410 THE MAGAZINE OF HORTICULTURE. 



were planted in every vacant space, the latter being raised 

 from seed. 



The lower flower garden was filled with beds of fine ver- 

 benas, petunias and roses ; these beds are oval or circular, 

 and cut out of the greenest and most velvety turf we ever 

 saw, a fine evergreen being planted in each bed ; one was 

 filled with a collection of English heaths, which stood out 

 last winter without the least protection, and were now full of 

 flowers. We do not doubt but they may be made to flourish 

 well around Boston in favorable localities, for there is but lit- 

 tle diff'erence between the winter in the two places. This 

 experiment of Mr. Smith's gives us hope that they may yet 

 be numbered among our hardy plants. 



The fruit garden contains all the best pears to be found, 

 both standards and dwarfs, and we noticed the Beurre Clair- 

 geau, Boston, Howell, Manning's Elizabeth, Sheldon, &c., 

 (fcc. Though thickly crowded together, many not being 

 more than three feet apart, several of them were bearing 

 heavy crops. The grapery was in fine condition, with a 

 full crop just beginning to color. We might enumerate 

 many other plants of which Mr. Smith has fine specimens, 

 but besides the Coniferas, they are mostly familiar kinds. 



Some distance from the town Mr. Smith has several acres of 

 land to which he has removed many of his trees, as they 

 crowded each other too much, and some large specimens he 

 has disposed of to his friends, who are laying out grounds 

 and planting them with fine trees. In connection with his 

 brother-in-law he has stocked his ground with a quantity of 

 evergreens acd sucJi forest trees as do well on the Island, and 

 are in demand- 



We have never seen so many choice things in so small a 

 space, and whei\ we .consider that the whole have been plant- 

 ed only ten yeai:3, (siuoe he erected his house,) we are the 

 more surprised at their rapid growth. There is no part of it 

 but what is full of interest to every lover of plants. 



We have already exceeded the space we intended to 

 deyote to the gardens here, and must embrace another op- 

 poilimity to notice them. The beautiful grounds of Gov. 



