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of planting trees. They might be enlarged and extended to 

 a greater length than our present article will admit. At an- 

 other opportunity we shall refer to it again. 



In conclusion, we must again repeat, in part, what we have 

 already said. Make up your minds, all who intend to plant 

 trees, to select such as have had cultivation, — call you them 

 nursery trees or by any other name. Give no ear to the ad- 

 vice of those who would ;persuade you to the contrary, as 

 you wish ever to see a tree in all the beauty the Creator de- 

 signed it to possess, or hope to sit in its shade. 



Art. II. On the Construction of Highicays with reference 

 to pleasing effects in the Aspect of the Country. By Wil- 

 son Flagg. 



It is remarkable that so little has been said in our horticul- 

 tural papers, and other journals of taste, on the proper con- 

 struction of roads, especially with reference to their effect on 

 the aspect of the country. A great deal has been written 

 concernmg the planting of shade trees, but comparatively 

 nothing on the proper width and direction of the streets in 

 which they are planted. It seems to be generally understood, 

 that if they enable the traveller to perform his journey in the 

 safest and quickest possible time, all that is necessary has 

 been accomplished. This, it is true, is the most desirable 

 end ; but it is a great error to suppose that pleasantness of 

 prospect, variety of course, and those numerous circumstances 

 which are valued by the man who is journeying for pleasure, 

 are to be overlooked. 



The general complaint with reference to streets is that they 

 are too narrow. This is a fact particularly worthy of notice 

 in a country Avhere land is so cheap and so barren that a 

 wide street would be the greatest recommendation of almost 

 any locality. Houses are put up along these narrow streets, 

 so near their bounds, that it becomes necessary to build a 

 fence in front of them, to prevent the horses that are hitched 



