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thought of them, we are constrained to say 

 that they exceeded all our anticipations by 

 one hundred per cent. We gave them no 

 careless glance or casual observation; but, 

 with their catalogues in hand, we went to 

 work industriously, examining every thing, 

 tree, shrub and hetb, fruit bearing and orna- 

 mental, indigenous and exotic, hardy and 

 green-house plant ; and the result was, that 

 not only every thing in their catalogues is 

 really in the establishment, but there are ma- 

 ny hundreds of trees and plants not yet en- 

 tered in their lists. There are. it is true, 

 some few plants in the catalogues that can- 

 not at this time be had, in consequence of 

 all but the stock plants having been sold, 

 and it being necessary to retain them for 

 propagation: but these are very rare, and 

 we think it difficult for an order of five hun- 

 dred different species of plants to be made 

 out that could not be filled « ithin ten plants. 

 As all belonging to the establishment were 

 closely engaged in supplying orders, and 

 with the business of the establishment, we 

 were allowed to range alone, and at will 

 through the grounds. We availed of this 

 privilege to its fullest extent, and managed 

 to be present at the selection and packing of 

 trees and plants in filling orders. He noti- 

 ced one rule which was strictly observed, 

 and which we resolved our readers should 

 have the advantage of. That is, that the fin- j 

 est trees and plants are always selected to' 

 fill the order in hand ; the effect of which 

 is that the fiist order received gets the best ; 

 the next, the next best, and so on to the end 

 of the season. This offers an inducement 

 for persons intending to order trees, Sac. 

 from that establishment, to send them early. 

 In selecting trees, &c. one of the three pro- 

 prietors always attends personally, and se- 

 lects and marks them himself; so that there! 

 is nothing left to hazard or the mismanage-! 

 ment of persons not directly interested ini 

 the good name of the establishment. The' 

 packing of trees and plants is also always j 

 done under the eye of one of the proprie- 

 tors or the clerk, (to the intelligence and fi- 

 delity of whom, we are also able to bear tes- 

 timony,) and no matter to what distance they 

 are to be sent, the rule is to put them up in 

 such a manner that they will bear trasporta- 

 tion to Europe. 



We paid close attention to the system 

 pursued in obtaining and marking the differ- 

 ent varieties of fruit trees, that we might sat- 

 isfy ourselves as to the degree of probability 

 there might be of correctness as to varieties. 

 In the first place, one of the proprietors al- 

 ways selects and takes off the buds or grafts, 

 and inserts them with Viis own hand, or sees 

 it done by a skilful assistant. Tallies are 

 then attached to the tress, and duplicate 

 marks made on stake tallies driven in the 

 ground. The variety is then entered in du- 

 plicate, and often triplicate nursery books, 

 with numbers and names corresponding to 

 the tallies. The whole grounds are laid off 

 into squares, which have permanent names 

 or marks, as square A, square B, &,c. The 

 rows in each square are numbered, and when 

 there is more than ne variety in a row, the 

 trees of the row are numbered. So that to 

 find a tree by this system, reference is made 

 to the nursery bock, and the answer is, for 

 example, as follows: "In square H, third 

 row, beginning with the tenth tree." So 

 that there appears scarcely a probability of 

 mistake. 



The varieties of fruit trees ate much more 



numerous than we had any idea of, notwith- 

 standing we have been familiar with their 

 catalogues for years. Tin; proprietors have 

 the catalogues of all the nurseries in Europe 

 of any note, and their arrangements are suoti 

 thai as soon as a new variety is obtained 

 there, it is immediately added to their col- 

 lection, without regard to cost. By this 

 means all the new pears recently added to 

 the French and English collections, as well 

 as other fruit and ornamental trees and 

 plants, are already under cultivation at this 

 establishment, and many olthem are already 

 for sale, even before many of the European 

 nurseries had got them. 



The trees and plants are in fine health 

 and vigor : and whenever a peach or other 

 fruit tree is discovered to be diseased, it is 

 immediately taken up and destroyed. 



It is of course" impossible to enter into 

 detail as to the varieties of fruit and orna- 

 mental trees and plants in this immense col- 

 lection. After examining numerous cata- 

 logues of European establishments, we feel 

 no hesitation in saying, that it is superior to 

 any ol them. It must be recollected that in 

 Europe the division of occupation causes at- 

 tention to be paid to departments exclusive- 

 ly. One establishment is devoted mainly 

 to fruit trees, another to herbaceous plants, 

 another to ornamental trees, and another to 

 green and hot house plants ; but here all 

 vese are combined and either branch would 

 be considered a respectable establishment in 

 itself even in Europe. 



