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does not exert himself to the utmost. Fine gentlemen had 

 better stay at home ; but, on the other hand, any individual 

 may do well who goes there, and who is sober, industrious, 

 and persevering. If he purposes remaining in the States, he 

 should by all means enrol himself a citizen as soon as he 

 arrives, as otherwise he can hold no landed possessions : he 

 should on no account remain long (unless he be a mechanic) 

 about the city where he may land. I speak from experience. 



I am, Sir, yours, &c. 

 Leicester, May 7. 1832. Alexander Gordon. 



Art. V. On certain Frauds imposed by Correspondents upon the 

 Readers of Transactions of Horticultural Societies, and of the 

 Gardener's Magazine, fyc. By An Enemy to Deceit. 



Sir, 



I have been intending, for some time past, to write to you 

 concerning a species of fraud, imposed to a considerable extent, 

 by correspondents, upon the readers of Transactions of horti- 

 cultural societies, and those of the Gardener's Magazine. I 

 have deferred writing to you upon this subject, expecting that 

 some one better qualified than myself would come forward, 

 and bring it before the attention of you and your readers. In 

 this, however, I have been disappointed ; no one, so far as I 

 know, has so much as hinted at its existence ; and, from the 

 importance of the subject, I feel myself compelled to perform 

 a duty, which should have been, and I truly wish it had been, 

 discharged by the correspondents themselves. As I do not 

 approve of a caviling disposition, I would much rather join 

 in congratulation, or remain altogether silent, than expose 

 faults ; but there are some things about which to say nothing, 

 amounts to nothing less than crime. 



There are some, and I trust many, of your correspondents 

 who really deserve the commendation and gratitude of your 

 readers. The humble and candid, yet expressive, manner in 

 which they have disclosed their sentiments, fully evinces these 

 to be dictated by the best of motives, as well as to be the 

 result of much experience and investigation : for my own 

 part, I have been, and I hope still shall be, delighted and in- 

 structed by their communications. But there are others, who, 



perfectly erroneous : no man can board and lodge there under 2| or 3 dol- 

 lars per week. — A. G. 



Our statement was made on the authority of Mr. Benjamin Poor, of 

 New York, who lately, with his family, passed some months in Europe, 

 and several weeks in London. — Cond. 



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