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garden in a low situation. The flower garden is well stocked 

 with good plants, and I noticed a fine collection of the dahlia, 

 and the best collection of carnation pinks I have seen. In the 

 kitchen garden the crops had been much injured by the lone; con- 

 tinued wet weather, and many of the flowers had also sutfered. 

 But Mr. Karle informed me that the flower department is to be 

 removed to the high ground, near the mansion, where the loca- 

 tion will be much better for the plants, and convenient to visiters. 

 On the pleasure ground I noticed some fine specimens of tree 

 roses, mostly of the perpetual kinds, which, Mr. Karle informed 

 me, are in flower nearly all the season. In the kitchen garden 

 was a fine square of melons, grown under hand-glasses, a method 

 which will most probably have to be generally adopted, to obtain 

 good fruit, unless the seasons alter from what they have been 

 for a few years past. 



Crog''s JVeck, Mr. HammoncPs — 10th. An extensive fruit and 

 vegetable garden, rented by Mr. Card, for the purpose of a 

 market garden, in which he excels in good management and fine 

 vegetables. His gooseberries were the finest specimens I have 

 seen, and produced an excellent crop. The trees were planted 

 some distance apart, in the centre of four feet asparagus beds — 

 a method which appears original with Mr. Card, and which will 

 perhaps be adopted by many. It should be remarked, however, 

 that the trees in this situation are partially shaded from the burn- 

 ing sun, and the roots in a rich, cool, moist situation, the princi- 

 pal requisites to obtain good fruit in this cHmate. 



Afr. De Wolfe has an extensive garden in ihis neighborhood, 

 which was politely shown me by his gardener, Mr. De Voe. 

 Here is an extensive range of glass, built of a good width, for 

 the growing of the grape; there is also another range, now in 

 fruit, which is in a very thriving and healthy state, on a small 

 scale, and which is intended to be altered on a line and of equal 

 dimensions with the new one; this done, it will be one of the 

 finest ranges of hot-houses to be seen about here. In the garden 

 were many fine plants and vegetables, but Mr. De Voe complained 

 much, as did every gardener, of the injury done by the long con- 

 tinued wet weather. 



From Westchester I continued my route to New Haven, pass- 

 ing through several pretty towns and villages, but my time would 

 not admit of my stopping at any places on the road. I noticed, 

 however, in most places, that horticulture appeared to be fast 

 improving, particularly in towns and cities, where every house of 

 any note has its flower garden, grape vines, &c. The agriculture 

 of this district seems to be well managed, but in many places the 

 crops of grass and rye are light, partly owing to their being win- 

 ter killed, and partly to the ravages of a black worm. In many 

 places the meadow land was overrun with that pest of vegetation. 



