30 REMARKS ON THE SHRUBBERY. 



Beelii, double light red, beautiful form, petals cupped, extra. 



Imbricata, double light red, sometimes with white spots, beauti- 

 ful form, extra. 



Perfection, Palmer's, double dark red, cupped petals, one of the 

 finest Camellias known 



( To be continued. ) 



ARTICLE IV. 



REMARKS ON THE SHRUBBERY. 



BY REV. HENRY HILL, A. M. 



Having recently derived pleasure and profit from reading the 

 Cabinet, I forward some observations on the Shrubbery for inser- 

 tion therein, not doubting but the readers will derive some 

 satisfaction in perusing them : — 



" The Shrubbery is a style of pleasure-garden which" seems to 

 own its creation to the idea that our sublime poet formed of 

 Eden. It originated in England, and is as peculiar to the Brit- 

 ish nation as landscape planting. Whilst other arts have been 

 derived from ancient, or borrowed from modern inventions, 

 this has indisputably sprung from the genius of our soil, and is, 

 perhaps, one of the most delightful, as well as most beneficial of 

 all that claim the name of elegant. 



Ornamental plantations are now so universally spread over the 

 face of this country, that our island may be compared to a vase 

 emerging from the ocean, into which the Sylvans of every region 

 have set their favorite plants, and the Elora of every climate 

 poured her choicest gifts, for the embellishment of the spot round 

 which Neptune throws his fostering arms. Our ambition leads 

 us to hope that we may add pleasure to the pleasure-ground, 

 by pointing out the beauties of the shrubbery, which must ren- 

 der vegetation an object of admiration and veneration to all 

 classes. I wish to attract attention to the peculiar pleasing 

 properties o£ each plant, by the remarks of the ingenious, the 

 anecdotes of the ancients, the harmony of the poets, the observa- 

 tions of the physicians, and the reflection of the moralists of all 

 ages. Morality, however, of a gloomy cast will be avoided ; for 

 my wish is to give the work like the subject, a smiling as- 

 pect, 



