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Oak Hill Nurseries.
LocKErT & EDWARDS, Projectors.

| .NdlOhS INC iiaiiN atti"StiohS
at and contiguous to Brennan.
| to awaken the admiration OF the
visitor or stranger, ahd TO in
| spire the pride of the citizen.
OAK HILL NURSERIES command
what they justly deserve, a cen
spicuouS place in the foreground.
Situated on beautiful emin-
ence a mile west of the court
house, the view as one approach
es the grounds, is perfectly tas-
chatting. For the last quarter
OF a mile approaching the
grounds, the road leads up
grad, rising gently and regu-
larry, the whole scene being
calculated to call up in the vis>
itor's mind some enchanting
chapter of some tavorite author
whose forte is to describe the
gorgeous beauties that nature
has distributed on earth, with
such lavish had.
Nature and art have united
happily and tremendously, al
Oak Hill, to mould the useful
and the beautiful, and combine
them in most attractive shape.
As you enter the grounds, a
matter OF fifty yards from the
main entrance, Oh each side OF
the broad walk, is a spacious
green house, temptingly invit-
ing You to enter and rest it you
are weary, or if you are not
thus, to quietly inhale the odor
of flowers of richest fragrance,
or feast the eye on tints. where
nature herself seems to have
striven to surpass any of her
former achievements. But as
man cannot live alone by that
which gratities the sight, or
quickens his pulses OF delight,
we will leave these for the pres
ent, and ask the reader to go
with us to those parts of the
grounds where the palate can
be gratitied, promising him to
return to the green and hot
houses, before taking leave OF
this inviting resort.
First we come to that part of
the nursery devoted to apples.
From the earliest civilization,
apples have commanded a fair
share of mans attention, and
have contributed largely to his
health and comfort. Some are
of the opinion that apples had
something to do with Adams
loss of Eden. Now. without
pretending to offer an opinion.
on this mooted if not vexed
question, it must be admitted
that Eve only exhibited the ira
ditional good taste that has ever
been distinguishing character
istic OF her sex, even if she did
eat an apple.
An erroneous opinion has long
prevailed, that the soil and eli
mate of tins portion of Texas
are not adopted t" the growth
OF apples. 1t is true, the earth
does not produce them sponta-
neously; but it is equally true,
that by the julicious manage
ment of Messrs. Lockett &
Edwards, very fine apple can
be grown in Texas. This can
not be done, however. without
regard to soil, and its proper
preparation for thu growth of
the tree. This information they
give gratuitously to every one
purchasing trees, furnishing each
purchaser a pamphlet, in a1di-
ton to a catalogue of what they
grow, full and complete inform
alton as to the character of the
soil bsd kppted to the growth
of " kls fruits, under the
Id Aos TRANSPLANT
ING ETC.
OF the early or summer APP
pies, ripeniilg from the middle
Oh May till the last of August,
they have nineteen varieties. If
you purchase trees at the Oak
Hill Nursery, you will get no
tree that will not come up to
what it is represented, it the di-
rections given for its cultivation
are followed. No amount of
money could induce the propri-
etors to- let mean or worthless
variety of fi.riit trees ot any de.