There are some ornamental trees and 

 plants scarcely known among us that we 

 think worthy of especial notice. The Abelt, 

 or silver leafed poplar, is a most beautiful 

 tree, and would add much to the beauty of a 

 lawn or walk. The ailanthus, or Japan tree 

 of heaven, is another tree worthy of a place 

 in all collections. The collection of ever- 

 greens is rich and full. There is, also, a 

 very large collection of the true royal oak of 

 England, which retains its rich foliage until 

 almost every vestige of verdure has disap- 

 peared from other trees. There were few 

 plants in flower at the season of our visit; 

 the Dahlias, however, were in full perfec- 

 tion. The Miller's Georg? the IV., the Go- 

 liah, the bright double yellow, the Purple 

 Prince, and many others, exhibited a spled- 

 dor beyond any thing we had conceived. — 

 We measured several flowers of the first na- 

 med, and found them from six to seven in- 

 ches in diameter. The colors are exceed- 

 ingly brilliant, and the apppearance of them 

 beautiful beyond conception. The collec- 

 tion of Chrysanthemums we regretted to find 

 not in bloom, as we had heard them spoken 

 of as exceedingly beautiful and very nu- 

 merous. We could of course judge of the 

 number of varieties, and the appearance of 

 the plants, but no further. The pceonies, 

 both tree and herbaceous, are very numerous, 

 and of the richest and rarest varieties. We 

 made a small selection of ten varieties for 

 the accommodation of our friends. 



The green and hot house collection is e- 

 qually rich. We did not suppose there were 

 as many camellias in the country as we saw- 

 there — and all fine plants, and generally in 

 bud for flowering the approaching season. — 

 The Passiflora alata, (wing leaved passion 

 flower,) which is a green house plant, was in 

 full flower, and is one of the most splendid 

 plants we ever saw. Indeed there is no con- 

 ception of the beauty of this plant in flow- 

 er, from any description that can be given of: 



it. We took a sprig of it with several (low- 

 ers, and had the good fortune to preserve it 

 in perfection for several days after our re- 

 turn. But it would be an endless task to 

 particularize all the rare and beautiful plants 

 tjiat fell under our notice, and we must con- 

 clude by observing, that the establishment of 

 the Messrs. Prince, is creditable to our coun- 

 try, as well as an honor to its enterprising 

 and spirited proprietors. 



This establishment, it is pretty well known, 

 was commenced by the father of the present 

 senior proprietor ; the latter gentleman con- 

 tinued it with success and credit till his two 

 sons became qualfied to take an active part ; 

 and it is now principally managed by the 

 sons, the venerable old gentleman taking the 

 exclusive charge of the orangery, kc. and 

 giving counsel and advice in the manage- 

 ment of the concern. The elder son, Win. 

 11. Prince, one of the most active and intel- 

 ligent young gentlemen we have been ac- 

 quaited with, occupies his leisure moments, at 

 seasons when his attention is not required in 

 the nursery, in writing descriptions of fruit, 

 ornamental trees and plants, and their modes 

 of culture, &,c, and has produced several 

 valuable works, among which mav be men- 

 tioned, the " Treatise on the Vine," which 

 should be in every vine-dresser's hands, and 

 the " Pomological Manual," the first volume 

 of which has been just issued from the press, 

 and from which we have already given sev- 

 eral extracts. 



The Last Words said to be spoken by 

 Cromwell, are invaluable as a key to his 

 whole career. He had,]during the progress 

 of his illness,boldly predicted that he should 

 recover. Some of his immediate counsel- 

 1' , who saw the inevitable result of the 

 disorder, ventured at last to reccommend 

 that he should speak less confidently on 

 the subject, to save his character for predic- 

 tion. But the Lord Protector judged on 

 principles fitted to act upon the multitude. 

 He refused to qualify his words: "If I 

 recover," said he, "the fools will think me 

 a prophet ; and, if I die, what matter then 

 if they call me imposter." 



Canals and Rail Roads. 



The LiverDOol Albion states, that a bill has 

 passed Parliament, and received the Royal As- 

 sent, for converting the Canal from Manchester 

 to Bury, into a Rail Road, by placing rails on its 

 bed ; discharging its waters of course. This 

 may be an important piece of information, inas- 

 much as there are some Canals in this country not 

 always well supplied with water. 



Speculators, bear this in mind. 



REDEMPTION OF LANDS SOLD FOR 



Taxes. 



State of New- York, Comptroller's O^ce. 



NOTICE is hereby given, pursuant to Sec. 76 

 of Title 3, oft hap. 13, of the first part of 

 the Revised Statutes, that unless the lands sold 

 for taxes, at the general tax sale, held at the Cap- 

 itol in the city of Albany, in the months of April 

 and May, 1830, shall be redeemed, by the pay- 

 ment into the treasury of the state, on or before 

 the. fifth day of May next, after the date hereof of 

 the amount for which each parcel of the said 

 lands was 6old, and the interest thereon, at the rate 

 of ten per centum per annum, from the date of the 

 sale, to the date of the payment, the lands so sold, 

 and remaining unredeemed, will be conveyed to 

 the purchasers thereof. Dated Albany, 12th 

 Oct., 1831. 

 oct 25 SILAS WRIGHT, Jr. Comptroller 



