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parks has been judiciously planted with 

 trees, and there are many splendid speci- 

 mens of lindens, oaks, elms, &c. Kensing- 

 ton Gardens have been recently greatly im- 

 proved by the removal of a brick wall about 

 ten feet high, and the erection of an orna- 

 mental iron paling. The effect of this can 

 at once be imagined; the long line of splen- 

 did dwellings, which border on the Bayswa- 

 ter road, now command a view of the Park, 

 while before they looked against a solid 

 wall. In certain parts of the Park, the 

 public are allowed to drive, and, in the gay 

 season, immense numbers of elegant car- 

 riages may be seen rolling through these 

 sylvan places, where as much of the country 

 is enjoyed in the heart of London as may be 

 found within ten miles of many of our cities 

 or large towns. How long will it be before 

 this false idea of crowding buildings toge- 

 ther, even in the country, will be abandoned? 

 it is no uncommon occurrence to see gentle- 

 men remove to the country, and take a house 

 with less than one qtiarterofan acre of land, 

 — but little better, indeed, than the crowded 

 streets of the city." 



"The root pruned pear trees were the 

 next objects of attention; and, as Mr. Rivers 

 has written so much on this subject, and re- 

 duced the system to practice, we anticipated 

 much satisfaction from an inspection of them 

 in bearing; but the exceedingly dry season 

 had been quite too severe for the trees, and 

 but a tew were >in fruit. The trees were 

 from three to five feet high, well branched, 

 and but for the drought would have presented 

 a fine appearance. The trees are set about 

 five feet apart, and by means of liquid ma- 

 nure or guano, they are induced to ripen a 

 large crop. 



"Mr. River's general stock of ornamental 

 trees is large, and contains many new things, 

 the results of his travels among the conti- 

 nental nurserymen. A great number of 

 oaks are included in his collection, and we 

 noticed the new Lucombe in great abun- 

 dance. A weeping variety, called pubescens 

 pendula, was very beautiful, particularly for 

 a lawn, where it shows with good effect. 

 All the weeping trees are now much sought 

 after for planting as single specimens. Among 

 the ornamental shrubs we noticed a purple 

 leaved variety of the berberry, which, with 

 the copper beech, the purple oak, and the 

 purple-leaved nut, are acquisitions to every 

 collection of shrubs or ornamental trees; 

 their dark and singular foliage contrasting 

 prettily with other trees. 



"Mr. Rivers cultivates great quantities of 

 seedling trees and shrubs, as well as pines, 

 spruces, larches, &c., &c., and we saw nu- 

 merous beds of them in full growth. In the 



houses we saw fine plants of the weeping 

 Thuja, T. filiformis, and also Cedrus Deo- 

 dura. Thuja filiformis, if it should prove 

 hardy in our climate, will be a highly beau- 

 tiful evergreen; its long slender trailing 

 stems, reaching quite on to the ground." 



For the Farmers' Cabinet. 

 Ploughing in September for Corn. 



To THE Editor,— In this county the heart 

 worm and the wire worm have made great 

 destruction in the corn for the last ten years. 

 I have accidentally found out a remedy that 

 has succeeded twice in preventing the worm 

 from destroying the young corn. In Sep- 

 tember, 1842, I ploughed a part of a clover 

 sod for wheat, but the great drought pre- 

 vented my finishing the field, so that I con- 

 cluded to put the clover sod field in corn in 

 the spring of 1843— the part ploughed in 

 September, 1842, escaped the ravages of the 

 worm, while the land alongside, ploughed 

 in the spring of 1843, was nearly all taken 

 by the worm ; this induced me to try again, 

 which I did in the month of September, f843, 

 with the same success as before stated. To 

 plough in November or December, will not, 

 as I believe, be of any use whatever as a 

 preventive against the worm. I have known 

 a field part ploughed in September — part in 

 December, and the residue in March follow- 

 ing, with the following results: The first es- 

 caped the ravages of the worm, the second 

 and last were both destroyed in greater or 

 less degree — all in the same field. Now it 

 is worth a fair trial ; and if September 

 ploughing will prevent the destroyer, it will 

 save the far^jer much trouble and loss: it 

 has succeeded in three instances to my 

 knowledge; the reason of which I leave 

 for others better qualified to ascertain — the 

 facts are worth attending to, as it may save 

 many bushels of corn to the farmer.* 



* The foregoing observations remind the editor of a 

 fact which occurred some eight or ten years ago. He 

 ploughed about one third of a field of fourteen acres 

 for corn very late in the autumn ; the plough was then 

 stopped by the frost, but the weather being remarka- 

 bly mild for a few days in the second month, the plough 

 was again started, and some four Oi five acres more 

 were ploughed, when the cold weather again suspended 

 operations. The remainder of the lot was not finished 

 till the latter part of the fourth month, just before 

 planting time. One half the field was limed with 35 

 bushels to the acre— the other half had no manure. 

 The cut-worm was exceedingly troublesome all over 

 the field. There was no perceptible diflference in its 

 ravages, either where the ground had been ploughed at 

 different periods, or where the lime had, or had not 

 been applied. The corn was replanted, and replnated, 



