or railroads, p;ot a look into the purse of the late Emperor of Russia, and he ever 

 pinco has looked upon gold instead of iron ; tliis is reflected in various improve- 

 ments on this town square, and we see, as we pass round, not only a very fine 

 mansion, in excellent taste, and surrounded by graperies and hot-houses, but vases, 

 statues, deer in castings, &c., but an actual stream of water and a jiond, with 

 foreign and domestic swans Ijcsporting themselves in ruther narrow (piarters, but 

 very ]iretty ; and among them a black one. In otlicr places are aviaries, very 

 judiciously constructed, and, we must say, with handsome and healtliy looking 

 occupants; the maccaw and the golden pheasants as gilded as ever. 



Now take a view of the walks, where six men find constant employment, chat 

 with George McKimmie, the intelligent gardener, get into the shadow of the 

 Deodars, the Weeping Cyjiress, shake hands with Araucaria excelsa and IJra- 

 ziliensis, and a thousand things well known to fame, refresh under the fountain, 

 and repeat with the poet, while you wonder that an expense which would oucc 

 liave bought the whole State of Illinois, should be here smoked by a town : — 



" A breath of unadulterato air, 

 Tlie glimpse of a green pasture, liow they cheer 

 The citizen, and brace his Languid frame ! 

 E'en in the stilling bosoui of the town, 

 A garden, in which nothing thrives, has cliarms 

 Tliat soothe the rich possessor, much consoled 

 That here and there some sprigs of mournful mint, 

 Of nightshade or valerian, grace the wall 

 He cultivates. These serve him with a liint 

 That nature lives ; that sight-refreshing green 

 Is still the livery she delights to wear." 



Baltimore would be but half-explored, if Clifton Park, the residence of Johns 

 Hopkins, Esq. (quite near the city), was left unnoticed. The announcement that 

 the horticultural party would be there on the morrow, brought us tickets, and an 

 invitation to look about, but we were unfortunate in not having an introduction 

 to the wealthy proprietor engaged in town affairs during the day. 



A native forest of remarkably beautiful trees, is the nucleus which first attracts 

 attention as you enter this very fine domain. We prefer the results of planting, 

 and the interspersion of fine old evergreens which this gives, but as our mer- 

 chants rise, get rich, and perish, they must, for present enjoyment, get a wood 

 ready planted ; and the American Indians knew nothing of Weeping Cypresses, 

 Deodars, or anything that would not color a feather, or point — not a paragraph — 

 but an arrow ; so Mr. Hopkins has taken what they left him, improved what he 

 found, planted young foreigners of merit, many of them too near his roads ; and 

 he has been uncommonly successful with his lakes — a feature of artificial improve- 

 ment most rare among us, and when in fine keeping, a most valuable acquisition. 

 Boats, and bridges, and swans, seem here most naturally at home, and we must 

 repeat our strong admiration both of this scenery and of the superb as well as 

 very extensive flower garden — the whole under the intelligent supervision of Wil- 

 liam Fowler, but lately so successful as the gardener to John Tucker, in our own 

 neighborhood. 



There are but few more elaborate places among us than Clifton Park. Were 

 we inclined to be personal, we should record the striking anomaly of it, and say, 

 with regret, that Mr. Hopkins is a bachelor ; but we forbear. That fact, once 

 stated, our readers need not learn that it is an often mooted and mysterious ques- 

 tion with the good people of the — shall we use so well known a phrase? — "the 

 Monumental City," whether the owner will not do as Girard did : make the whole 



