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Critique on the December Number. 



very fine native varieties of apples and pears, which we are an- 

 nually improving and extending in number every year. 



I have now in bearing, and under cultivation and trial, some 

 seventy varieties of Southern seedling apples, many of which are 

 very fine, equal to the best of any country. [Which our Southern 

 readers may expect to have figured in the " Horticultural Re- 

 view — Ed.]. 



" J. Vax Buren. 

 "To C. Reagles, Esq." 



CRITIQUE ON THE DECEMBER NUMBER. 



BY EVELYX. 



TATUARY, as Ornament for the garden, has, in 

 this country, tarried thus long without finding 

 an exponent bold enough to advocate 

 its claims. That there exists a taste 

 for such objects cannot be denied, but 

 whether that taste is sufficient- 

 ly developed, or has attained 

 the necessary plasticity, to 

 mould the imagery in tangible 

 shape, is not so apparent. In 

 mail}' instances, individuals 

 who inherit a love for the fine arts 

 do not possess the requisite pecu- 

 niary means to gratify their pas- 

 sion, for it is a notable fact, that genius 

 and the love of the beautiful is generally 

 allied to a soul too noble, too unselfish in 

 ' its aspirations, to pay that heed to lucra- 



tive pursuits which the lesser gifted mortal considers the ultima- 

 tum of human career. So one division of x\dam's family is de- 

 tered from indulging their natural inclination, while the opposite 

 class unfortunately are innocent of the ambition ; therefore the ne- 

 cessity of a teacher, who shall, by example and precept, instil 



