A RURAL WALK IN THE CITY. 
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soon came to one of the oldest and most favored 
establishments in New York ; for well do we recol¬ 
lect, when residing on Bowery Hill years • gone by, 
of often wandering here, and over the picturesque 
grouncfs in the neighborhood. It was-then a charm¬ 
ing-country spot all around, and many are the hap- 
pydiours we have spent with those whom we shall 
never see again in this world, gathering wild flow¬ 
ers in the meadows, and beautiful cultivated ones 
m Mr. Hogg’s garden. Now the populous''town 
has advanced almost over the whole of this space, 
and the neighborhood is completely disfigured by 
newly-opened streets, the digging down of charm¬ 
ingly rounded hills, and the Ailing up of wild ra¬ 
vines, hringing evOrything to a general .level for the 
purpose of building. We like to ;see our country 
increasing in population and wealth, but it makes 
one melancholy to wander over the favorite scenes 
of boyhood, and witness the horrible cutting up 
and devastation, that such “ improvements” make 
among them. Yet they put money in somebody’s 
purse, and this is the all-engrossing thing, now-a- 
days, so v we suppose we must not complain. 
The corporation has so plundered Mr. Hogg’s 
grounds in the way of streets, that he has barely 
bne and a half acres of land left for his garden. 
His ranges of glass, however, are extensive, full 
350 feet in length, and abound with a large collec¬ 
tion of shrubbery, flowers, and herbaceous plants; 
comprising all the well-known old sorts, together 
with anything new and fine that may be introduced 
into the country. This article is already extended 
to so great a length, that we can not particularize, 
and merely mention the appearance and size of a 
Franciscea undulata, standing four feet high, and 
in full bloom. In addition to these grounds, Mr. 
Hogg has ten and a half acres at YGrkville, a few 
miles from the city, full of all sorts of shrubs, and 
fruit and forest trees. Qf the fruit-trees, Mr. H. 
has planted out quite a number, on purpose to test 
the various specimens which he cultivates. 
Seed-Store and Conservatory of Mr. Bridge- 
man, on Broadway near 18th Street.— After 
Mr. Thorburn’s and Mr. Smith’s, this is the oldest 
establishment in the city; and it may be sufficient 
for us to say, that it abounds with a fine variety-of 
all such things as may he wanted in this line. 
Roses and geraniums arc the chief ornaments of 
the conservatory, of which there are two hundred 
varieties of the former, and sixty of the latter. 
We saw a fine Chorozema, a rare plant from Cen¬ 
tral America, and could not hut admire the bright 
blending of the orange and red in its charming 
flowers. 
Mr. Bridgeman is quite an author, having pub¬ 
lished several Works on Horticulture, and the man¬ 
agement of green-house plants, which he was so 
kind as. to present to us. These volumes are emi¬ 
nently practical and worthy of public confidence, 
and we respectfully recommend them to the atten¬ 
tion of our readers. 
Green-House and Garden of Mr. Monk, 4tii 
Avenue and 30th Street.-— We neglected at the 
proper place, to speak qf Mr. Monk’s flower-gar¬ 
den and conservatory, which we found just this 
side of Mr. Reid’s nursery. These he has recently 
somewhat enlarged by the addition of two lots, 
and 50 feet more of glass; making his surface now 
under cultivation about one acre, and the whole 
range of green-houses at least 400 feet. He has 
about 4000 camellias, and a large supply of gera¬ 
niums, heliotropes, verbenums, and roses. Many 
of these last were in full bloom when we visited 
the establishment, and made a fine display, espe¬ 
cially the beautiful, rich red Agrippina or cramoisie 
superieure. We also much admired the yellow 
tea rose, though we do not know why it should be 
called yellow, for it much more resembles a light 
cream color. These shrubs are of large size, and 
were full of buds and flowers, and we took good 
care to appropriate to ourselves a fine bouquet of 
them and the Agrippina. 
Mr. Monk has recently made the experiment of 
grafting numerous varieties of the tender foreign 
grapes upon Isabella stocks, and is cultivating them 
by the inarching system. The reason for grafting 
these foreign sorts upon the Isabella is, that the 
latter is a hardier stock, and flourishes better than 
the former on a wet or poor soil. The greeil-houses 
here are built with span roofs; that is, with glass 
on both sides, and are preferred for the same reason 
as stated by Mr. Ball, and they save much in bot¬ 
tom heat. 
In the garden we noticed the native rhododen¬ 
drons, flourishing finely in the open air. They are 
planted on the north side of a high fence, and have 
a line of houses beyond to break off the wind; and 
thus protected from the hot sun of summer, and 
the cold blasts of winter, they grow well, and 
flower abundantly. It is a magnificent shrub, and 
we wish more attention was given to it, not only 
in the native, but in the improved hybrid varieties. 
One ornament of the garden we found here that 
we have no recollection of before seeing. It is a 
succession of boxes with soil in them, placed one 
on top of the other, gradually lessening in size, and 
thus forming a sort of pyramid. From these may 
be seen ptunias and verbenums completely envel- 
