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of a^^preciation, that wo simply intend to perform our part to the extent 

 of our capacity and ability. To do this eftectually we shall devote the 

 greater portion of our time to investigation, and shall well digest everything 

 before presuming to present to our readers, We would also have it un- 

 derstood, that we are neither directly nor indirectly connected with any 

 nursery establishment, and therefore have no under-'current interests to 

 advance, but such as actually concern the Well-doing of our undertakings 

 "We shall speak boldly on all topics pertaining to Ilorticliltare, giving 

 our opinion in connection with that of others, qualified by experience to 

 the privilege. We cordially invite Horticulturists, Farmers, and all en* 

 gaged in cultivating the soil, to correspond with lis, and as occasion of' 

 fers to communicate information relative to fruits, flowers, trees, grain, 

 remarkable appearances in vegetation, the adaptability of certain fruits to 

 certain localities, the hardiness of trees and plants in extreme latitudes, 

 and any other items that will prove interesting to the general reader. 

 We shall be happy to respond to enquiries relating to new plants^ meth- 

 ods of propagating different species of trees, plants, <fec., or any other 

 question involving Horticultural information. In making responses, of 

 coarse we are not accountable for answers beyond our ability to fathom. 

 In subsequent numbers we shall endeavor to make such improvements as 

 experience may suggest. 



A GREAT deal of alarm was experienced the past spring by fruit grow- 

 ers; many imagining that the fruit crop for the current season was de- 

 stroyed beyond remedy. These prognostications have been destined to an 

 agreeable disappointment. The various districts, immediate to New- York 

 have an abundance of fruit of all kinds ; it is even questioned whether in 

 the last dozen years Pomona has so unsparingly spread her riiddy ban- 

 quet for our epicurean delectation as the present year of '56. The trees 

 in many localities are bending beneath their glowing burdens, adding 

 their lustre to the emerald green of the fresh pastures, and the golden re- 

 fulgence shed by vast waving fields of grain. Correspondents from vari- 

 ous and distant parts of the country inform us that the abundant crop is 

 universal. Nurserymen also, who have suflered much by the drought of 

 the last three years, are exulting over the beautiful, thrifty trees added to 

 their stock by the propitious rains, which have fallen so unceasingly this 

 summer. It is a long time since nature has worn so smiling a counte- 

 nance. As if to make up for past neglect, she has bedecked herself in 

 unusually florid attire, even making the desert place assume a livery of 



