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no doubt soon be in the centre of a nourishing and pleasant district. £» 

 The famous Neck where market gardeners congregate, and draw from x 

 every foot of soil, quantities of " Truck," which cheers the heart of 

 the housekeeper in late winter and early spring, is a locality well 

 known. Horticultural spirit seems to be extending itself into this 

 hitherto unpromising neighborhood. JR. Scott has succeeded in col- 

 lecting into his greenhouses a rare and choice assortment of ornamental 

 plants; his selection of Roses is choice, his Pelargoniums well culti- 

 vated, his flowers for bouquets of the best description. His plants of 

 Camellia are healthy and of rare sorts, and from his skill and attention 

 to propagation, we have no doubt but that he will have collected 

 in a few years, a choice assortment of the Horticultural gems of the 

 day. 



Gerhard Schmitz now occupies the Passyunk nursery, formerly 

 of R. Buist, below the prison. This is the mart for Dahlias in all 

 varieties, for Mr. Schmitz devotes much of his attention to this class 

 of flowers; his seedlings are justly celebrated, and can compete with 

 those of any other cultivator. His seedling Star of the West, struck 

 us during the past season as worthy of note amongst the immense 

 variety of this much cultivated flower, which seem now to command 

 re-awakened interest. Proceeding further towards the Delaware we 

 find ranges of glass still increasing ; there must be Horticultural in- 

 terest somewhere to warrant the investment of so much labour and 

 capital in this precarious business. James Bisset, Jr., has taken a 

 portion of ground with greenhouses, on Fourth street below Wharton, 

 where we noticed a large stock of Roses housed, and no doubt he 

 purposes competing with his fellow labourers in the ensuing season. 

 We believe Wm. Hall, late of Andalusia, has also taken a portion of 

 ground here. The only amateur's garden we noted in this neighbor- 

 hood was that of T. Tasker, at the Pascal iron works, on Fifth St. — 

 gardener, Mr. Barron. The garden is limited, but contains a neat 

 range of conservator}', filled with choice exotics. This is at least a 

 beginning, and others will follow. 



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The fall exhibition was held in the large saloon of the new Assem- 

 bly rooms, on the 22d, 23d, and 24th of September. A superb dis- 

 play was made, worthy the attention of the numerous visitors who 

 honored the exhibition with their presence. The attraction of the 

 meeting depended in a great measure upon the collections of plants and 

 I flowers from the collections of Dr. Edmondson, Mr. J. Feast, and S. 

 A Feast & Sons. Among those of the former were many specimens of 

 fe botanical and historical interest. The Mahogany tree, Sivietenia Ma-Q\ 



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