360 Foreign Notices : — North America. 



much vaunted in that country under the name of crab-grass ; but, from the 

 dried specimens presented at the same time, it is conjectured to be no 

 other than Digitaria filiformis. — G. R. March, 1832. 



NORTH AMERICA. 



New York, Jan. 10. 1832. — It may give you some idea of the rarity 

 of camellias, and the abundance of pine-apples, in this city, to inform you 

 that the latter are now selling at 3d. and 4d. each, and the former at a 

 dollar for an expanding bud. Almost the only nurserymen who have 

 these flowers to cut for sale are the Messrs. Thorburns ; and so great is 

 the demand, that they have always a list of persons desirous of purchasing 

 flowers, who are supplied, in the order in which their names stand on the 

 list, as the buds successively expand. The flowers are worn by young 

 ladies in their hair at parties. — B. P. 



Extract from a Letter lately received from North America. — [The follow- 

 ing extract is from the letter of a journeyman gardener, whose employer 

 in the United States is a respectable nurseryman. We give it chiefly with 

 a view of showing the extreme industry of the young man, and the kind- 

 ness of his employer.] I arrived safe here on the 22cl of September, hav- 

 ing been a month and twenty-two days crossing the Atlantic, that is, 

 from land to land. I have been very well received here, and have been 

 well treated ever since. I live in the house, and sit at my employer's own 

 table ; 1 have access to a very good library ; and, upon the whole, I anti- 

 cipate a very good situation. .... . . 



I study a part of every night at my English and French grammars ; and 



Mrs. has promised to teach me to draw and colour fruits. I take 



a lesson on the German flute every night from the junior Mr. ; and 



as I have already learned gymnastics, such as swimming, boxing, riding, and 

 fencing, I entertain a strong hope of attaining all that you recommend in 



your Encyclopedia to be learned by gardeners. Mr. has got your 



three Encyclopaedias. . . . The weather, ever since I came, has 

 been delightful. These two months past we have had but three wet days, 

 and these two or three last mornings a little hoar-frost : the thermometer 

 ranged from 50° to 75° of Fahrenheit, out of doors, in the shade. 1 will 

 not pretend to describe the richness of the scenery around this city, be- 

 cause I know you have fancied it all before this time ; I shall only say 

 that I am delighted wherever I turn. The taste for plants and gardening 



is spreading very rapidly in this country. Mr. told me that he now 



sends more nursery stuif west of the Alleghany Mountains, than he for- 

 merly sold altogether. The market increases annually. Mr. Alexander 

 Gordon lately called here, on his way to Florida and South Carolina : he 

 looked in good health and spirits. He admired the apple trees in the 

 nursery, and declared there were not any like them in North America. 



A horticultural society exists in this city, I may say in embryo ; but 

 the members appear to be quite enthusiastic, and of course it will succeed. 

 A new member will be admitted without paying the regular subscription, 

 if he has written any thing for the advancement of gardening knowledge. 

 I have been proposed, and balloted in already. — IV. Nov. 25, 1831. 



A Book on America has lately been produced by Mrs. Trollope. It is 

 of the same character as Captain Hall's : but, as it relates chiefly to man- 

 ners, we think it is calculated to do much more good than the former. 

 Both writers will be found cleverly dissected in Taifs Magazine for May, 

 1832, and an admirable criticism on Mrs. Trollope will be found in an article 

 entitled Asmodeus, &c, in the New Monthly Magazine for the same month. 

 The Americans, in the case of Mrs. Trollope, will do as the Scotch did in 

 the case of Dr. Johnson, after the publication of the doctor's tour in 

 Scotland. They will profit from the remarks of their enemies. " They have 



