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The peaches in the peachery had all been cut, and the trees 

 were ripeiihig off a fine crop of wood for next year. Mr. Allen 

 has raised a seedling peach of much merit, which he has 

 called the Alantiing, in honor of the valuable labors of his 

 townsman, the late Mr. Manning : its production was quite 

 accidental ; a sucker from a budded tree had made a very 

 large growth before it was noticed, and Mr. Allen concluded 

 to let it bear fruit: the result was, as we have stated, a very 

 handsome peach only of medium size, but very high flavored. 



Mr. Allen has succeeded in producing very handsome grapes, 

 and amateur cultivators will be much interested by an in- 

 spection of his hoijse when full of fruit. 



Bridgewater, Sept. 1847. Residence of N. Stetson, Esq. — 

 We have more than once alluded to the influence which rail- 

 roads have exerted in the dissemination of a taste for horti- 

 cultural pursuits, bringing together, as they do, town and 

 country, and affording an opportunity for the more frequent 

 inspection of collections in and around large cities, by which a 

 taste is fostered and cherished, and imparted to all whose 

 leisure permits them to avail themselves of the facilities of 

 travel. 



It is not often that we have been so highly gratified with a 

 visit to our suburban friends, as in a recent trip to Bridgowa- 

 ter, and an inspection of the garden of Mr. Stetson. We were 

 aware that he did not undertake any thing but what he car- 

 ried out, but we were not prepared for so complete an exhibi- 

 tion of gardening zeal. It reminded us of our friend John- 

 son's fine place at Lynn, where it would require a very good 

 opera glass to detect that pest of every ambitious gardener, 

 a weed. Perfect neatness prevailed every where. This is 

 the true secret of an attractive garden ; for, no matter how 

 rare or how extensive the collection, if slovenliness is shown 

 at every step, the eye soon tires, and the mind becomes insen- 

 sible to every thing which would otlicrwise astonish and de- 

 light. Mr. Stetson's garden we might term a bijoii'm its way. 



The garden and houses cover about two acres of land sit- 

 uated nearly half a mile from the station of the Fall River 

 Rail-road at this place, just within a proper distance to catch 

 a glance of the cars as they go and return, and commanding 

 a tine view of a prettily wooded country to the east, with the 



