THE GARDENS OF AMERICA. — No. I. 



ELLERSLIE PARK. THE SEAT OF WILLIAM KELLY, ESC^, 

 RHIXEBECK, ON THE HUDSON. 



By David Foulis, New York. 



Since the day when Hendrick Hudson, bewilderingly drifted away 

 up the noble river that now bears his name, in his goodly vessel the 

 " Half Moon," science has made many and rapid strides in various 

 directions ; but in no direction has more progress been made since 

 that time than in the science of Horticulture, as the banks of this 

 same Hudson River abundantly testify for some hundred and fifty miles 

 above its exit to the ocean, for there may be found some of the finest 

 horticultural establishments in the country, liberally supported by the 

 proprietors, and ably managed by their gardeners. 



Having paid a visit the other dav to one of these, the seat of William 

 Kelly, Esq., near Rhinebeck, I would endeavor, however inadequately, 

 to lay before the readers of the Journal some of the chief objects of 

 interest to be seen there, as manv of them may not have had an oppor- 

 tunity of personally inspecting the place for themselves, and also to let 

 the Boston folks know there are gardens elsewhere than in ]Massachu- 



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