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The kitchen garden here is also a model of its kind ; it 

 contains upwards of an acre, and has been nearly trenched 

 throughout, the vigorous crops showing the effects of a deep 

 and generous soil. Everything was in the finest condition, 

 the ground free from weeds, and the whole so different from 

 the usually neglected state of kitchen gardens, that its in- 

 spection afforded us the highest gratification. 



Belmont Place, Watertown, J. P. Cuslmig, Esq. — This 

 fine residence still retains its high reputation for beauty, 

 order, neatness, and high keeping. The new and elegant 

 mansion, so long vacant, is now occupied by the proprietor, 

 and an air of liveliness, which they did not before possess, is 

 now communicated to the park, the pleasure-ground and the 

 garden. The long rows of magnificent Norway spruces and 

 the tall masses of arbor vitass, seem to look less sombre, now 

 that the stillness which formerly reigned about them is 

 broken by the foot fall, the tramp of horses and the occa- 

 sional rolling of carriage wheels. The solitude which is 

 associated with an uninhabited building of such size and 

 grandeur, and grounds of such extent, lessens the enjoyment 

 of their attractions. The vast expanse of park, which adds 

 so much to the character of the old English residence, 

 would possess only half the attraction it now does, but for 

 the herds of deer which traverse its bounds, giving life and 

 animation to the scene. 



The garden was gay with flowers, though less so, now 

 that the roses were nearly gone, than a week previous. The 

 conservatory was enriched (thanks to Mr. Schimming, the 

 gardener, and his foreman, Mr. Evers,) with a fine display 

 of fuchsias, achimines, gloxinias, &c. We cannot under- 

 stand why it is that a greenhouse in summer should be 

 stripped of every plant, and have the benches all brushed 

 down as if nothing would grow, or ought to be grown, there 

 in summer. Why, half of the beautiful plants we possess 

 bloom only in summer. Who that had a greenhouse or con- 

 servatory would be without the magnificent Japan lilies, the 

 rich Chinese hibiscuses, the beautiful achimenes of all hues, 

 the lovely gloxinias, the fuchsias, begonias, and numerous 



