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The Grounds of the late Hon. Chief-Justice Powell include a very lar^e 

 kitchen -garden, judiciously cropped. Here I found a very extensive assort- 

 ment of grape vines, with a most excellent crop. 



The Hon. Chief-Justice Rohinson has a sweet place, including a beautiful 

 lawn, and shrubberies of considerable extent. 



W. B. Jarvis, Ksq. The seat of this gentleman contains some very pic- 

 turesque scenery ; its capabilities have been managed with a masterly hand, 

 and, when finished, the effect, as a whole, will be very imposing. Mrs. Jarvis 

 is a most enthusiastic votary at the shrine of Flora, and her arrangements are 

 guided by just principles ; expense is no barrier. Alive to every improvement, 

 Mrs. Jarvis may justly be considered one of the most munificent patronesses 

 of gardening in the province. 



These by no means comprise all the gardens in this city and its vicinity, 

 but they may be considered as the principal of those deserving of any particular 

 notice. 



In the Nursery Line, Mr. Mansfield has a rising establishment ; and, from his 

 strenuous exertions and persevering zeal, it will soon stand second to none. 

 Messrs. Westland and Leslie are in the seed line. Mr. Fleming has recently 

 established himself at Toronto, where he has a flourishing little place, including 

 a green-house and seed-shop ; and Mr. Logan has very recently built a green- 

 house. Mr. Adams has an establishment at some distance from Toronto, 

 which is the oldest in this section of the country ; but I am sorry to say, from 

 some cause or other, it is not so well supported as its long standing might 

 lead us to infer. 



From Toronto I bent my steps to Kingston. In passing through Whitbt/, 

 thirty miles below Toronto, I was very much gratified to witness a very pre- 

 valent taste for flowers, conspicuous at almost every house, either more or less. 

 The buildings were of the best description, with fine improved farms, and 

 everything indicating not only comfort, but refinement. Near to Coburg, I 

 accidentally, without any previous information, observed a green-house attached 

 to a farm-house. This aroused my curiosity, and I walked boldly forward to 

 ascertain the proprietor, whom I found to be a Mr. Jeckell from England, and 

 a practical gardener. Mr. Jeckell has a good garden, and a tolerable collection 

 of exotics, the demand for which is not very great, but still there is an occa- 

 sional call for such articles. Coburg is a very prosperous town, and contains 

 several good gardens, some of which I found in excellent keeping. 



From Coburg I passed through Coiborne, Bellville, Napanee, and Bath, on 

 my way to Kingston, in neither of which places did 1 find a garden worthy of 

 notice. 



On reaching Kingston, I hoped to find something to make amends for late 

 deficiencies ; but, judge of my astonishment when I ascertained that there 

 was not a single garden in the whole town ; at all events, not one that I con- 

 sidered worthy of the name, and I can safely assert I had by this time become 

 not over fastidious. Mr. Belonge has a small spot, which contains two green- 

 houses, and these cover more than half his garden ; his collection of pelargo- 

 niums is rather extensive, and he has also a considerable number of the Cacti. 

 The plants were in good condition. I re-potted and accurately named the 

 whole collection. Mr. Belonge informed me his sales were very limited, and 

 that he keeps up the collection principally for his own amusement and recre- 

 ation. There are several vegetable gardens, but nothing approaching even the 

 semblance of a nursery. 



Brockville, about fifty miles below Kingston. — Gardening, I found, had re- 

 ceived some little attention here ; and there were three or four men employed 

 occasionally for a few months during spring and in the early part of the sum- 

 mer, but then their services were dispensed with. 



At Osnabrook, about fifty miles farther, I found a very excellent garden, of 

 considerable extent, with a durable stone wall around the whole. This gar- 

 den belonged to Ira Hawley, Esq. The assortment of fruits was excellent, 

 with a very good collection of roses and herbaceous plants, and the whole in 



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