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opinions; but to test this, we are happy to inform our readers 

 that Mr. Gushing, of Belmont Place, is about setting out, as 

 soon as the ground can be prepared to receive them, one thou- 

 sand good sized seedling plants. They will be planted out the 

 distance of about a foot or fifteen inches from each other, in a 

 single line; they are now about a foot high. Plants are readily 

 raised from seeds, which may be procured in their native locali- 

 ties in the Arkansas Territory, and vegetate freely. 



The seed establishment, formerly a branch of the Messrs. D. 

 & C. Landreth's nursery, is now continued under the firm of 

 D. Landreth & Co., in Chesnut-street, and is entirely separate 

 from the nursery grounds now carried on by Mr. Thomas Lan- 

 dreth. Messrs. D. Landreth &. Co. are, however, his agents for 

 the sale of trees and shrubs. 



The rapid advancement which horticulture has made within the 

 past two years cannot be more apparent than by a comparison 

 of the present business of the nurserymen with that two 

 years since. New commercial gardens have sprung up in 

 all pai'ts of the country, and in scarcely one instance have any 

 of the old establishments had their trade diminished, but, on the 

 contrary, increased. The leading article in the present volume, 

 upon the state of horticulture in this country, by our correspon- 

 dent, Mr. A. J. Downing, gives an excellent retrospective and 

 brief view of its progress up to the time that it was written; and 

 to keep our readers informed of its future advancement, we pro- 

 pose to give, if possible, an article, in the commencement of; the 

 next, and each succeeding volume, containing a retrospective 

 view of each year; of the principal new private and commercial gar- 

 dens which have been established; of the most beautiful new 

 flowers and fruits introduced, or raised in this country, that have 

 become generally cultivated; of the progress landscape gardening 

 has made; and, indeed, every thing relating to horticulture which 

 we may consider as new to the amateur gardener or nurseryman. 

 We here invite all our present correspondents to communicate 

 to us any information upon these particular points. Spread over 

 so wide an extent of country as are all the various nurseries, it would 

 be almost impossible for us to make such an article by any means 

 complete, unless they co-operate with us freely. Amateur gen- 

 tlemen, residing at a distance in the western and southern parts 

 of the Union, we would respectfully request to send us some 

 notice of their annual improvements. If we are aided in our 

 exertions, as no doubt we shall be, we hope our article will be 

 one containing considerable information, and interesting to all our 

 readers. 



