16 Progress of Horticulture i?i Rochester, N. Y. 



part is not entirely neglected, as the general neatness and 

 comfortable appearance of our city very plainly indicates. 

 The maple and the button wood are stationed along the side- 

 walks, to protect the dwellings from the summer's heat — the 

 door-yards, too, have their respective ornaments, propor- 

 tioned to the means, or rather taste, of the occupant, for it 

 is not always the most wealthy that bestow most attention 

 to the establishment of their homes. In another year we 

 hope to be able to record some considerable improvements : 

 several of our most tasteful citizens are now erecting ele- 

 gant dwellings, among them I might mention a few of those 

 who have the greatest portion of ground attached, viz. Aid. 

 Aaron Erickson. He is erecting, and has almost completed, 

 a tasteful, commodious dwelling, on Main street, east side 

 of the city, adjoining the elegant residences of Wm. Pitkin 

 and Silas O. Smith, Esqrs. His grounds are limited, com- 

 prising but two or three acres, but the site is excellent, and 

 with Mr. Erickson's good taste and liberality will be, I am 

 certain, one of the most complete establishments in our city. 

 The kitchen garden is already laid out, and a large and 

 well selected assortment of fruit trees planted, besides orna- 

 mental trees, shrubs, «fcc. Next spring he intends planting 

 dwarf fruit trees ; in fact his grounds will be made the most 

 of, in every way. I believe he intends to build a grapery 

 and greenhouse after the completion of his dwelling. 



On the south side of the city, opposite the Mount Hope 

 Cemetery, and adjoining the Mount Hope Garden and Nur- 

 sery, J. D. Hawks, Esq. has just completed a beautiful 

 Gothic dwelling, the lirst and only one of that style in our 

 section of the country. His grounds are spacious, some 

 Jifteen or sixteen acres, and susceptible of great improve- 

 ments ; little is yet done towards it, with the exception of 

 laying out the main entrance and planting forest trees, 

 and some fruit trees : but with Mr. Hawks's excellent taste, 

 and that of his accomplished ladjr, I am well assured that 

 their residence will be one of the chief ornaments of that 

 section of the city. 



On the west side of the city, Amos Sawyer, Esq. has just 

 completed a neat and comfortable dwelling, of moderate 

 dimensions ; the site is decidedly beautiful, on an elevated 

 spot on the west bank of the Genesee, commanding a full 

 view of the Genesee Falls, as well as of the greater part ol 

 the city. Mr. Sawyer's grounds comprise several acres, 



