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Messrs. Bloodgood and Co. practise, I think, deserves general 

 imitation in America ; viz. I saw a cellar, in which were a great 

 number of fruit trees that had been recently taken from the 

 ground, and closely planted in sand (laid in by the heels, as 

 it is called in the London nurseries), which enables the pro- 

 prietors of the nursery, during the severest frost, to execute 

 foreign orders, and orders for the Southern States. 



The original Tree of the Newtown Pippiji. — On leaving 

 Flushing, I called at the residence of Mrs. Col. More, 3 miles 

 nearer New York, to see the original tree of the celebrated 

 apple called the Newtown pippin. I found it growing in the 

 centre of an old orchard. The tree divides itself about 1\ or 

 3 ft. from the ground ; but, although the estate has been in 

 the possession of Col. More's family for two centuries, they 

 were unable to give me any account of its origin ; consequently 

 the tree must be of very old standing. 



These are the principal nurseries about New York, with the 

 exception of Mrs. Parmentier's, at Brooklyn, also on Long 

 Island, of which you have recently [p. 70-72. of the present 

 Volume] published a particular account : a repetition by me 

 would therefore be useless ; so I proceed to Albany. A son 

 of Mr, Thorburn's of New York has recently opened an esta- 

 blishment here in the seed line ; but, being only in its infancy, 

 it would be premature to form an opinion of it. 



The Albany Nursery. — About 2 or 4 miles from Albany, 

 your most enlightened and scientific correspondent, Judge 

 Buel, some years ago commenced the nursery business, in com- 

 pany with a gentleman of the name of Wilson, who is a very 

 superior practical gardener ; and, for the short period which 

 has elapsed since their commencement, they have done won- 

 ders. There is a great diversity of soils in this nursery, 

 which the proprietors are turning to good account; by plant- 

 ing the different species of trees to be propagated, in the soils 

 most suitable to their respective habits. No expense is spared 

 in procuring every desirable novelty from Europe ; and, when 

 we take into consideration the scientific knowledge of Judge 

 Buel, and the practical experience of Mr. Wilson, with the 

 local advantages they possess, and their spirited exertions, we 

 may presume the Albany Nursery will at no distant day be 

 among the very first establishments of the kind in the States. 



From New York to Albany, I found on the banks of the 

 beautiful river Hudson (a noble stream, accompanied by 

 scenery of the most sublime, picturesque, and romantic cha- 

 racter, not surpassed for variety and grandeur by any in the 

 world) the remains of some ancient manor houses formerly 

 possessed by great proprietors, chiefly by the Livingston family, 



