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as to see, even at the present day, close to our mansions, such com- 

 mon-place things as elms, ashes, sycamores, poplars, or any other 

 rubbish that the nearest provincial nurserj- may happen to be over- 

 stocked with ; all stuck in to produce either immediate or lasting 

 effect ! The immediate effect I shall not describe, but some of the 

 lasting ones are these : a continued litter of decayed leaves during 

 that period of the year when our gardens are expected to look their 

 best; and an assemblage of leafless stems without either beauty of 

 form or outline, and neither affording shelter nor protection from 

 bleak winds for seven months in the year ; a want of protection 

 in "winter and early spring ; the absence of colour (being without 

 leaves) during the same period; the constant litter from falling leaves 

 during the late summer and autumn months ; and the unwholesome 

 efHuvia arising from decaying leaves in autumn and winter — form 

 insuperable objections to deciduous trees being planted, or indifferent 

 and uninteresting ones remaining, wherever grounds are intended to 

 be highly kept, or where snugness or neatness are expected. 



Passionately fond as I am of nearly all trees, yet I consider that 

 not any tree should be planted without an object in view to justify 

 that act ; and to plant trees indiscriminately merely because they are 

 trees, or are thought to be cheap, and can be easily obtained, is quite 

 as absurd as building a house with any materials which may happen 

 to be cheapest or most convenient, or planting an orchard of fruit 

 trees, without any regard to the value of the fruit when grown. 



All deciduous trees, then, should be so disposed of as to secure 

 the greatest possible advantage from their beauties and uses ; but 

 should never be allowed to occupy the place of such as will be both 

 more useful and ornamental in a shorter space of time." 



Several woodcuts illustrate the present work; and Mr. Barron 

 says — 



" I have had the advantage of an artist who, I believe, is con- 

 sidered the most successful of the present day, to take fifty of the 

 best views in the Calotype or Talbotype style, which is, of course, 

 truth itself. A selection from these has been made, and as soon I 

 have obtained a sufficient number of subscribers they will be litho- 

 graphed in the first style." 



CONSERVATIVE WALLS. 



One of the most interesting features of a modern garden is a con- 

 servative wall, which, if planted so as to have flowers in succession, 

 from the earliest to the latest period of the season, affords a source 

 of constant pleasure. In the construction of a wall of this kind, the 

 principal point to be observed is the formation of the border; for on 

 this success mainly depends. If the subsoil is very bad and wet, 

 the soil should be removed to a depth of three feet, and the bottom 

 covered with large stones or similar material, over which should be 

 placed a layer of smaller stones, or lime rubbish, to prevent the roots 



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