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the times. The efforts made by him in the introduction of 

 the Morus multicauhs, an article so important in the silk cul- 

 ture, have been great in themselves, and honorable to his en- 

 terprise. The establishment of Messrs Winship, Brighton, 

 has been considered the most perfect of the kind, north of 

 Long Island. The collection of forest trees, for sale, is of a 

 very high order. A hasty glance at the nursery of John A. 

 Kenrick, revealed to us much of interest in trees and shrubs. 

 Among the more common, native and foreign, were to be 

 seen several of rarity. Of the elms, we were happy to find 

 species, of which before, we had never seen specimens. 

 The strong soil of the neighborhood seemed admirably adap- 

 ted to a vigorous growth, both of deciduous and evergreen 

 trees. 



We could wish that the culture of our American forest 

 trees from seed were more attended to, among our nursery- 

 men. We suspect that the sale for younger specimens, would 

 amply repay the trouble and expense of their sowing and 

 care. In consequence of this striking deficiency in our 

 cultivation, thousands of young seedlings, especially of the 

 firs and larches and not a few of the oaks, are annually im- 

 ported from England. There are no good reasons why the 

 English oaks should be preferred to the American, nor would 

 they be, were the facilities for procuring the latter, more 

 attainable. Even these and indeed most of the foreign species 

 of forest trees, could be introduced into our own nurseries by 

 the seed, and afforded at a rate, which, while liberally repay- 

 ing the effort and labor, would diminish foreign importation. 

 Several hundred of young plants of the English white oak, are 

 yearly raised in the private estabhshment of a patron of agri- 

 culture, from acorns, the produce of parent trees imported 

 about thirty years since. We are aware that in several nur- 

 series this system has been for some years adopted, but w^e 

 could wish that it were more extensive. We deem it at 

 least, an experiment worthy of trial. 



