to surpass all others in the 

 south. It is rich in the most choice and most expensive plants 

 that can be obtained. This most worthy gentleman spares no 

 expense in obtaining every plant which will succeed in that 

 climate ; and, in a few years, his garden will surpass even his 

 own most sanguine expectations. The genera Amaryllis, 

 Pancratium, and Crinum succeed admirably in the open air 

 here; and Mr. Young has commissioned me to bring him 

 from England as many of those delightful plants as I think 

 proper. Mr. Young's garden is as numerously frequented as 

 that of our great national Horticultural Society at Chiswick. 

 As it respects gardening, he is a host within himself; his ex- 

 ample is doing wonders; he is a purchaser of all your works, 

 and wishes anxiously to see the author. 



Mr. Oemler of Savannah is a great amateur in gardening, 

 and a most excellent botanist ; the late Mr. Elliot of Charles- 

 ton, the editor of the Botany of South Carolina and Georgia, 

 frequently mentions the kind assistance of this gentleman ; 

 and also of two other gentlemen, Lewis le Conte, Esq., and 

 his brother, Major le Conte, of the United States' army : 

 than whom there are not two more scientific gentlemen in the 

 United States of America. The assistance I received from 

 these gentlemen, in making my collection of plants, I cannot 

 give you the most distant idea of. They are most excellent 

 botanists, and naturalists in every branch of science ; and I 

 hope to prevail on Major le Conte to become a contributor 

 to your Magazine of Natural History. He is now publish- 

 ing a work in Paris on the lepidopterous insects of North 

 America, which I hope you have seen. 



The Garden of Lewis le Conte, Esq., near Riceborough, in 



