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should guide the traveller in visiting a new country, and 

 judging of entirely new principles or practices in art. Mr. 

 Loudon let nothing escape his attention, and his liberal and 

 enlightened mind always took a broad and comprehensive 

 view of things, which he ever endeavored to record impar- 

 tially and without prejudice. It is from this fact that his 

 notes of travels, both at home and on the Continent, always 

 possess so much of originality and interest. It will be our 

 aim to make our observations in the same spirit. 



Our Tour occupied about two months ; daring that period, 

 we visited part of England, Scotland, and France. We left 

 Boston on the 1st of August, and landed at Liverpool on the 

 12th, and proceeding through the Midland Counties we arriv- 

 ed in London, where we remained about two weeks ; from 

 thence we left for Paris, by the way of Brighton, Dieppe, and 

 Rouen. Finishing our business there, which occupied three 

 weeks, we returned to London about the 26th of September, 

 which we finally left, early in October, for Liverpool, by the 

 way of Chester. From thence we proceeded to Glasgow and 

 Edinburgh, making a rather rapid tour to the latter places, 

 and arrived again at Liverpool October 17th. On the 19th 

 we left for Boston, having been absent three months. 



The climate of England is so unlike our own, that in the 

 growth and cultivation of many fruits and plants, scarcely 

 any comparison can be made. Around Liverpool, and to the 

 north, the weather is cooler, and much more humid than 

 around London ; and fruits which ripen well on standards near 

 the latter city will not succeed well as far north as Liverpool. 

 This is also the case in Scotland, where, from the moisture 

 and coolness of the climate, we imderstood few pears or other 

 fruits, except apples, could be produced, except on walls. 

 France possesses a climate more like our own ; with mod- 

 erately dry and hot summers and cool winters, and vegeta- 

 tion is rapid as with us. 



Having thus given some idea of the objects of our tour, 

 and the results which our readers may expect, we shall com- 

 mence with our descriptions of Gardens, &c., in our next. 

 Owing to the great length of our Retrospective View of Hor- 

 ticulture for 1844, we have not been able to find room for any 

 further remarks at this time. 



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