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GEXESEE FARMER. 



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E.o;;h;'ster ftirdens. 



L.VTKLY we m\\e a hasiy visit to a few of the 

 best |):-iv;ire gmlans ai\)j;i I t'lis cits', to see 

 vvl^iat was going on at lio id. We iojnd m my 

 thi.igs bom |)lea-iing -.vA instruotive. In the 

 culture ot' li-Liit, [) irlioalaiiy, wo liiiJ a rapid 

 j)rogra8s. 



At the garden of Aarox Bricksov, Esq., 

 whose elegiiit residence is on Main-street, we 

 Ibund t'le in )st c )ini)lete and best managed col- 

 lection of girden fruit tree? we have seen in 

 this state, tlis d^varf pears, and cherries, and 

 apples, were in full bloom, and though only 

 planted four years ag), hive attained a large 

 size, and perfect, beautiful, form. His dwarf 

 cherries, particularly, are the Hnest we have 

 ever seen, being a complete mass of bloom, 

 from the ground to the top. The sceptic about 

 dwarf trees s lould visit Mr. E.'s garden. His 

 .strawberry and raspberry borders, his asparagus 

 beds, his peach trees, and grape trellises, are 

 all in the liuest and most propuctive stale; and, 

 indeed, the who'.e g\rden is a model — and all is 

 managed, under the direction of Mr. E., by a 

 man who does not pretend to be a gardener. 



Major Jno. Williams, whose residence is 

 on Jay-street, near Brown's Square, has a com- 

 plete and well managed establishment. VVey 

 went to see his famous tulip show, but found 

 mucii more to admire. The grounds comprise 

 two or three acres, and are somewhat marred in 

 appearance by a collection of peach and other 

 fruit trees that occupy the place of a lawn in 

 front ; but their good keeping prevents them 

 from being unsightly. The garden is judiciously 

 divided into compartments; the walks are well 

 male and edged with dwarf box ; the collection 

 of fruit is extensive, and the trees are all in a 

 healthy, vigorous condition. The strawberry 

 border, filled with a iew only of the best sorts, 

 looks promising. Mr. VV. took the first pre- 

 mium last year, and probably will again, for the 

 largest specimens. A neat Flower Garden is 

 situitei at the rear entranc3 to the house, well 

 filled with the finest of the perpetual Roses, and 

 other choice plants, and beds are in readiness 

 for verbenas and choir^e annuals. 



We were much pleased to find an extensive 

 collection of Evergreens, recently planted, em- 

 bracing nearly all the species usually to be had 

 in the nurseries. Mr. J. M. Whitney, brother- 

 in-law of Major Williams, who directs the 

 management of the garden, is passionately fond 

 of Evergreens, an] is collecting from every 

 quarter. Mr. Whitney is nursing carefully 

 some cedars taken by his own hand from Mount 

 Vernon, close to the grave of Washington, 

 and a few seeds collected by him in Havanna, 

 during a visit there last winter. We admire the 

 taste that thus picks up by the way, little objects 

 of interest, to be planted around home — liow 



many pleasant rempmbrances they may impart 

 in after years. Tlie garden of the traveler 

 might be a delightful Museum. Mr. Williams 

 has constructed on each side of the hall door, a 

 neat windinv garden, each sufficient to contain a 

 nice collection of plants, ond furnish winter bo- 

 quets. A magnificent Unyn carnnsn, (wax plant) 

 is now in full bloom. Tiiese windjw isjardens, 

 by the way, are simple, excellent arrangements, 

 and we must commend them strongly to persons 

 who wish to cultivate window plants properly. 

 They are delightful in connection with the 

 drawing room, in winter, and every family of 

 taste might enjoy one. 



D. W. Powers, Esq , on Exchange-street, 

 on the west bank of the Genesee, has a charm- 

 ing little pla?e. His grounds — about an acre — 

 is almost in the form of a semi-circle. The 

 house stands well back from the street, and the 

 ground in front, the width of the house, is laid 

 out in beds, filled with ornamental trees, shrubs 

 and plants — and all edged with dwarf box, clip- 

 ped and kept in perfect order ; indeed, altogether 

 the best specimens of box edging around Roch- 

 ester. On either side of these beds is a well 

 kej)t, pretty lawn. In our opinion, Mr. P, 

 made a mistake in planting too many standard 

 fruit trees, and making too many straight walks j 

 but, these blemishes are diminished l)y the gen-, 

 eral good keeping. He has recently erected, 

 in connection with the dwelling, a beautiful little 

 green house, a drawing of which we intend 

 soon to give. Mr. Powers' is a place that our 

 citizens may point to with pride and pleasure. 



Hoi'iiculUirc in Alabam:i. 



Nothing gives one a mor-^ delinite idea of the extent and 

 variety of soil am! climate of our Union Ilinn u co ii|j;irison, 

 at this season of the year, of aecouiits of the season in dif- 

 ferent parts of the rouniry. For example, we have lo-day 

 recc-ived letters from Miino and i\ew-Han;p>hiru speaking 

 of snow, and two feet of fro^t in the ground here, while 

 the following extract from the letter of a zealotis amateur in 

 Mobile, dated Mari-li U)th, speaks of a crop of young peas, 

 and shoits 8 or 10 inches long a ready. 



'• I think the climate and soil here will do very well for 

 pears, on either pear or quince slocks. I have aliout iiOO 

 young trees planted, eml)raciiig nearly all tlie finest varie- 

 lies ; over 2!l0 of tliem are on quince stocks ; tliese latter 

 show, at this time, a fin<? new growth of from 8 to 10 inches, 

 and some of the trees have young pears upon them, now 

 going on finely. I suppose tliis sounds strangely to north- 

 ern ears, where I presume all fruit trees still have the look 

 of drear winter. 



" I have in mv young orchards about 230 plum trees, 1(50 

 cherry, 100 apricots, and about 1400 peacii and nectarine 

 trees, besides some of all the other fruit trees ; and I am 

 resolved to give them a fiir trial. I have also about 250 

 apple trees, among whicli are 12 of " Ear/i/ Joe's;" these 

 latter I had from Ei.i.vvanger ife Barry of Rochester, N. 

 v.. witli too pears on quince stocks ; and every tree is living 

 and doing well. 



" I have some donbts regarding the success of plums, 

 clierries, and apiicots here. The northern pencil trees do 

 very vvpH here ; and, although they are transferred to this 

 warm climate, some of /heir northern hnhits stick very closely 

 to them. They bloom at least from two to three weeks later 

 every spring than our native peach trees, which almost en- 

 tirely preserves them from the spring frosts.— //o;-<(cu/<«rw/. 



