There and at some places on the eastern shore, are the chief sources of the supply of that delicious fruit for the city of New York ; and the quantity raised is so great, that a small steamboat is employed for the sole purpose of carrying raspberries daily to the city. These villages are upon high banks, and are scarcely visible from the river. They have a background of rich farming lands, terminating c c

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beyond a sweet valley by a range of lofty hills tbat are covered with the primeval forest. They are the resort of iCTew Yorkers during the heat of summer.

Eight miles below Poughkeepsie is the little village of New Hamburg, situated at the foot of a rocky promontoiy thickly covered with the Arbor Vita), or white cedar, and near the mouth of the AYappingi's Creek. Through this bluff the Hudson Eiver Eailway passes in a tunnel 800 feet in length, and then crosses the mouth of the "Wappingi, npon a causeway

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and drawbridge. All over this rocky bluff, including the roof of the tunnel, the Arbor Vitse shrubs stand thickly; and present, according to Loudon, the eminent English writer on horticulture and kindi-ed subjects, some of the finest specimens of that tree to be found in the world. Here they may be seen of all sizes and most perfect forms, from the tiny shrub to the tall tree that shows its stem for several feet from the ground. The most beautiful are those of six to ten feet in height, whose branches shoot out close to the ground, forming perfect cones, and exhibiting nothing to the eye but delicate sprays and bright green leaves. "When quite small these shrubs may be successfully transplanted ; but under cultivation they