374 J^olcs made during a Visit to Js'^ew York, Syc. 



kind attentions of Mr. Downing; and we take this oppor- 

 tunity to express our obligations to hini for the many favors 

 extended to us. 



Presque Isle, Residence of Wm. Demming, Esq. — At Fish- 

 kill, on the opposite side of the river, accompanied by our 

 friend, Mr. A. J. Downing, we visited this fine old place, an 

 elevation of the entrance front of which, v/iih a portion of the 

 lawn, is given in Mr. Downing's work. Beyond the group- 

 ing of the trees on the bank of the river, and the stately forms 

 of some of the single si)ecimens on the lawn, we found but 

 little to notice. Of the former we can speak in gratifying 

 terms; for we are delighted to be able to give our evidence of 

 the existence of so much of that landscape beauty among us, 

 which is almost exclusively the peculiar feature of the garden- 

 ing of Britain. Nature, it is true, has done much for the place, 

 but art has also accomplished a great deal. 



Entering upon the lawn, the approach leads to the right of 

 the house almost upon the brink of the river, and, sweeping 

 round, the bank here assuming an almost circular form, we 

 come in front of the house, a good proportioned building in 

 the Roman style, surrounded and backed by some of the larg- 

 est and finest formed lindens and maples we have ever seen. 

 Through the belt on the border of the river, by cutting away 

 the branches, views of the most interesting portions of the op- 

 posite side of the river have been opened. Were the lawn 

 only kept closer, and more frequently mown, the walks filled 

 with gravel and well rolled, we could have imagined ourselves 

 in some of the fine old picturesque places of England. 



( To be continued.) 



MISCELLANEOUS LNTELLIGENCE. 



AiiT. I. General Notices. 



Graf ling Pelargoniums. — Mr. Ansell, of the Camden Nursery, 

 extiibitcd s])ociMieii.s of s;;riiftt.'d [)el;iri,n)niuins, at a rneetiii;^ of tlie 

 London Horticultural Society, in June, wliieli wore much adniircd. 

 This novel operation, as regards pelargonium;', was cxtieniely easy. 



