1 20 GARDENS. 



manger and a hay-rack for each animal ; it is 

 paved with wood, and having just been white 

 washed, appears as neat and clean as any gen 

 tleman s stable. 



The only stock I saw here were a few dairy 

 cows, of no distinct breed ; but Mr Sheaff says 

 he has grazing at some distance a herd of short 

 horns which he describes as first-rate. We 

 were however so oppressed with heat, the ther 

 mometer standing at 95 in the shade, that no 

 one of the party was inclined to undertake the 

 walk to their pastures. 



Mr Sheaff has a garden and several fine or 

 chards ; in speaking of which, I may notice 

 that making out a garden in the States, occa 

 sions no expense in comparison with what a gar 

 den costs with us ; no walls or forcing houses 

 are required, as grapes, peaches, and every de 

 scription of fruit ripen here on standards in the 

 open air. The Americans however, probably 

 just from the very facility of creating them, 

 do not seem to take much interest or pleasure 

 in their gardens, and Mr Sheaff J s was the best 

 I had seen. 



