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however, the hmits of the good apple-bearing region where 

 they may, they undoubtedly embrace these ten miles square : 

 and as for grajjes^ we have under this roof of the General 

 Post Office, a gentleman, Mr. Caden, whose skill and suc- 

 cess as a cultivator of the vine, it is high praise enough to 

 say, are not far behiud his unsurpassed proficiency as a 

 mathematician ! '• The trees said unto the vines, reign over 

 us," and so said Mr. Caden' s house, for the vines cover it 

 on all sides. He may be said literally to dwell under '• his 

 own vine ;" and I much doubt, if all the truth could be 

 known, if he might not sometimes say, as did Pharaoh's 

 chief butler unto Joseph, " in my dream behold a vine was 

 before me '" ! which, were I a Joseph, I would interpret to 

 mean, that the President will appoint him to the chair of 

 Mathematics in the National Institute. 



It would do your heart good, Mr. Editor, and certainly 

 make your mouth water, as does that of many who look 

 daily from the back windows of this great work-house on 

 Mr. Caden's vines in full view, to see them as they grow 

 over all parts of his buildings — the large bunches of Isa- 

 bella and Catawba, in pink and purple clusters, weighty 

 almost beyond bearing, and, like some other tempting 

 things, plump, firm and juicy; and to all appearance ready 

 and waiting for the press. 



Although " as yet the fig hath not brought forth," in the 

 garden of my friend C, the nectarine has, and \\\q peach, in 

 the highest flavor and perfection. From him I learned the 

 art of budding, by the simplest process, a work with which 

 he is as familiar as with every problem in Euclid, and 

 vice versa ; and this knowledge of horticulture is practised, 

 and all these sweet fruits of it are gathered, on a small lot 

 of little more than 100 feet square ! What an example ! — 

 full of instruction, if not of reproach, to your large land- 

 holder, who boasts not a flower in his garden, a grape for 

 his table, or pear, peach or plum, for mouth or market ! 



But Mr. Caden is not the only one that works in this 

 hive, who worships at the shrine, and gathers the choicest 

 fruits of Pomona. We have other votaries of horticulture, 

 some of whose productions, as 1 have noticed in another 

 communication, equal even those of the best cultivators 

 around Boston, particularly apples. 



Among the number who should not be forgotten, I may 

 name Mr. Tucker, of this city, and Dr. Bayne of Alexan- 



