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FOREIGN NOTICES. 



intelligent frrenicn, the g:r«a' business of whose 

 lives is the practice of aKriciilture. 



" In addition to continuing- and making more 

 general ami comprehensive the encouragement for 

 other objecis heretofore consitlereil, it is the duly 

 of eafh of the larger slates of the Union, liberally 

 to enitow ;ind organize an Agricultural College, 

 and insure its successful operation within its juris- 

 diction. Connecteil with them, shoukl be exanj|>lc 

 and experimental farms, where the suggestions of 

 science should be amply tested, and carried out be- 

 fore submitting them to the public. The most 

 competent men at home anil abroad should be in- 

 vited to fill its professional chairs, and if money 

 would tempt a Licbig, a fioussingault, a Johnston, 

 or a Playfair. to leave the investigations of Euro- 

 pean soils and proilucts, and devote all their mind 

 and energies to the ilevelopment of American hus- 

 bandry, it should be freely given. 



" These institutions shoukl be schools for the 

 teachers equally with the taught, and their liberal- 

 ly a|>pointed laboratories and collections should 

 contain every available means for the discovery of 

 what is yet hiilden, as well as for the further develop- 

 ment of what is already partially known. Minor in- 



stitutions should ofcoursc be established at diircrctil 

 and remote poitjis, to scatter the elements of agri- 

 cultural knowleilge broadcast throughout the land, 

 and bring them within the reach of Ihc poorest 

 citizens :ind the humblest capacities. 



" 15y sucli a liberal and enlightened course, we 

 should not only incalculably augment Ihe produc- 

 tive agricultural energies of our own country, but 

 we shouhl also in jiart repay to the world at larg'e 

 the obligations under which we now rest for hav- 

 ing appropriated numerous and important discove- 

 ries and improvements from abroad. If we have 

 the ability, which none can iloubt, we should make 

 it a point of honor to return in kind the liberal ad- 

 vances we have thus received. 



"It is to the rising generation these suggestions 

 are made; the risen are not yet prepareil for their 

 acceptance. The latter have been eilucated and 

 become habituated to different anil more partial in- 

 fluences. Hy their industry, intelligence, and ener- 

 gy, displayed in numberless ways, and especially 

 by their protection of American labor, they have 

 accomplished nnich for their own and their coun- 

 try's welfare — they are resolved to leave this glory 

 for their successors." 



FOREIGN NOTICES. 



The Dehmy Akboretcm. — The attraction to 

 Derby was the public garden planted as an Arbore- 

 tum, where it is proposed to grow a specimen of 

 every species of tree and shrub that will bear the 

 climate. It was planned by Joseph Strutt, Esq. 

 a wealthy silk manufacturer, and a member of par- 

 liament, as a gift to his townsmen. It is certainly 

 one of the noblest donations, for its beauty and 

 utility, ever made by an individual for the benefit 

 of a community in perpetuity. 



There are eleven acres, laid out in such a man- 

 ner as to give an idea of much greater extent ; the 

 walks being excavated, and the earth thus obtained 

 being carried up gradually sloping ridges well 

 planted, the adjoining path is not visible; you may 

 thus be within twenty feet of a large party with- 

 out being aware of their i)rescnce. The circuit 

 is thus much extended, compared with what it 

 would have been, had not this device been adopted ; 

 the boundaries are hidden by shrubbery, and the 

 best modern hints on landscape gardening have all 

 been adopted by Mr. Loudo.n. When the trees, 

 which are now small, have had time to grow, the 

 Derby Arboretum will contain such a variety as to 

 be one of the most attractive spots to the botanist 

 in Euro|)e. They are never to be allowed to at- 

 tain great height or size, the object of the institu- 

 tion being to assemble as great a variety as possi- 

 ble, for the purpose of instruction. To this end 

 every tree and shrub is labelled with itsappropri- 

 ate botanical and common name, in the following 

 manner: 



A cast-iron rod, with a square top indented so 

 as to receive a glass covering, is inserted in the 

 groimd at the foot of each Dlant; the names are 



i conspicuously painted, and the glass glazed in 

 thus those who run may read. The benevolen* 

 founder, whose bequest amounted to fifty thousand 

 dollars, land, buildings, and improvements includ- 

 ed, intended it as a place of recreation for all 

 classes, including the working population, who 

 are admitted gratuitously five days in the week in- 

 cluding Sunilay after Church service; on the other 

 two days, the fee of admission is sixpence, for the 

 purpose of keeping the place in order, for repairs, 

 etc. The beautiful lodges at two entrances are so 

 arranged that comfortable rooms for visitors are 

 attached, where pic-nic parties may bring their 

 eatables, and obtain the use of plates, knives and 

 forks, for the smallest fee; tea, coffee, and cakes 

 are sold at prices barely covering the cost. 



" So far the whole atiuir has worked well for the 

 pleasure and improvement of the middle and poorer 

 classes, who enjo}' the recreation afforded, and 

 have proved themselves worthy of the trust re- 

 posed in them; many have taken to the study of 

 Arboriculture; books for reference, such as those 

 ') invaluable ones of Loudox's, are kept for the use 

 of visitors without any charge or fee whatever. 



INIr. S'l RUTT's arrangements contemplated a little 

 further recreation on week days; handsome tents 

 are provided for such visitors as desire to have a 

 rural file champotre; to these, under proper regu- 

 lations of the trustees, who are perpetually a com- 

 mittee of the town councils, a party may resort 

 to dance, bringing a band, or to enjoy music. — 

 Smith's Jaunt across the water. 



Economical Value of the Grasses. — For eco. 

 nomical purposes, grasses are often of much im. 



