Scenery, &¢. of some parts of France. 167 
of the rulers of mankind. The consequences of the new 
system to mankind will be so beneficial to the world, that it 
is at least an a fair and impartial trial. 
ichaux’s North American Sylva. —Finding that 
Michaux intended to sell his whole edition of the American 
Sylva with coloured plates, and thinking it a useful book, that 
we ought to have in the United States, I bought the whole 
edition with the 156 Copper-plates, which 1 shal —. with 
me, and shall send a copy to the American Geological Soci- 
ety and give others to some of ihe Agricultural Soccties, all of 
_ whom ought to have such a description of our forest trees, be- 
fore they yield, and are eradicated by cultivation and civiliza- 
tion; for the greatest part of them will never be replanted, but 
be extirpated with the forests that at present support them. 
4. Thorn Fence.—-I think 1 have found a tree that has all 
the good properties of a hedge tree: viz..quick growth, from 
6 to 10 feet ina year, and nea spines, or prickles, rll ma a 
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much, as wood grows more scarce. 
Notice of the Scenery, &c. of some parts of France : extracted 
rom a letter written to the Editor by an American gentle- 
man, and dated Lyons, May, 14, 1825. 
For the last two months I have been travelling in this 
country ; and as most of my route was not in the part = 
visited by ourcountrymen, it may grati ify you to learn som 
particulars of my journey. "I left Paris on fey 15th of March, 
incontpany with Mr. P. We travelled slowly, on account 
of the bad state of his health, and were compelled by unsea- 
sonable cold weather, to rest ‘several daysat Orleans. There 
we little there to gratify curiosity, except the cathedral, 
| have heard it called the finest in France, but it seemed 
to me inferior to that of Rouen, and I presume you have seen 
much grander churches in 1 Englan The country between 
Orleans and Tours, was very fine when we passed it, though 
the season was too early to exhibit all its beauties. From 
