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Ives, whose grounds adjoin Mr. Manning's, has a variety 

 of trees for sale. 



Messrs. Hovey & Co. are rapidly filling up their grounds 

 with trees. Upwards of six acres are already covered, and 

 include all the best as well as the newest varieties of fruits 

 to be obtained. Many of them are sufficiently large to fill 

 orders. The stock of forest trees aud shrubs is large and 

 excellent. The greenhouse department now occupies two 

 houses, 84 feet long each, and upwards of 3000 roses alone 

 are cultivated, new catalogues of which have already been 

 published. 



The nurseries of Messrs. Kenrick's, Winship's and Hyde, 

 are now well stocked with trees; that of Messrs. Winship 

 being particularly noted for its great collection of orna- 

 mental shrubs and forest trees. Mr. W. Kenrick intends, 

 we believe, the erection of a greenhouse for the growth of 

 roses and other plants. 



In the interior of Massachusetts there is a great interest 

 felt in the planting of fruit trees. This has created a de- 

 mand for trees, and in Worcester, Messrs. Colton & Co. 

 and D. W. Lincoln, have very good collections. At Spring- 

 field there is also a young nursery lately commenced. 



Around New York the same zeal continues to animate 

 the nurserymen. Their catalogues, of which we shall speak 

 at length at another opportunity, exhibited an immense 

 amount of trees and shrubs; and great labor has been be- 

 stowed upon their publication. Messrs. Prince & Co., 

 Wilcomb (fc King, Winter & Co., and Parsons (fc Co., have 

 each extensive grounds. We have given an account of 

 them from personal inspection, in our last volume (p. 41.) 



Messrs. Downing &. Co., Newburgh, have a good stock 

 of trees, and have recently enlarged their grounds by the 

 addition of upwards of ten acres. We shall soon give some 

 memoranda of a short visit to their place last autumn. 



In Philadelphia there is much activity among the florists. 

 Mr. Buist has enlarged his grounds since 1S41, and Mr. 

 Mackenzie has erected another new and spacious green- 

 house. At each place we saw great quantities of fine ca- 

 mellias, azaleas, roses, &c. A continuation of our tour in 

 October last, will show the state of things in Baltimore and 

 Washington. 



The West is now making rapid strides towards horticul- 

 tural eminence, and the enterprising nurserymen of Cincin- 



