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other plants. Really we believe the gardeners are at fault ; 

 for it is their duty, if their employers do not know of the 

 beauty of these things, or do not think of them, to inform 

 them of it, and have a supply at all times ready to keep up 

 the appearance of the house. 



The grape-houses were bearing heavy crops of the finest 

 fruit, — large berries, large clusters and well colored, — we 

 have rarely seen better. The peach-houses, too, were filled 

 with fruit, all denoting care, attention and industry, on the 

 part of the gardener. 



Nurseries of Messrs. Hovey 4* Co., Cambridge. — The 

 excursion ended with a hasty walk through these grounds, 

 which we would prefer some of those who accompanied us 

 should give an account of, rather than ourselves. 



The third and last excursion was among the Essex Coun- 

 ty amateurs and cultivators. 



Garden of Mr. O. Johnson, Lynn. — We gave so full an 

 account of Mr. Johnson's premises last autumn, that there is 

 little to add here, other than that the crop of fruit, much to 

 the gratification of the proprietor, is this year very good, 

 better than in the immediate vicinity of Boston. The trees 

 did not drop their blossoms so generally, and what fruit there 

 is, is fairer than in the places we have before noticed. It is 

 unnecessary to add, that the " economic point" of keeping 

 is never lost sight of by Mr. Johnson. • 



Garden of J. F. Allen, Salem. — The principal objects of 

 notice here are the vineries and forcing-houses. In the 

 early vineries the grapes were nearly all cut, and in the later 

 ones they were only about half-grown. Among the new 

 sorts which have fruited we noticed the Austrian Muscat, 

 which is probably correct, although Mr. Allen obtained his 

 vine from the same source that we had ours, which proved 

 to be a black grape of no Muscat flavor whatever. That of 

 Mr. Allen's is an extremely desirable sort, with clusters about 

 the size of the White Frontignan, though not as long, of a 

 deep amber color, approaching to a pinkish shade, and with 

 a rich brisk musky juice. 



The retarding house works exceedingly well ; it was kept 



