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ages, and will descend with increasing grandeur to 

 countless generations. 



If stone be substituted for wood, utility and neat- 

 ness for extent and fantastic ornaments, and less be 

 expended on the structures and more in improving 

 the grounds, each farm would be rendered intrinsic- 

 ally more valuable, and the whole country would as- 

 sume that flourishing, picturesque, and delightful 

 aspect, which so emphatically bespeaks the prosper- 

 ity, intelligence, and happiness of a people. 



The natural divisions of Horticulture are the Kitch- 

 en Garden, Seminary, Nursery, Fruit Trees and 

 Vines, Flowers and Green Houses, the Botanical and 

 Medical Garden, and Landscape, or Picturesque Gar- 

 dening. 



Each of these departments require to be separately 

 considered and thoroughly understood, in all its rami- 

 fications, before it can be ably managed, or all so 

 happily arranged, as to combine utility and comfort 

 with ornament and recreation. To accomplish this, 

 on a large scale, and in the best manner, artists and 

 scientific professors are employed in Europe, and are 

 much required in this country. Hitherto their ser- 

 vices have been generally supplied by the owners of 

 the soil, who, as amateurs, have devised and executed 

 plans of improvement, which do honor to their taste 

 and skill, and encourage the hope, that these lauda- 

 ble examples of successful cultivation, will have a 

 salutary influence throughout the Union. 



The Kitchen Garden is an indispensable appendage 

 to every rural establishment, from the stately mansion 

 of the wealthy, to the log hut of the adventurous 



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