Arboretum is a collection of trees and shrubs capable of enduring exposure to our climate. These are usually arranged in genera according to their precedence in the alphabet; or in groups conformably to the Jussieuean system; and whichever is adopted it is quite compatiole with an attention to facility of access by means of walks, as well as to picturesque effect.

It is an evil growing out of the frequent change in the ownership of estates, that most proprietors are indisposed to plant for posterity; consequently we see but few grounds laid out with a view to permanent improvement. Those who plant are anxious themselves to reap the fruits of their exertions, not knowing, and consequently careless, who shall succeed them - where landed property is, by entail, transmitted from generation to generation, family pride, and the love of distinction, ensure every improvement being made in a permanent form - thus have been created the magnificent parks of Europeans, and their stately mansions. Our American system deprives us of such monuments of taste - but we can bear the deprivation, seeing the greater good produced there-by.