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anticipated considerable pleasure from a visit to the nurseries 

 of our correspondents, INlessrs. C. & A. J. Dovvnins;, whose 

 estahHshments may be' considered among the very best in the 

 State. Our readers have derived much information, as well 

 as gratification, from the excellent articles of Mr. A. J. 

 Downing, who has been one of our most constant and valua- 

 ble contributors for upwards of five years, and whose com- 

 munications, we hope, will long continue to add value to our 

 pages. The Messrs. Downing have been concerned in the 

 nursery business for many years, and are well acquainted with 

 a large part of our most excellent fruits. This information 

 has enabled them to advise those who purchase of them, and 

 wish to rely upon their judgment, in regard to the selection 

 of such fruits as are best adapted to general cultivation, or for 

 the particular purposes of standards, dwarfs, espaliers, or wall 

 fruit. 



The nursery of Mr. A. J. Downing will form an article 

 of itself, in our next number, and will be accompanied with 

 beautiful engravings, representing ]\lr. Downing's house, late- 

 ly erected, in the Tudor style of architecture, and a ground 

 plan of the garden, &c. We shall call it No. 1 . of a series 

 of illustrations, which we intend to continue in our next vol- 

 ume, upon the subject of villa architecture and landscape gar- 

 dening, nearly all of which will be taken from places already 

 existing, rather than mere creations of the fancy. In this 

 manner we hope to continue and keep alive the interest 

 which is being now awakened to the subject, partly by the 

 recent publication of Mr. Downing's excellent Treatise on 

 the Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardenings and partly 

 by the improved taste which many gentlemen and amateurs 

 have imbibed through the medium of our Magazine, and other 

 periodicals. Landscape gardening and rural architecture have 

 lingered far in the rear of horticultural improvement, till the 

 latter has arrived at that state of excellence which renders it ne- 

 cessary that the style of our dwellings, as well as the beauty of 

 our gardens, should be improved and rendered more expressive. 

 The architectural character of many of the residences late- 

 ly erected on the North River, has been grea-tly improved. 

 In the town of Newburgh, we noticed three or four specimens 

 of villas in the Italian style, which might be taken as excel- 

 lent models, by those who are partial to that pleasing style, so 

 well adapted to our scenery and climate. It is a gratifying 



