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London, they lose much of their importance. As horticul- 

 turists, we will be excused for remarking, that the inhabi- 

 tants of this part of the Continent undoubtedly excel us in 

 attention to arboreous decoration. Along the whole stretch 

 of the new quay, a row of elms has been lately planted. 

 Although the plants are comparatively young, they are very 

 tall ; and the stem of each tree is surrounded and secured 

 from injury by a neat square box, about four feet high. 

 The expence must, therefore, have been very considerable. 

 The effect of this line of elms will, in the course of a few 

 years, be beautiful. It may here be noticed, that in the 

 Low Countries, different kinds of forest-trees, particularly 

 elm and ash, are trained in a particular way in the nurse- 

 ries, with the view of being planted on the sides of streets, 

 or by the edge of the highways : they are regularly 

 pruned up like high-standard fruit-trees, till, after perhaps 

 eight or ten years, they acquire a stem from ten to fifteen 

 feet high. Having, during this period, been several times 

 transplanted, their roots form dense tufts of small fibres ; 

 a circumstance which greatly facilitates the removal of such 

 lofty plants, and the speedy renewal of their growth in their 

 ultimate situation. Out of several hundreds lately planted 

 along the quay of Antwerp, only two or three had failed to 



Green-Market. 



Aug, 20. — The market for kitchen vegetables is held 

 early in the morning, in one of the principal streets, ex- 

 tending from Place de Mere to Place Verte. The display 

 this morning was great ; the street being lined on both 

 sides with stalls, with brouettes, wheel-barrows and ham- 

 pers, for at least three quarters of a mile. All the smaller 

 articles were neatly packed in little wicker-baskets ; the 



