Woodlawn, the residence of Richard Stockton Field, Esq., near Princeton, N. J., presents many attractions, and in none more than in the character of its planting. Mr. Field is an enthusiastic lover of trees and a garden, and, we must say, has succeeded. His evergreens will compare favorably with any of the same age in America, both for rapidity of growth and beauty of form. This is mainly owing to a knowledge of how trees should be planted, to preparation of the soil, and to his allowing each specimen ample room. We find cedars of Lebanon, hollies, magnolias, and rare trees, in great variety, grateful for kindness, and rewarding their owner in a manner highly encouraging to the amateur.

Mr. Field has been the proprietor of Woodlawn only about thirteen years. Before the elegant and tasteful mansion was even planned, he began to plant. The house was commenced in the fall of 1854, and completed in the fall of 1856, by Mr. John Notman (Architect), of Philadelphia, and much esteemed as the renovator of Princeton College, to whose judgment in planning, and exquisite taste in finish, it is a noble monument.

Thirty acres are devoted to ornamental purposes, including the gardens and forcing houses, and grounds; the remaining ninety, separated by a road, are employed for farming purposes. In the tree department, Mr. Field pays especial attention to evergreens. The front, on the main road, is planted with white pines; many of these are forty feet in height. He justly thinks this species should never be planted nearer to each other than forty feet, at which distance their branches soon meet. His largest Cedar of Lebanon is now more than thirty feet in height, and though slightly suffering in its leaves from the two late extremely cold winters, is now established, and will make Mr. Field's name remembered for a century or two. There are the following noticeable specimens of which we took memoranda: -

Fine Balsam Firs, Larches, and Hemlocks.

Norway Spruces, thirty-five to forty feet.

Cedar of Lebanon, thirty feet; slightly injured the two last winters, but recovering, and assuming its true character.

European Silver Fir, twenty feet.

Pinus Austrica, twenty feet.

Pinus Excelsa, eight feet.

Deodar Cedar, ten feet.

Abies Smithiana, six feet.

Abies Douglasii. " Washingtonii.

Abies Frazerii.

" Menziesii. Pinus Pichta.

" Pinaster.

" Pumila.

" Montieola.

" Cephalonica. Weeping Thuja; fine specimens. Thuja Chinensis.

" Stricta.

" Plieata.

Very fine specimens of American Arbor-ViUes, from twenty to twenty-fire feet high (standards), and showing not the slightest disposition to lose their lower branches. Beautiful.

Extensive and very fine hedges of American and Chinese Arbor-Vitaes, kept well trimmed.

A large number of remarkably beautiful specimens of Siberian Arbor-Vitss, from six to eight feet - a plant that cannot be too warmly recommended; it grows wide at the bottom, and should be used for hedges.

Two Prostrate Junipers, on the back lawn, some fifteen feet in diameter, and most remarkably beautiful; this plant is too much neglected. These two specimens form groups of themselves, and are among the greatest ornaments of Woodlawn.

Juniperus Chinensis.

" Phoenicia.

" Ericoides.

" Excelsa.

" Oblonga pendula.

" Sabina. Taxus Variegata. " Adpressa. " Devastonii. Picea Nobilis. English Black Spruce.

American Black Spruce.

Double White Spruce.

Magnolia Acuminata, thirty feet; a very remarkably fine specimen, and very beautiful.

Tripetela (many specimens), twenty to twenty-five feet.

Macrophylla, fifteen feet.

Cordata, twenty feet.

Glauca, twenty feet; near the house, and highly ornamental.

Auriculata and Conspicua.

Among weeping trees are the following: -

Weeping Ash,

" Sophora.

" Birch.

" Elm.

" Poplar.

" Larch; a picturesque and uncommonly fine specimen of a rare tree.

" Willow; new, and dwarfs. Purple Elm. " Filbert.

Purple Sycamore.

" Beech. Large-leaved Lime. Fern-leaved Beech. Crested "

Cut-leaved Alder. Buddlea Lindleyana. Chinese Jingko Tree. Some very fine Willow-leaved Oaks. Juniperus Squamata, a remarkable specimen.

Many of Mr. Field's fruit-trees have been moved half a dozen times, bat they always seem to have thrived under the operation.

Mr. F. is thorough in whatever he undertakes. The grapery is in the finest condition. The chicken-house produces one hundred pair of the finest breed each year. We cannot mention a single place in the Union with more commendation than Woodlawn, where hospitality reigns supreme, and the character of a good planter is most amiably combined with that of a celebrated lawyer, President of a good Bank, an active member of the New Jersey Historical Society, and a most genial host; need we add that here is found a good library, and that, in his open-hearted manner, he admits himself a pupil of Downing and the Horticulturist f Mr. F. is a grandson of Richard Stockton, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence.

Our "Visit" has extended itself over so large a space, that we shall be com pelled to give another page or two to Morven, the family residence of the Stocktons, and others in the vicinity of classical Princeton.