Excerpt from The Magazine of Horticulture, Botany, and All Useful Discoveries and Improvements in Rural Affairs, 1855, Vol. 21
In giving a brief summary of the progress of Horticulture in the United States, from year to year, we do not expect to bring forward a great deal that is new. There is, indeed, very little yearly added to our stock of knowledge which may be considered new; and if we confined ourselves to this, we should not have much to say. Our object is rather to bring together, in one view, the general progress of Horticultural science and Rural art, during the year; to show what have been the subjects that have attracted the attention of the horticultural world; to recapitulate some of the more important results which have been accomplished; and to suggest to cultivators such things as to us appear deserving of their especial attention. Viewed in this light, we believe our annual summaries will be found as interesting as anything we could offer to our readers.
The year 1854 will long be remembered for the severity of the winter and the drought of the summer; both unusual even in our variable seasons, and only of rare occurrence to an equal extent. The disastrous effects of the cold were not perceived till late in the season, when in some parts of the country, particularly in Western N. Y., pears on the quince died in considerable numbers. In Massachusetts, however we have not heard of any such ill effects from the cold; but in Maine much damage was experienced, which it will take a long time to make good. The drought was so severe that many trees were excessively injured, and some quite destroyed; even large pines, on some of our light, sandy soils, were literally dried up, root and branch.
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