90 THE PHILADELPHIA FLORIST. [July 



(^ Our Monthly Tour of Inspection. 



Dr, J. Rush, has collected into his fine conservatories, those 

 choice and rare specimens which we do not meet with on this conti- 

 nent or in any other Gardening Establishments. A visit here quite re- 

 freshes us, brings to our recollection old friends, whom we used to 

 supply with water, and heat, and admit a little air at times, when we 

 had leisure to open the sashes — plants want air, without it they be- 

 come mere abortions, descending; in the scale of organized beinsrs to 

 anomalies of vegetation. Here we have finely finished houses, con- 

 structed so finely, as to give an idea of some extensive museum or 

 Palace Conservatory; do not those dense sashes hinder the light 1 

 pard :m the liberty — we have here the Sugar Cane, Coffee-tree Ma- 

 hogany, Tea, Nutmeg, Musk-tree, [Aster argophyllus) Golden Fern, 

 (Gymnogranima chrysantha) Kennedias, Palms, large Fuchsias; Cin- 

 erarias, Camellias, Rhododendrons, Azaleas, Heaths, Gloxinias, Cac- 

 ti, Musas, Pine Apple Plants, ( Ananassa ananas). We can- 

 not pretend to enumerate a tithe of the novelties collected here, and 

 notwithstanding, the talk which the cavillers at Gotham, may in- 

 dulge in, Mrs. Dr. Rush is known as a liberal supporter of the arts 

 and sciences. We are sorry we cannot say more for the sake of her 

 quiet and obliging gardener, but our space this month is limited, so we 

 must proceed to 



Hamilton Village — where once flourished a Horticultural Society. 

 It still holds its meetings with doors closed to such annoying visitors 

 as practical gardeners; however, there are many rare plants in this 

 neighborhood, which we shall proceed to enumerate : 



J. F. Knorr, imports the novelties of France and England in 

 the way of Roses, Chrysanthemums, Verbenas, stove and green-house 

 plants, Camellias, Dahlias, Carnation, and everything in fact, new 

 and rare, Ipomce Limbiata, I. ficifolia, Passiflora diversifolia, new and 

 distinct, Medinilla Magnifica, M. speciosa nat. ord. Melastomacese, 

 beautiful hot-house plants, with fleshy dark green leaves, and large 

 spikes or thyrses of flowers terminal on the branches ; of Medinillas 

 there are three distinct species, M. erythrophylla, M. speciosa and M. 

 Magnifica, they are allied to Pleroma, Osbeckia, Rhexia, Melastoma, 

 &c, which last is the type of the order Melastomacese — we must 

 close here for the present, although we have never noticed Agnostus 

 sinuatus (Stenocarpus Cunning hamii,) a fine New Hollander, nat. ord. 

 Proteaceje or Bank's Tribe — we shall visit w T ith J. F. K's. permis- 

 sion, his vegetable garden again, to see how it goes along. — The 

 weatheris too warm to walk much, and we cannot afford to ride, so we 

 must poke about the Rus-in-Urbe establishment against our will. — 

 The Committee of Inspection of gardens will soon be about; two 

 ^members have declined acting, the president W. D. Brinckle, has/ 

 tilled up the vacancies of Capt. Marston and R. Robinson Scott. \ 



