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dried is ground in a common grist mill, put up in barrels, 

 and brings about 20 cts. a pound. The grinding costs one 

 ct. a pound. Even at the present low price, it is found a 

 very profitable crop, easily cultivated, and will grow upon 

 any rich soil. 



From Trenton to New-York, I had a night ride over 

 that much traveled rail-road, as my anxiety to be at the 

 State Fair at Syracuse compelled me to push forward, 

 leaving many of the beauties of New Jersey unseen ; but 

 as a Sunday intervened, I took that only opportunity to 

 visit a most delightful spot, and met with a most hearty 

 welcome from that excellent friend of agricultural im- 

 provement, Mr. Charles Downing 1 of Newburgh. A beau- 

 tiful work upon Landscape Gardening, lately published 

 by his brother A. J. Downing, 2 has rendered the name 

 familiar to the lovers of rural scenery in this country. 

 I had not the pleasure of meeting the author, but from 

 what I saw of his excellent nursery, and tasteful man- 

 sion, I was satisfied that he was such a man of taste as 

 would confer lasting benefits to the country, if he and 

 those like him would write much more for the gratifica- 

 tion and information of their fellow citizens. From my 

 acquaintance with Mr. Chas. Downing, I am confident 

 that those who desire to order trees from his well filled 

 nursery, will be well satisfied to be assured of finding 

 him a gentleman of integrity, and that they will find the 

 trees exactly as he recommends them, which is a small 

 matter of information that may be useful to some of 

 your readers, and one that I hope the lovers of good fruit 

 may profit by. 



Charles Downing, born July 9, 1802, at Newburgh, New York; 

 died January 18, 1885. Pomologist, horticulturist, and author. 

 See Dictionary of American Biography, 5:418-19. 



2 Andrew Jackson Downing, born October 30, 1815, at Newburgh; 

 died July 28, 1852. Landscape gardener, architect, horticulturist, 

 agricultural editor and writer. Downing's Treatise on the Theory 

 and Practice of Landscape Gardening, Adapted to North America, 

 went through many editions. Op. cit., 5:417-18. 



