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1^5 the gates of old Lee's nursery ground. Two Fuchsias, young, grace- AJ 

 ful, and bursting into healthy flower, were constantly seen on the same ^ 



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spot in his repository. He neglected not to gladden the faithful sail- 

 or's wife by the promised gift ; but ere the flower season closed, 300 

 golden guineas chinked in his purse, the produce of the single shrub 

 of the widow of Wapping ; the reward of the taste, decision, skill, and 

 perseverance of old Mr. Lee. — Shepherd. 



(ifjr /lariat nnit IWtatittitai Journal 



Philadelphia, January, 1853. 



The facility with which experienced gardeners can be procured b}' 

 those interested in horticulture and possessing the means of gratifying 

 their taste for the beautiful in nature, has much to do with the pro- 

 gress of the art. A gentleman may have good taste, correct ideas of 

 what he would desire in the horticultural department of his establish- 

 ment ; he may possess much accurate botanical knowledge with a just 

 conception of what constitutes a landscape, but the details he does not 

 feel disposed to attend to ; other matters demand his attention, and he 

 desires to delegate a portion of this business to another, whose sphere 

 it is to be informed on all the practical concerns necessary to carry 

 out the object in view — the formation of a garden and its accompani- 

 ments. This is the duty of the gardener ; but how various are the 

 qualifications, how different the degress of competency, how diverse 

 the sort of information possessed by the different individuals who de- 

 signate themselves by the appellation of gardener ! The branches into 

 which their duty divides itself are no less various in their character, 

 nor less numerous. They comprise operations quite dissimilar ; in- 

 clude the most delicate as well as the most rude extremes in manual 

 labor — from the inserting of a minute bud, which is the rudiment of a 

 future tree, to the uprooting of the giant of the forest when it presents 

 an impediment to the carrying out of a favorite design — from the hy- 

 bridisation of a flower, to the removal of a hill which happens to have 

 been pitched by nature in an awkward position for the perfection of 

 the landscape according to a peculiar plan. Vicissitudes of tempera- 

 ture have to be endured, varying from 32°, which is at least the high- 

 est temperature of the ice house in summer, to 100° or upwards, the 

 temperature to which the vinery often reaches at that season. The 

 enthusiastic gardener forgets all these difficulties when truly interested 

 in hi3 profession, and values the safety of his tender plants and the 

 \ success of his crops, above all personal considerations. Inured to these 

 CV changes of climate and accustomed to manual labor, he exposes him- Jp 

 '•w self to the severity of the seasons and adapts himself to the require- G\ 



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