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Title: The Florist and horticultural journal
Year: 1853 (1850s)
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Subjects: Horticulture Botany
Publisher: Philadelphia, Pa. : (s.n.)
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ing of the fort. That our English cousinsshould consider a tree of nine feet girth, worthy of a newspaper paragraph,shows at least that they have not been to America, and reminds us of theEnglishman, who was relating with great gusto to his American visitor thenatural wonders of their Island, and among other things, as a fact, whetherhe believed it or not, that their great river, the Thames, was really one-hundred and fifty miles long. He had never heard of that small stream, theMississippi, over two thousand miles in length.—Farm Journal. In page one-hundred and seventeen of last years volume, the dimensionsof the Bartram cypress is given as one-hundred and thirty-seven feet highand twenty feet in circumference. Subscribers are particularly requested to send in their subscriptions asearly as possible. And we again, ask the many who still owe their lastyears subscription to forward the same by mail. We cannot pay a collectorto travel in every direction in pursuit of such small sums.
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• Begonia.freslcmiensij THE FLORIST AND HORTICULTURAL JOURNAL BEGONIA PRESTONIENSIS. The beautiful plant which we figure this month is the first hybridwhich has been raised in the now very popular genus Begonia. Itwas obtained by Mr. T. Frost, gardener to Mr. Betts, at PrestonHall, in the county of Kent, in England, from seeds of B. cinnaharin^fertilized by B. nitida. It has the foliage and flowers of the first,with the shrubby habit and disposition to flower abundantly of thelatter. It has not yet flowered in this country, but has lately beenintroduced to this city. For the Florist and Horticultural Journal. THE GENUS DIANTHUS AND THE CULTURE OF THE PINK. The genus Dianthus, as its name imports, is truly divine, and numbersamongst its numerous species a collection of the greatest gems •of Flora,many of them being not only lovely to view but possessing the desirableaccompaniment of the most delicious perfume ; indeed, so exquisite is thislatter quality in some kinds that we may se

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