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of five were thriving. This is an experiment which will 

 soon show how valuable the great quantity of apparently- 

 worthless land may become, when covered with a growth of 

 larch and oak, which lies between Lynn and Salem, a great 

 portion of which can be planted at as little outlay as that of 

 Mr. Fay's. We shall at another time give some further ac- 

 count of these trees and the success attending the experiment. 

 Mr. Fay is now on a visit to Europe, where he will make 

 himself acquainted with a greater part of all the hardy trees 

 and shrubs, by an inspection of the principal places where 

 arboretums have been planted ; and on his return it will, we 

 believe, be his intention to form a pinetum. He pointed out 

 to us a piece of ground admirably adapted to the purpose, 

 and he has not only ample means, but the good taste and 

 judgment to carry it out. 



Belmont Place, J. P. Ctishing, Esq., July 25th. — Since our 

 last account of this fine place many improvements have been 

 made, one of the principal of which, as relates to the garden 

 and house, is the removal of the brick wall which formerly 

 separated it from the pleasure-ground. Not only has that 

 been wholly removed, but a portion of the large Norway 

 spruces, which had grown with such rapidity as to form a 

 complete belt, have been taken out, leaving a sufficient num- 

 ber for all the purposes of a screen, and showing off those 

 that remain to great advantage, their tall and stately stems, 

 thickly studded with fine spreading branches, and densely 

 clothed from the ground, — perfect pyramids, indeed, of ver- 

 dure and beauty. How grand a tree is the Norway spruce ! 

 and what a feature it makes in the scenery of any pleasure 

 ground or suburban villa. The Arbor Vitae is admirably 

 adapted for a hedge or screen, but as single trees its form is 

 so clumpy that it cannot be introduced, where large quanti- 

 ties of evergreens are wanted, with such good effect as the 

 Norway spruce. 



The range of forcing houses has also undergone a change; 

 the old sashes have been removed and their places supplied 

 with an entire new set, made on a different plan from the 

 others, and with regard, we presume, to strength : the glass is 

 only about five inches in width and sixteen or eighteen inches 

 in length. This admits of a large number of bars ; and, as the 



