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]y employed in the grounds. Three or four years ago, before 

 the management of the nursery passed into the hands of Mr. Sto- 

 ry, there was no system pursued in regard to the planting of the 

 trees; some were in one place, and some in others, and the 

 whole so much more confused than at the present period, that it 

 was impossible to keep the grounds in any thing like the condi- 

 tion, in which they are now to be found. The evergreens and 

 forest trees are now planted in appropriate places by themselves, 

 and the herbaceous plants now line one side of the walk nearly 

 round the whole of the main nursery ground, above half a mile 

 in length. That part bordering on the rail-road has been 

 beautified by the laying of a terrace, the construction of a hand- 

 some rustic seat, and the planting of evergreens, handsome shrubs, 

 and herbaceous plants, in such order as to present an attractive ap- 

 pearance to the passer by, and an interesting scene to those who 

 linger near the spot, while looking for the train of cars, which 

 land and take passengers from the grounds. 



At this late period of the season, after the dry and parching 

 weather of summer had wasted the beauties of the border, and 

 when the trees were changing their deep green of summer to the 

 many-colored hues of autumn, we found less to note, interesting 

 to the amateur or gardener, than we should, had our visit been 

 made in the early part of the sunnner season. We have rarely 

 known a year when the garden has been so continually barren of 

 buds and blossoms. — Roses in the hot and sultry days of June 

 and July, faded and fell ere they had scarcely opened their blos- 

 soms — the hundreds of fine perennial border plants have with- 

 held the usual and constant display of flowers — annuals have with- 

 ered under the scorching rays of the sun — and the dahlia, the 

 king of autumn flowers, and the pride and glory of the garden, 

 from August to November, has been so scanty in the display 

 of blooms, that the garden has worn a barren aspect, unknown to 

 us in any previous year, for a long period. 



In the green-house we found the plants all secured from the ef- 

 fects of early frost; had we time and the disposition at this mo- 

 ment, we should write a homily upon the effects of procrastina- 

 tion, in the getting in of green-house and stove plants, which 

 we should hope might awaken the attention of amateurs, and 

 others, to the importance of the subject. Let us only say 

 now, that is better to be too early than too late; many things 

 receive a chill from the cold nights of October, even when 

 there is no frost, which they do not recover from for a whole 

 season. Crowding plants, too, all in together, when the frost 

 suddenly overtakes the cultivator, is a bad plan, and attended with 

 evil results. All such labor as washing the pots, cleaning the 

 plants, &c. should be done out of the house, and when the plants 



