This section is from "The Horticulturist, And Journal Of Rural Art And Rural Taste", by P. Barry, A. J. Downing, J. Jay Smith, Peter B. Mead, F. W. Woodward, Henry T. Williams. Also available from Amazon: Horticulturist and Journal of Rural Art and Rural Taste.
A correspondent who lores the ornamental, and succeeds in all he undertakes, writes thus: "The most successful thing I had, this year, was a large circular bed, fifteen feet in diameter, which we called our jungle, filled with Canna major, Arams, Bananas, from the conservatory, the three Dracenas (ferrogiana, terminalis, and the large-leaved one), Mosa Cavendishii, and the different Aloes and Yuccas, all planted closely in the ground, a little raised in the middle; they looked, I assure you, perfectly tropical. We only wanted a Palm-tree in the centre, to have imagined ourselves with you in Cuba. You have made us almost crazy by your botanical descriptions of that island; as soon as everything gets settled at home, we shall sail for that "fairy isle," and take the Horticulturist for the last six months for our guide-book. We have got a little tired of Black Hamburghs and Muscats, and want to eat oranges off of the trees, and see a twenty-acre lot of Pine-apples, an Aloe hedge, and a real sugar mill." [Glad to hear it.
Go if you can, and are in want of a new sensation. - ED].
 
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