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prevented from flowing ofl!", and the result was the loss of a 

 great quantity of stocks and young pear trees. No land 

 that is not well drained is suitable for the purposes of a 

 nursery. 



Ten years have materially changed the features of the 

 grounds, for, during this long period, two or three crops of 

 trees have been taken from some parts, and probably but a 

 very small portion of those growing in 1838 are now upon 

 the premises. The great demand for large-sized trees has 

 enabled the proprietors to dispose of the larger part of those 

 on hand, and the scattering ones which remain, have been 

 taken up and reset, and new plantations of young trees put 

 out. By such management the grounds always present a 

 neat and business-like appearance, and work can be done to 

 much better advantage than when a few trees of large size 

 are scattered over a square to prevent despatch in planting, 

 and injure the young stock by a dense shade. We throw 

 out these remarks that young nurserymen may see the ill 

 effects resulting from allowing trees to remain too long on 

 one spot of ground. 



The most interesting things we noted, were the arbor vitse 

 hedges, of which there are three or four of great beauty, — 

 one, in particular, enclosing the ground on the north side of 

 Mr. Winship's house, which was upwards of seven feet high 

 and three feet broad at the base, pruned in the form of an 

 inverted V, and without a gap in the whole length, which is 

 upwards of 100 feet. It has been planted five years. Noth- 

 ing could be more beautiful than this, for the purpose of a 

 screen to disagreeable objects, or for shutting out one part of 

 the garden from the other, as it is one mass of verdure the 

 year round. But little care is needed to keep it in order. 

 Two clippings, one in June and the other in August, are all 

 that are required to keep it in shape. The trees are now to 

 be procured at reasonable rates, and we know of nothing so 

 well adapted for this purpose as the arbor vitse. 



The drought had been so severe that but few shrubs were 

 now in bloom; the finest thing we saw, was a Clematis flam- 

 mula, one sheet of snowy blossoms. Why is not this, as 

 well as the other sorts of clematis, oftener seen in our gar- 

 dens? a question we should be pleased to have answered. 



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