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one of which, a cream-colored flower, he has named Mrs. 

 Henry Clay. Mr. Feast is now assisted, in the management 

 of the nursery, by his son, who was formerly gardener to 

 Dr. Edmonson. 



Claremont Nursery^ Messrs. Sinclair ^ Corse. — An invi- 

 tation was long since extended to us, and often repeated, by 

 our correspondent, R. Sinclair, of the Claremont nursery, 

 near the city, to visit his establishment; but, during two 

 visits, we have not found time to avail ourselves of his polite 

 invitation. We were, however, determined to see the nurser- 

 ies, and early in the morning we took a coach at the Ex- 

 change, and we reached Claremont after a pleasant half hour's 

 ride. It is situated to the north of the city, on the Philadelphia 

 road, distant three or four miles. The nurseries contain about 

 seventy-five acres of land, covering a level surface, and sur- 

 rounded on all sides by hills, densely clothed with a fine 

 growth of trees. The entrance is from the north side, and 

 the residences of the proprietors are on the slope of the hill to 

 the south, overlooking every part of the premises. 



Mr. Sinclair has been engaged in the nursery business a 

 great number of years, and has now become so much ad- 

 vanced in life that he has given up the charge of the grounds 

 to his partner and son-in-law, Mr. Corse, who conducted us 

 through the nursery. We found every thing in very good 

 order, and a good collection of fruit and ornamental trees. 

 In the greenhouse department, less attention has been given 

 than will hereafter be devoted to it. A small greenhouse we 

 found stocked with plants ; and in the open ground the tea 

 and Bengal roses, which stand the winter here, were in full 

 bloom. 



Mr. Corse showed us a weeping ash ten feet high, which 

 had been budded close to the ground, and had made that 

 growth in one season. It is the usual plan with English cul- 

 tivators to bud or graft standard high, but there is one objec- 

 tion to this, the grafts are likely to be broken ofi", and the tree 

 is then ruined ; on the contrary, if they are grafted at the 

 ground, trained up ten feet to a straight stem and then al- 

 lowed to branch, there is no danger of the loss of a tree by 

 violent winds. The Fringe tree is cultivated here in large 

 quantities, as the young seedling can be had in abundance 



