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person, we believe, in this village, who took a decided interest in gar- 

 dening. The garden contains about two acres of land, is well situated, 

 and the soil ai)pears to be of a good kind for the general purposes of an 

 amateur. It lies a little sloping to the south, sutiiciently so to carry off 

 superfluous water, although the lower part of the ground, where the 

 green-house and grapery now stand, is, in some seasons of the year, 

 rather Avet, so much so that the latter has been flooded \yith water to 

 the depth of a foot or more: the green-house is also subject to damp. 

 Both, we understood Mr. Breed's'gardener to say, would be removed, 

 before long, to the highest part of the place, near to the new mansion 

 which was" erected last season, and which, as respects its architectural 

 proportion and general beauty, is one of the finest specimens of the 

 style we ever witnessed. The collection of green-house plants is not 

 very large, and this being the season when they are removed to the 

 open air, we saw nothing of interest; a few cacti were all that remained 

 in it. The green-house, last winter, was fitted up with a hot water ap- 

 paratus, for heating it, without any flue; but it was found extremely 

 diliicult to keep up the heat during some of the most severe nights, al- 

 though the pipes, which are of the usual size, (four inches in diameter,) 

 run completely round the house. We have before stated our opinion 

 upon this point, having been convinced that, in this country, the frost 

 cannot be kept out of a green-house by hot water pipes (on the level 

 system) alone, unless they run round the house more than once. By 

 Perkins's system of small iron tubes it may be done, but by no other. 

 By the construction of a flue, the first cost of which is not great, a 

 saving is made in the quantity of heat given out: by conducting the 

 smoke, &c. immediately from the furnace, much of the heat is carried 

 off with it; but if there is a good flue, and properly constriicted, the 

 fire will burn as freely, and all the lipat which would in ordinary cir- 

 cumstances be thrown off, is carried round the flue, and, consequently, 

 into the house. Gentlemen erecting green-houses, and consulting Eng- 

 lish works, should not forget to take into consideration the great differ- 

 ence of climate between the two countries. 



In the garden the dahlias were the most showy ornaments; we found 

 the sorts far less rare than at Mr. Johnson's, being only the more com- 

 mon ones, as Dennissi, Countess of Liverpool, picta formosissima, &c. 

 Numerous bulbs of Gladiolus natalensis had thrown up three spikes 

 each of its fine flowers. Since our notice of this species, in our 1, p. 

 30, and the communication of one of our correspondents, it has be- 

 come generally cultivated; its ready increase has placed it in the pos- 

 session of all lovers of flowers. Numerous geraniums and roses, 

 plunged into the border, were producing an abundance of bloom. 



In the grapery both vines and fruit have mildewed some; but this is, 

 in a great degree, unavoidable; the situation, as we have previously 

 remarked, is very low and damp: a few peach trees on the back trellis 

 were producing a little fruit. 



We noticed here a small patch of ground, which had produced a fine 

 lot of the autumnal marrow squash, many of which had attained their 

 full size, and were fit for cutting; it is one of the best varieties in culti- 

 vation, possessing the qualities of earliness, fine flesh and good flavor, 

 abundant bearing, and late keeping; its size varies, the smallest gene- 

 rally weighing four pounds and the largest ten or twelve; it is deserving 

 of extensive growth, both by the market gardener, for the supply of the 

 market, and by all persons who are fond of this vegetable. 



The grounds are laid out in tolerable good taste, with gravely walks 

 and box edgings; there are anuml)er of trellises bordering some of them, 

 evidently intended for the cultivation of grapes; but they wore mostly 

 covered with dahlias, which were trained to them. On a fence facing 

 the east were several Isabella vines, bearing good crops. The garden. 



