THE 



FLORICULTURAL CABINET, 



NOVEMBER 1st, 1840. 

 PART I. 



ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. 



ARTICLE I. 



REMARKS ON THE NECESSITY AND ADVANTAGES OF THE 

 LABOURS OF THE LANDSCAPE AND ARCHITECTURAL GAR- 

 DENER. 



BY MK, J. MAJOR, KNOSTHORPE, NEAR LEEDS. 



In order to prevent the numerous. errors which so frequently confront 

 the landscape gardener in his profession, from the improper manner 

 in which the house, stables, offices, and i other accompaniments, are 

 placed, allow me, through the medium of the Floricultural 

 Cabinet, to suggest the propriety of his being called in conjointly 

 with the architect to fix these sites, because he ought to be the 

 proper person to judge as to the best views and general scenery over 

 which the house is to preside, and the point for the principal entrance 

 to which he has to direct his approach. Moreover, in fixing these 

 sites, the landscape gardener takes into consideration the quantity *f 

 land that would be necessary for pleasure ground, kitchen garden, 

 and planting for shelter; and to have the offices, stables, yards, &c, 

 so arranged as not to interfere with the privacy and interest of these 

 grounds, and also in a manner to admit of disagreeable objects being 

 screened out with planting. To be more explicit, I will take the 

 liberty of mentioning two examples at present under my superin- 

 tendence. To one of these places I was called in to arrange plans 

 for the formation of the grounds, &c. The site for the house was 

 fixed, and the plans arranged for the buildings, and, to my great 

 annoyance, the back part of the house, stables, yards, &c, were 

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