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If you plant pine seed on rich land, weeds will hurt and per- 

 haps destroy them. Many thousand acres of poor and wornout 

 lands exist in the eastern part of Massachusetts, suitable for plant- 

 ing pines, pitch-pines have already been planted extensively 

 with success. Profits of farming are not over one, two, or at the 

 utmost three per cent. 



[Translated by H. Meigs.] 



PARISIAN HORTICULTURE DEPRESSED. 



[Revue Horticole, May, 1854.] 



We are in the constant habit of visiting all the principal gar- 

 dens of our capital, and we are deeply impressed with the increas- 

 ing depreciation of them. The greater number of them are un- 

 tenable, so badly have they fallen ofi" from their former good con- 

 dition. Everything in them is changed since their formation. 

 Some of those formed in places where formerly was little popula- 

 tion, are now invaded by new buildings, overwhelmed by a deluge 

 of houses. Places become populous in one day. Gardens in 

 similar locations, threatened by buildings, advance heavily in 

 rent. 



Twenty-sixth Exhibition of the Imperial Society of Horticulture. 



The old Central Society, which has taken the name of Imperial j 

 seems to be unfortunate in its exhibitions lately. Six months ago, 

 in consequence of its having rdshed to do things in too grand a 

 style, it met with a harlf check. But at this time it has been still 

 more unfortunate. For want of a sufficient number of competi- 

 tors on the part of the horticulturist ; hardly one half of the 

 space reserved for their contributions was occupied. Those who 

 had the management of this exhibition struggled the best they 

 could on this melancholy occasion. In order to cover up vacan- 

 cies they stretched out the articles so as to cover with the verdure 

 of plants places where flowers ought to have been. Vain, but 

 laudable efforts ! The public was pained and the Pessimists 

 (lovers of the worst) predicted the decline of Parisian gardeningi 

 There were beautiful things there — admirable rhododendrons and 

 azaleas absolutely unrivalled. Those rhododendrons of Hima- 



