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oak, and other new trees; all hardy, and so highly deserving 

 of introduction, that we made a selection of all that was new. 

 Immense quantities of larch, Norway spruce, &c., are raised, 

 and sold every year. ' 



The collection of fruit trees includes a very good variety 

 of kinds, and very well-grown, the soil being well adapted 

 to them ; of currants, a great stock is cultivated, and mostly 

 after the tree mode; that is, of training the branches to one 

 single stem, in the form of a miniature tree ; no suckers will 

 ever spring up, and the plants always have a neat and 

 pretty appearance. This mode is attained by cutting out 

 all the eyes from the cuttings, when put out, except the three 

 top ones ; no dormant buds are then left to shoot up and take 

 away the strength of the plant, and the branches are not thus 

 continually robbed of their nourishment. Plants well man- 

 aged in this way, produce superb fruit. Messrs. Dickson 

 possess a white fruited variety of the English black currant. 



Messrs. Dickson's establishment is judiciously laid out, and 

 is kept in the very best order : the ground free from weeds, 

 the beds arranged in systematic order, and every thing de- 

 noting the most orderly management. A quantity of the 

 ground is devoted to greenhouses and frames, and we noticed 

 many fine plants, though nothing particularly rare. The 

 out-door department receives the greatest share of attention. 

 The proximity of Messrs. Dickson's nursery to Liverpool, 

 and the great Rail-road thoroughfare from thence to London, 

 has given them many advantages, which they have improved, 

 and their stock is in the best order, and offered at reasonable 

 rates. 



Two hours walking, through a heavy soil, in a cold rain, 

 being quite enough for one day, we left for the village, and 

 taking the first train of cars, arrived in Liverpool about noon. 



Glasgow, October lOlh. — The weather continued cold, raw, 

 windy, and rainy, when we left Liverpool, for Glasgow, in 

 the steamer Commodore, one of the fine ships which ply 

 regularly between the two cities. We left the pier about 10 

 o'clock, on the evening of the 9th, and at daylight, after a 

 rough night, we were oft' the coast of Scotland. As the sun rose, 

 the weather became more calm, and a beautiful day succeed- 

 ed. We arrived at Greenock at 5 o'clock in the afternoon, 



