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pains to introduce the better kinds of fruit, except Mr. Sin- 

 clair, of the Clainnont Nursery, and his whole collection of 

 fruit, though very good, only numbers about oOO sorts. The 

 establishments of the Messrs. Feasts have been considerably 

 enlarged since 1839, and contain good collections of plants. 



Our visit to Washington the past summer enabled us to 

 gather some information of the state of gardening in the Dis- 

 trict. Our notes on the various places we visited will appear 

 as soon as we can find room. The most extensive establish- 

 ments appear to be those of Messrs. Buist, Douglas, and 

 Pierce. The former, in the central part of the city, we 

 found stocked with a choice assortment of roses, camellias, 

 geraniums, &.c. Mr. Douglas's, a mile or so out of town, 

 and jMr. Pierce's, still further, we foimd in good condition. 

 Mr. Pierce's grounds are more occupied with fruit and forest 

 trees than with green-house plants. 



In Cincinnati, a new nursery is about to be established by 

 Mr. C. W. Elliott. There are now several well conducted 

 places, containing good assortments of trees, among which 

 we may notice that of Mr. Ernst, who made a visit to the 

 east the past fall, and purchased a fine stock of trees from the 

 nurseries around Boston. 



Garden Literature. 



The past year has been productive of several new editions 

 of American works, and reprints of foreign publications on 

 subjects connected with gardening. The only new work of 

 importance has been the Treatise on Landscape Gardening, 

 by ^Ir. Downing. Dr. Lindley's Theory of Horticulture, 

 with notes by Messrs. Gray and Downing, reviewed in the 

 present number, is a work which should be in the hands of 

 every thinking gardener: a simple glance at the review will 

 show how valuable it must be to every cultivator. Liebig's 

 Organic Chemistry, with notes by Dr. Webster, already 

 passed to a second edition, is another foreign work of great 

 utility. It completely sets aside the commonly received notions 

 of the action of manures. But without believing all that the 

 learned author has advanced, it is nevertheless a valuable 

 work, abounding in new ideas upon the operation of manures, 

 the properties of soils, &c. A new and revised edition of 

 the *,imerican Orchardist has appeared, containing many ad- 



