U t HORTICULTURAL TOUR. 



We may remark, that, in the course of our walks in Brus- 

 sels, we met the Duke of Kent, in one of the narrow streets, 

 himself driving a curricle, with his livery servant seated be- 

 side him. Curiosity led us to view the house of his Royal 

 Highness ; and we were not a little scandalised to find him 

 lodged in an antiquated building, bearing more resemblance 

 to the offices of an old manor-house than to the palace of 

 a Prince ; while Holyroodhousc, one of the most palacious 

 dwellings belonging to the Crown, remains without a te- 

 nant. We were no less surprised to behold the dull, ruinous 

 mansion of Lord Kinnaird, when we reflected that for this 

 sorry accommodation lie had abandoned Rossie Priory in 

 the Carsc of Gowrie ! 



From Brussels to Enghien. 



Sept. 12. — Before six in the morning, we bade adieu 

 to Brussels. For some miles the road was lively and 

 pleasant, small gardens and orchards occasionally pre- 



place in the month of May of that year, produced no bad effects. On the con- 

 trary, the object was almost fully attained, some grafts of all the kinds of pears 

 having succeeded, and only two of the apples (the Pepin Meuris and Klink,- 

 hurdt) having ultimately failed. The summer proved peculiarly favourable; 

 and in the beginning of autumn, many of the shoots exceeded two feet in 

 length. Specimens of most of the young trees are still preserved in the nur- 

 sery grounds mentioned ; but the want of an Experimental Garden, under 

 the immediate direction of the Society, where such trees could be particular- 

 ly attended to, and brought to a bearing state, must be abundantly obvious 

 to every reader. Several of the kinds have already for two years been culti- 

 voted in the garden! of different members of the Society, and we may soon 

 expect to see their fruit. Most of the pears will, in our climate, require a 

 wall with a southern aspect ; and some of them, we arc persuaded, will 

 .<! highly deserving of it.— For lists of the pears which may still 

 .■> procured by memberi "i' the Society, from the Leitfa Walk Nurseries 

 • Brougbton, lee Appendix. No. VII. 



