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culture was made. The Cultivator'^s Jlhnanac, for 1841, 

 Weeks on Bees^ an excellent work, and the American Swine 

 Breeder, have been published. The agricultural periodicals 

 have been improved. The Cultivator, at Albany, has sustain- 

 ed its reputation, in its change of editors; and the JVeio Gen- 

 esee Farmer, at Rochester, and the Farmerh Cabinet, at 

 Philadelphia, are each valuable aids to the enterprising farmer. 

 It was our intention to add some remarks upon the progress 

 of gardening in England, and on the continent, but this will 

 be learned, from time to time, in our foreign notices, which 

 embrace every thing of importance that transpires. Neces- 

 sarily imperfect as the remarks we have made must be, we 

 hope they will serve to show how fast gardening has advanced; 

 another year, we trust we may be enabled to give a more 

 encouraging account of what has been accomplished. 



Art, II. Horticulture in Western J^ew York. 

 By M. B. Bate HAM. 



It is now two years since my report was given in the Mag- 

 azine, respecting horticulture in western New York; and, 

 although we cannot boast of any great advancement, we are 

 unwilling that old Genesee should be quite forgotten in your 

 annual retrospect of gardening. A iew years ago, it was 

 thought that this section of country would make rapid pro- 

 gress in scientific and ornamental horticulture; but a cloud of 

 adversity came over our prospects, and we were compelled to 

 confine our attention to the necessaries, and neglect the luxu- 

 ries of life. It is believed, however, that a brighter day 

 begins to dawn, and prosperity will again smile upon us; so 

 that we still hope to see this fertile region become as cele- 

 brated for its attainments in horticulture as it now is for its 

 natural advantages. 



My time and space, at this time, will only allow me to 

 glance at a few of the principal gardens, and I shall confine 

 my remarks to those which have green-houses. 



At Rochester, the green-house and nursery establishment, 



