'particularly near Montreal. 161 



The New Road, or Papineau Road, Ninsety is the next in 

 rank as a nursery, and is the property of an honest industrious 

 man, Mr. M'Kenzie. His garden contains a very large as- 

 sortment of fruit trees ; and I trust that, ere many years are 

 past, the blunt but open-hearted proprietor of the Papineau 

 Road Nursery will be the owner of a much larger establishment. 

 Mr. M'Kenzie does a great deal in the market-garden way. 



The Montreal Botanic Garden is the next in rank, as being 

 the latest established, and, though last, by no means least. 

 On this garden I can dwell with pleasure, as it is the first 

 instance of a French Canadian (Canadian of French extrac- 

 tion) embracing the profession of a nursery and seedsman. 

 It is conducted by S. Guilbault and Co., and has only been 

 in operation about twelve months. Mr. Guilbault is a pro- 

 mising and industrious young man ; and, though he has not 

 received a botanical education, he is striving hard, by intense 

 study, to attain a perfect knowledge of his profession ; and I 

 can give you no better description of his garden than by send- 

 ing you his catalogue, which you will find contains 327 kinds 

 of green-house plants, 88 kinds of ornamental trees, ever- 

 greens, &c., besides a large collection of fruits, &c. It may 

 be necessary, in justice to the other nurserymen, to state that 

 this catalogue contains numbers of plants and trees, of which 

 Mr. Guilbault has only single specimens, and will not, there- 

 fore, be ready for sale for a couple of years : in this state are 

 at least two thirds of his green-house plants, and as many of 

 his perennial herbaceous plants. S. Guilbault and Co. have 

 erected a very capital green-house in the botanic garden. 



There are one or two other nurseries, but not of sufficient 

 note or extent to require separate descriptions. 



Li Quebec, horticulture has latterly become very much 

 attended to, and numbers of beautiful and picturesque situ- 

 ations have been laid out in gardens, in which very beautiful 

 country seats have been erected. In climate, Quebec is very 

 different to Montreal, the high grounds about the former city 

 being more exposed to cold sea bi'eezes than the level ground 

 of the country of Montreal. I will at a future period give 

 you a distinct account of the Quebec gardens and country 

 seats, accompanied with, perhaps, two or three sketches of the 

 most picturesque situations, particularly the country seat of 

 William Atkinson, Esq., at Carouye, near Quebec. The 

 scenery about Quebec, being perfectly sublime, deserves a 

 distinct article. 



And now a few words as to horticulture, and horticulture 

 among amateurs, in Montreal. In the first place, the lower 

 order of French Canadians are very fond of flowers, parti- 



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