LANDSCAPE GARDENING IN NEW-ENGLAND. 



and most knowing beast that God ever made.' And, as all his rare endowments have been 

 dedicated to man, there is no animal in creation that has a stronger claim upon our grati- 

 tude and Jove. M. Blaze, whose affectionate earnestness for the welfare of the dog, is 

 the great charm of his book, would extend his care beyond their lives, and erect monu- 

 ments to their memory. A great poet, whose feelings are always warm and true, has sup- 

 plied the answer in a tribute to a dog whose death he lamented, and whose ' name' he 

 ' honored;' — 



Lie here, without a record of ihy worth, 

 Beneath a covering of the connnon earth I 

 It is not from unwillingness to praise, 

 Or want of love, that here no stone we raise j 

 More ihou deserv'st ; but this man gives to man, 

 Brother to brotlier — this is all we can.' 



But, if we raise no stone, the epitaph of the dog has been written in many splendid eu- 

 logies. M. Blaze has added one more to the number, which we think is not unworthy to 

 stand beside the best :— 



' The dog,' he saj'S, ' possesses, incontestibly, all the qualities of a sensible man; and, 

 I grieve to say it, man has not in general the noble qualities of the dog. We make a vir- 

 tue of gratitude, which is nothing but a duty; this virtue, this duty, are inherent in the 

 dog. We brand ingratitude, and yet all men are ungrateful. It is a vice which commen- 

 ces in the cradle, and grows with our growth; and, together with selfishness, becomes al- 

 most always the grand mover of human actions. The dog knows not the word virtue; 

 that which we dignify b}' this title, and admire as a rare thing — and very rare it is in 

 truth — constitutes his normal state. Where will 3'ou find a man always grateful, never 

 ungrateful — always affectionate, never selfish — pushing the abnegation of self to the ut- 

 most limits of possibility; without gain, devoted to death, without ambition, rendering 

 every service — in short, forgetful of injuries, and only mindful of benefits received? Seek 

 him not— it would be a useless task: but take the first dog you meet, and from the mo- 

 ment he adopts you for his master, you will find in him all these qualities. He will love 

 you without calculation entering into his affections. Ilis greatest happiness will be to be 

 near you; and should you be reduced to beg j'our bread, not only will he aid you in this 

 difficult trade, but he would not xibandon you to follow even a king into his palace. Your 

 friends will quit you in misfortune — your wife, perhaps, will forget her plighted troth; your 

 dog will remain always near you — he will come and die at your feet; or, if you depart 

 before him for the great voyage, he will accompany you to your last abode.' 



LANDSCAPE GARDENING IN NEW-ENGLAND. 



BY GEO JAQUES, WORCESTER, MASS. 



I venture to oifer for publication in the Horticulturist a few hints, having a somewhat 

 local bearing upon the subject of landscape gardening. 



It is not my purpose to dazzle your eyes with any light of mine, hitherto hidden under 

 a bushel, but rather to provoke your criticism. 



The art of embellishing the grounds of a country residence, holds a very high rank. 

 Compared, indeed, with its productions, there is no work of man approaching so nearly a 

 semblance to the creative power of his Maker. Of all earthly pleasures, this claims to be 



