2 Retrospective View of the 



The season of 1S41 was somewhat similar to that of the 

 preceding one. The summer was unusually dry, and the 

 autumn exceedingly wet. January, February, and March 

 were months of average temperature with seasons in general. 

 April opened mild and pleasant, and an early spring was an- 

 ticipated; but the latter part of the month was cool and 

 cloudy, with dull weather and continued rains. In May, un- 

 remitted showers fell until about the ISth or 20th of the 

 month: a sudden change then took place; the sun shone with 

 great brilliancy from a clear and unclouded sky; the earth put 

 on its livery of green, and vegetation advanced with great ra- 

 pidity. In the short space of five days, the trees, which had 

 previously scarcely swelled their buds, now put forth their 

 blossoms in abundance, promising a rich harvest. Planting, 

 which had been delayed froiTi the latter part of April, from 

 the redundance of wet, was soon completed, though many 

 crops were too late to do well. Up to the middle of June, 

 warm showers fell, wliich encouraged vegetation; but dry 

 weather set in about the 25ih, and during .July and August, 

 rain did not fall sufficient to wet the surface of the soil. 

 Crops suffered exceedingly; in many places they were totally 

 dried up: fruits suffered, particularly strawberries, of which 

 more than half of the crop was cut off. In Septeniber a kw 

 refreshing rains fell, which revived the suffering vegetation. 

 October was mild and j)leasant, without any frost until the 

 middle of the month. November continued mild for the 

 season, with several heavy rains at the close of the month. 



The fruit crop, in some parts of the country, was good; 

 in others, a complete failure. The peaches, in New Jersey, 

 were entirely cut off": in New England, they were never so 

 abundant. In the western part of New York, fruit of all 

 sorts was a scanty product. Pears and plums, in the vicinity 

 of Boston, were more plentiful than in ordinary seasons. 

 The rains of September destroyed a great portion of the 

 plum crop, by the cracking of the fruit just as it was at- 

 taining perfection. 



Landscape Gardening. 



It is with a great degree of pleasure that we are enabled to 

 announce that more attention has been directed to this impor- 

 tant branch of gardening than heretofore. In our article de- 



