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curvilinear grapery, sixty feet long and twenty feet wide, in 

 two divisions — one for forcing and for a collection of plants, 

 and the other for a cold house. It is a neat and ornamental 

 structure, and, although erected only two years ago, a crop of 

 very fine grapes was raised the past season. The flower gar- 

 den was gay with a profusion of asters, verbenas, phloxes, 

 and various annuals, and a fine display of dahlias. 



In the fruit garden and orchard is a superior collection of 

 apples and pears, now just coming into full bearing, some 

 trees of the Porter, Hubbardston Nonsuch, &c., being loaded 

 with frnit. The pears, too, were doing well, and many of 

 them fall of fruit. 



On the lawn and pleasure ground were numerous fine 

 specimens of Norway spruce, hemlock, arbor vitas, &c., with 

 silver maples, purple beeches, tulip trees, magnolias, &c. 

 These, though only six or eight years planted, and on a 

 rather thin soil, have made the most vigorous growth, show- 

 ing skill in planting, and subsequent good management — on 

 which, in fact, the success of every plantation depends. 

 Deacon Smith has spared no pains to improve his grounds ; 

 he is a great lover of trees, shrubs and plants, and enters 

 with zeal into all the particulars of their cultivation. With- 

 out this, we might have looked in vain for so much improve- 

 ment in so short a period. How much of a benefactor is 

 such a man ! A waste piece of land has been converted into 

 a highly cultivated garden, the town beautified, and the whole 

 neighborhood improved by his example. 



Residence of Mr. Geo, H. French. — Not far from Dea- 

 con Smith's is situated the residence of Mr. French, occupy- 

 ing a level piece of ground, of a few acres, a portion of which 

 we found covered with dwarf and standard pears, of all the 

 newest and best varieties. A grapery, some fifty feet long, 

 was now just bearing its first crop, which had begun to 

 color. The whole appeared in a flourishing condition. 



Garden of Gen. H. K. Oliver, Lawrence. — By the 

 invitation of Deacon Smith, we enjoyed the pleasure of a 

 ride from Andover to Lawrence, where we visited Gen. Oli- 

 ver, and passed half an hour among his fine dahlias. His 



