12 Notes 071 Engkuid and France. 



expected to appear in April. Mr. Biiis is now the editor 

 of the work. Some change has taken place in the princi- 

 pal agricultural periodicals. Mr. Ruffin has retired from 

 the editorial chair of the Farmers Register., and our cor- 

 respondent, ^Ir. T. S. Pleasants, has taken his place. We 

 cannot let the opportunity pass to record our regret that so 

 able a writer as Mr. Ruffin should be induced to retire from 

 the charge of the Register. No individual has done more 

 to disseminate practical information among the agricultu- 

 rists of the south, or to elevate tlie profession of the farmer. 

 The Cultivator continues to appear with its accustomed ex- 

 cellence, stored with the most valuable information. The 

 New Genesee Farmer is to be enlarged, and Mr. Colman 

 retires from the editorial chair, but will continue a corres- 

 pondent of the paper while engaged in his agricultural tour 

 in Europe. 



Art. II. Notes on England and France^ during two sev- 

 eral visits to those countries in tlie 7/ert/-5 1S40, 1841 and 

 1842 : with some remarks on their buildings and horticid- 

 ture, and on rural affairs., ^'c. By William Kenuick, 

 Nonantum Hill, Newton. 



Liverpool, which I visited for the first time in December 

 last, is in lat. .53° 27' north ; and, being near the northwest- 

 ern coast, is deemed a very cold part of England. The 

 sun rose at that time and place at half-past 8 o'clock, and 

 remained above the horizon only seven hours, its greatest 

 elevation being but thirteen degrees at noon. From these 

 causes vegetation is neitlier so rapid, nor is its growth so 

 prolonged, at that place, as in the more southern and inland 

 counties, and in the vicinity of London. The gardens and 

 nursery grounds of some of the most distinguished cultiva- 

 tors, are protected from cold winds by numerous sub-divi- 

 sions of hedges, which screen them from the cold, thus 

 essentially promoting the growth of various tender plants. 

 These hedges being trained very close and flat, occupy but 

 little space. They consist sometimes of the beech, which 

 retains its leaves and protecting power for a long time 



