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NoTEwoHTiTY Items. — About tlic last (lays of Xoveml)or we iiiiule a hasty visit to New 

 York and called by the Avay on a few friends. Having no time to make fidl notes of many 

 fine objects we saw, Ave merely noted a fcAV of the more striking ones. 



Looking through the green-houses of Mr. Louis Mexand, situated half Avay between 

 AJbany and Troy, we were gratified to see many superbly grown plants. An Acacia 

 2)ulesce7i8^ Avith a clean stem five or six feet high, and a fine, Avell balanced globular head, 

 formmg a miniature tree of rare beauty, Avas just bursting into bloom. As a conserv- 

 atory tree, Ave thiidi this has no equal. Laurustimts^ Pohjgalns^ and various other hard 

 wooded plants, Ave saAV in tlie same AveU gro^vn condition. It is some satisfaction to see 

 such plants, and men who patiently groAv them deserve encouragement. Half a dozen are 

 better than a Avhole houseful of ill-shaped, half-starved specimens. Mr. M. is an excellent 

 plant groAver. 



Kuulerlioolc. — AYho has not heard of Kinderhook ? Leaving the Hudson River Railroad 

 at Stuyvesant, avo took a stage ride to Kinderhook, over one of the worst roads we have 

 encountered in many a day. It is only four mUes, and we Avonder very much that the 

 good people of that pretty village, well-to-do as they are, do not construct a plank road, or 

 some road that will ensure the safe transit of its people. Kinderhook is indeed a pretty 

 village, and its streets ai'e weU planted Avith beautiful elms and maples. The monument 

 that stands in the toAvn square, safely fenced in, is a stately young elm. A fine taste this 

 indicates, and therefore Ave note it. From Stuyvesant to Kinderhook the road lies over an 

 elevated table land, from which there are some fine vieAvs of scenery. One side the Catskill 

 mountains loom up boldly against the sky ; on the other, lies a broad, finely Avooded, and 

 richly settled valley, from the bosom of Avhich LindetiicaM, that all the Avorld has heard of, 

 looks pleasantly out. The nursery of Mr. IIkxey Sxtdee is near the Anllage. lie has a 

 good stock of trees and plants, and is doing a successful busiuass. If the orchards and gar- 

 dens of that region are not Avhat they ought to be, the fault is not his. 



Woclcnethe^ the residence of IIextiy "W. SARGE^T, Esq., near the village of FishkUl. We 

 need not tell the readers of the Horticulturist that Woden ethe is one of those fine country 

 residences that adorn the banks of the Hudson, and of Avhich we are accustomed to speak 

 as our greatest aohievments in landscape gardening. The ground is a finely elevated table 

 land, overlooking the Hudson on one side, and commanding a fine view, on the other, of a 

 broad, deep valley, and high, richly Avooded hills. It Avas a dull, misty day, the tops of the 

 hUls capped with thick clouds, yet the scenery all around Avas both grand and beautiful. 

 Mr. Sajjgext's labors have been more improvement X\\m\ formation. His grounds have been 

 covered Avith a native groAvth of trees, and it is by thining and clearing jutUeiously, and by 

 introducing others, that he has made liis grounds what they are. We know of no place in this 

 coimtry A\'hc're such a variety, and so many noAv and rare trees and shrults are to be seen (s. 

 as here. In Conifers it is especially rich, and among them are some of the oldest and 



