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tance of twelve feet, and six feet inside, making the border 

 eighteen feet wide. At the outer edge of this excavation, 

 which formed the bottom of the border, a thorough drain was 

 made of brick, so as to conduct off all superfluous moisture. 

 On this bottom was thrown ten inches of small stones ; then 

 six inches of good turf, the top spit of an old pasture ; then 

 six inches of manure, mostly street scrapings ; then six inches 

 of good loam ; then two inches of oyster shells, on that part of 

 the border iniide, and two inches of bones on the border out- 

 side ; and six inches more of loam to finish. Three loads of ref- 

 use bones, containing meat and gelatinous matter, were also 

 mixed in as the border was made. When these had laid to- 

 gether a week or two, the whole was trenched over down to 

 the stones, thoroughly mixed, and completed ready for plant- 

 ing out the vines, after allowing the soil to settle. In a border 

 so well made, the vines cannot fail to make a fine growth, 

 and rapidly become strong enough to bear a good crop. A 

 large part of the vines are Black Hamburgh, with several of 

 the Muscat of Alexandria, white Malvasie, Wilmot's Black 

 Hamburgh, (fcc. Mr. Burns, the gardener, has managed them 

 well, and kept them free from mildew, with plump wood, 

 ripening off finely. Much work was yet to be completed 

 around the grapery, such as finishing the walks, &c. 



From the grapery, we passed into the kitchen garden 

 which, together with the fruit garden, is separated from the 

 other part of the grounds by a public lane. The kitchen garden 

 is laid out in a square, with a neat substantial wall. The 

 ground had been subsoiled, and was now in fine condition. ' 

 The fruit garden is partly filled with trees, set out before Mr. 

 Russell took possession of the place, and many of the peaches 

 are nothing but natural fruit. Mr. Russell is rapidly intro- 

 ducing the finest kinds, and, in a short time, will have none 

 but the best varieties upon his grounds. There is much sat- 

 isfaction in noting down such improvements as have been 

 made here. Mr. Russell does every thing with a vieAV to neat- 

 ness as well as utility : and the grounds throughout are kept 

 in the best manner. 



