EDITOR'S TABLE. 



very deep, narrow cavity. In outline and color it is much like Napoleon, but more broad and 

 flattened at the apex ; flesh very yellow and very firm, even more so than Napoleon. It will 

 ripen a week later than Bigarreari, which it somewhat resembles in the growth of the trees. 



American Amber, American Heart, Black Eagle, Napoleon, Belle de Choisey, and Burr's Seed- 

 ling, have borne small crops this season, and promise well. 



July Zth — Elkhorn, or Tradescant's Black has for two seasons produced a few specimens, but 

 not enough to judge of its merits with certainly. 



Sweet Montmorency, Plumstone Morello, and Large English Morello are just beginning to color, 

 and will last some time after the common Morellos of this region are gone. 



Iferville de Septembre is now bearing its second crop, yet small and green. It ripened last year 

 the last of August and first of September. 



Currants are now just ripe. I received bushes last year from two soiu'ces as i?e(7 and WJdte 

 Butch, and I had previously what I called Common Red and White. They have this year borne 

 side by side, and I am unable to discover the slightest difference, either in wood, foliage, or fruit, 

 between the Dutch and the Common. In fact, from all I can gather, I feel assured that in this 

 part of the country, and also in Western Xew York, whence my "Common" stock was derived, 

 the only difference between them arises from difference of treatment. The Red, in both cases, is 

 a more vigorous grower than the White, and more acid. 



May's Victoria, received from Mr. Dougall last year, is now just beginning to color. It bore 

 last season — is quite large, and ripens very late. It is not quite as high flavored as the Dutch. 



Black English is later still, and on account of its musky flavor is not attacked by birds, and as 

 it looses its musk by cooking, it is valuable for tarts, jellies, &.c. 



Antwerp Raspberries, Red a.nA White, are now just beginning to rij^en, and Fastolf &xidL Fran- 

 conia are coloring, and will soon be on hand. — T. T. Lyox, i7i Farmer's Companion and Horticul- 

 tural Gazette. 



NotufS of Boosts, ^Bamp^Uls, ^t. 



Lant)Scape Gaedentn-g : or Parks ant) Pleasure Grounds. With Practical Notes on Country Eesidences, Villas, 

 Public Parks, and Gardens. By Charles II. Smith, Landscape Gardener, Garden Architect, etc. : with Notes and 

 Additions by Lewis F. Allejj, author of " Eural Architecture, &c. New York : C. M. Saxtox. 



The appearance of such a book as this in American dress is proof that Landscape Gar- 

 dening is beginning to attract attention among us. Nearly all our books on Landscape 

 Gardening are English works, and our ideas on the subject are mostly of English origin ; and 

 yet there is very little opportunity for the exercise of the art in this country, to the extent 

 to which it is usually carried in England. English Landscape Gardening needs modifying 

 to adapt it to the wants of a comparatively new country, and the habits of the American 

 people. Americans who have never visted Europe know but little of the character or 

 extent of English parks, either public or private. The park which the English Landscape 

 Gardener describes, or to which he applies his art, is one of hundreds of acres, perhaps 

 extending miles in every direction, in which hundreds of deer are kept, as weU as flocks of 

 sheep and herds of cattle. To prevent the too near approach of these to the house, per- 

 haps a wire or sunken fence, encloses thirty or forty acres immediately around it, and this 

 — "the dress ground" — is in beautiful condition — the grass kept soft and smooth as velvet 

 by constant mowing, sweeping, and rolling. The buildings are in keeping with the extent 

 of the grounds, large and massive, (an American would be apt to think gloomy,) bearing 

 striking evidence of its age and importance. It is the " seat" of LordRATXLEBRAiN, and has 

 been the " seat" of the Eattlebrain family for centuries, and bids fair to be for centuries 

 to come : for the younger Lord Rattlebeain commences life just where his father left off. 



