Horticultural Register. 533 



smooth, even, firm gravel ; and neat and delicate edgings to 

 walks, beds, and borders. Forced flowers are a very allowable 

 luxury in a country having long winters, and so are forced 

 fruits J but we think that it argues a want of judgment to go a 

 roundabout way to attain either of them. 



" In a large conservatory, a double white camellia, upwards of 8 ft. high, 

 was coming into flower ; and Acacia lophantha, 1 ft. high, was in full bloom. 

 In the centre is the largest plant of Panddniis spiralis in the country." An 

 astonishing number of other plants are enumerated : among these is E\i- 

 phorbza Poinsett^, so named in honour of Mr. Poinsett, late minister of 

 Mexico, who is said to have introduced it into the country, Mr. Haggerston 

 and Messrs. Hovey, however, consider it to be the JSuphorbia splendens of our 

 Hort. Brit. The conservatory is heated by " hot-water pipes laid under the 

 walks, the heat ascending through the open iron grates between the marble." 

 We are much gratified to find it stated that " Mr. Haggerston preserves the 

 utmost order and neatness in the stoves and conservatory." 



Oakley Place ; William Pratt, Esq., Jan.. 13. Mr. M'Lellan, gardener. — " A 

 suburban residence adjoining Belmont Place, the proprietor of which resides 

 in the city during winter. A number of good plants were shown to the con- 

 ductors, including very large plants of Azalea indicaphoenlcea, iZhododendron 

 arboreum hybridum, camellias, cactuses, &c. The green-house is heated with 

 two brick fl-ues. " Everything denoted cleanliness and attention." (p. 71.) • 



Roxbury ; J. Lemist, Esq. Jan. 15. Gardener, Mr. Willott. — There are 

 large specimens of camellias, rhododendrons, acacias, i^icus elastica, Stre- 

 \itzia reginse, Cycas revoluta, &c.. Several ericas were beautifully in flower ; 

 and Z)aphne odora was filling the house with its fragrance. A pit nearly 

 80 ft. long was filled with lettuces and radishes ; " some of the heads of lettuce 

 being as large and solid as a cabbage." This we call legitimate forcing. There 

 must be real comfort and enjoyment in having such productions in mid-winter 

 at Boston. The lettuces were planted in the pit on October 13., and not a 

 plant had been lost from dampness. 



Hawthorn Grove, Dorchester ; M..P. Wilder, Esq. Jan., 15. — Mr. Wilder 

 is an amateur, possesses a good collection of camellias, and a number of otheir 

 green-house and hot-house plants. 



Somerset Place ; R.Roger son, Esq. Jan. 17. — Here there is a green-house, 

 and also pits heated by hot water, and forced articles and flowers, looking 

 strong and healthy. 



In the garden of the conductors at Cambridgeport, "/Vis chinensis is coming 

 into flower, with a stem H in. or 15 in. high, the terminating spike containing 

 seven or eight buds. Camellia japonica speciosa is in flower for the fii'st time 

 in the neighbourhood of Boston, as well as many other plants, and especially 

 annuals, which have been sown late in the open ground,, and, being trans- 

 planted into pots, keep flowering in the green-house throughout the winter," 

 (^Amer. Gard^ Mag., p. 75.) 



From these extracts, it appears that gardening, as an art of 

 culture, is making very considerable advances in the neighbour- 

 hood of Boston. Let us hope that it will increase rapidly ; and, 

 while it affords much enjoyment to the proprietors, that it may 

 also afford some openings for the superfluous gardening skill 

 which exists in Britain in unemployed head gardeners. 



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