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gardener ; he deserves great credit for the admirable condi- 

 tion in which he has every branch of his charge. 



Adjoining the residence of Mr. Murray is that of G. P. 

 Ohphant, Esq. ; of this place, I cannot at present speak mi- 

 nutely; the grounds are very extensive; the orchard well 

 stocked with the choicest fruits ; the vegetable garden in the 

 very best order ; and the flower garden and shrubbery in 

 good order and very well stocked. Mr. Oliphant, in addi- 

 tion to his own taste and skill, has a gardener whose expe- 

 rience and industry is well exemplified in the improvements 

 he has effected during the past two years. At some future 

 time I will notice this and some other places at greater 

 length. P. B. 



Rochester, N. Y., December, 1843. 



Art, III. Gardening in the Vicinity of Flushing, L. I. ; 

 with some of the collection of jdants of J. R. Valk, Esq. 



I AM one of those, whose taste and feelings very strongly 

 incline to admire the beautiful productions of nature ; and 

 no greater delight can be afforded me, than the contempla- 

 tion of the beauties of God's creation, in a well ordered 

 flower garden with its surrounding or attached houses, for 

 the cultivation of rare and superb exotics. In Europe, and 

 particularly in England, elegant gardens are every where 

 to be met with, and in most of them, as appendages, 

 (without which they would not be complete,) we find 

 green-houses and hot-houses, of every size and shape, 

 which, containing as they generally do, very select collec- 

 tions of plants, are at all times worth visiting. With us 

 these things are not exactly as they should be, and the very 

 best collections of exotics to be found throughout the length 

 and breadth of our land, cannot compare with many in 

 Europe, or be named with such as are seen at Sion House, 

 Chatsvvorth, or Wentworth, each as I have named them, 

 under the care of Mr. Carton, Mr. Paxton, and Mr. Cooper. 



I have been led to make these few remarks, from a train 

 of thought resulting from a recent visit to Flushing, L. I., 

 still a place of some note for its several nurseries, and once 



