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Bouth-east, and is perhaps half a mile distant from the observer in 

 the road. 



There are a thousand other curious freaks of nature, which will 

 render the White Mountains a capital locality to locate strange 

 legends, to those disposed to romancing. The immense cascades 

 which glitter like silver belts in the sunlight, and pour their crys- 

 tal waters on the plains far below, are in themselves objects of 

 attraction that amply compensate the traveller for his trouble. 



I myself would not have missed the sight for a small revenue in 

 reliable securities. T am only sorry that publishers have not 

 turned their attention to making books, descriptive and illustrative 

 of Wliite Mountain scenery. We believe, however^ that Mr. N. 

 Orr, of your city, has been recently making sketches, etc., with the 

 view of bringing out a publication of the kind demanded. 



Yours sincerely, 



EVELYN. 



The rapid extension of the fruit growing interests at the south, 

 has developed the fact that apples which are highly estimated at 

 the north for their superior qualities, are in many instances, utterly 

 valueless in a warm climate, assuming characters widely differing 

 from the original type. This variation can, we tliink, be explained^ 

 being attributable to hot, long summers, tending to diminish the 

 saccharine properties of the juice, and concentrate and intensify 

 the acid principle. Cherries also, in many instances, become quite 

 acid. H. R. Eobey, Esq., a nurseryman of Fredericksburg, Va., hav- 

 ing satisfied himself at an earlyday, of the inadaptibilitj' of north- 

 ern apples for the southern States, directed his attention to secur* 

 ing seedlings peculiar to his own latitude. His efforts have been 

 rewarded beyond his most sanguine expectations, having collected 

 several native sorts of good quality, and which mature their fruit 

 equally as satisfactory as their congeners of celebrity in higher 

 latitudes. Mr. Eobey sends us the following list of apples, which 

 he says can be relied on. They are all winter sorts, many of them 

 keeping till spring : — 



Abram. — Medium size, dull red stripe, peculiar, agreeable aro- 

 matic flavor, will keep till May, great bearer. 



Beverly's Red. — Rather large, red, very good. 



Cart House. — Medium, red, long keeper, fair quality. 



