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

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sometimes lose their perfect form, and become irregular, like the common cedar tree. They are beginning to be extensively used for hedges, and the ornamentation of pleasure grounds. •■"

A pleasant glimpse of Marlborough, through a broad ravine, may bo obtained from the rough eminence above the New Hamburg tunnel, and also from the lime-kilns at the foot of the bluff, on the edge of the river, where a ferry connects the two villages. But one of the most interesting views on the Hudson, in this vicinity, is from the gravelly promontory

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near the town, at the mouth of the Wappingi's Creek -- a large stream that comes down from the hills in the north-eastern part of Duchess County, dispensing fertility and extensive water-power along its whole course. It is navigable for a mile and a half from its mouth, when it falls seventyfive feet, and furnishes power used by quite a large manufacturing village. It is usually incorrectly spelled "Wappingers. Its name is derived from

* The Arbor A^itffi is the Ihuya Occidentalis of Linnffius. It is not the genuine white cedar, although it frequently bears that name. In New England it is often called Hackmatack. Its leaves lie in tlattened masses along the stems, and each is filled with a vesicle containing a thin aromatic tiu'pentine.