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when the beeches are cut down, they advance rapidly, and 

 become the principal occupants of the soil." (Jan. 29. 1832.) 



I have a vast fund of information on many interesting sub- 

 jects, obtained from M. le Conte ; but must let the above suf- 

 fice, as I find I am extending this article to a great length. 



I must, however, inform you that this gentleman tho- 

 roughly convinced me of the existence of the Magnolm pyra- 

 midata; for on Thursday, the 27th of January, we took a 

 journey of fifty miles, and crossed the Altamaha river, to look 

 for a tree of that species which M. le Conte had seen there 

 eighteen months previous. We found it; and it evidently 

 differs from the M. auriculata, the leaves being only from 

 5 in. to 6 in. long, and the sinus at the base more abrupt and 

 angular ; with the buds more elongated and more acuminate : 

 to all appearance the leaves were glaucous underneath, though 

 when we saw them they were withered. Elliot's description 

 of the tree is quite correct. Pursh's is as follows : — 



M. foliis rhomboideo-obovalibus, abrupte acutis, conco- 

 loribus, basi subcordatis, auriculatis, lobis divaricatis, petalis 

 lanceolatis, sensim acutis. But it ought to be, " Foliis ob- 

 ovatis, abrupte acutis, subtus glaucis, basi subcordatis, auri- 

 culatis, lobis non divaricatis, petalis — of course, I did not see.* 



Before I conclude this sketch of the gardens of America, I 

 must assure you that I sincerely regret I never have had the 

 opportunity of visiting Boston in the State of Massachusetts ; 

 where, I understand, the science is in a more forward state 

 than in any other part of the Union. I hope soon to be able 

 to satisfy myself, and also your readers, on this subject. 



I have, early this morning, read and re-read your article in 

 the April Number of the Gardener's Magazine, wherein you 

 recommend gardeners, in the strongest terms, to emigrate to 

 the United States ; on which subject I beg leave to advance 

 a few observations. 



• Emigration is attended with many inconveniences, which 

 few are competent to appreciate but those who have expe- 

 rienced the trial : leaving their native countries, their rela- 

 tives, and their former homes, to go to a foreign country, 

 where every thing is strange, and where they have to adopt 

 new manners. A new system is of itself a severe trial ; but, 

 Sir, I am sorry to add, too many emigrants are of a class not 

 calculated to do well in any country ; and, for them, America 

 is the worst country in the world, as you will find no individual 

 there, however high or exalted his station, who is not actively 

 engaged in some pursuit, f No man can hope to prosper who 



* Since writing the above, I have seen the M. pyramidata in Mr. Lee's 

 nursery at Hammersmith. 



•j- Your assertion respecting the price of living in the United States is 



