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REVIEWS. 



Art. I. Tlie Gardener' s Ulao-azinc, and Register of Rural and Do- 

 mestic Improvement. Conducted by J. C. Loudon, Esq , F. L. S. 

 H. S. &c. In monthly 8vo. numbers, Is. Gd. each. No. LXI., 

 for April. 



The first article is a continuation of notes on " Gardens and 

 Country Seats," by the conductor ; exceedingly interesting, but 

 does not contain any very useful information to our readers. 



Art 2 is a " Working Plan, for laying out and planting a subur- 

 ban flower-garden, containing about a quarter of an acre," by the 

 conductor. " Our object," he says, " in giving this design is, to 

 show in what manner some variety of form may be given to flower 

 beds, in a case w-here scarcely any circumstance is propitious; and 

 also to show that, in planting these beds, a considerable collection of 

 trees and shrubs may be employed, so as greatly to enhance the 

 beauty and interest of the scenery." 



The plan is very excellent, and although it would not probably 

 be exactly adopted by any one in laying out a garden, yet it gives a 

 good idea of w'hat constitutes beautiful arrangement of a very large 

 number of species and varieties of plants, so as to combine the useful 

 with the interesting and beautiful, without creating confusion, or 

 inelegant forms. We should be happy to copy the plan into our 

 Magazine, but as it takes up two pages, and could not be executed 

 without great expense, we must forego the pleasure. 



It represents a plan of a piece of land fifty feet in width, and 

 tw^o hundred feet deep — a walk runs very nearly parallel wdth the 

 boundary line (with the exception of being curved at the corners, and 

 one or two other gentle curves) around the whole garden ; on the 

 turf, between the walk and the fence, a choice collection of herba- 

 ceous plants, shrubs and trees are planted : the lawn occupies the 

 whole space between the walks, and nearly ihe length of the garden; 

 near the edges of the walks are also planted, herbaceous plants, 

 shrubs, trees, &;c., in groups of diversified forms. 



" In the disposition of the trees, the object is, to preserve an irre- 

 gular-sided vista along the centre of the lawn ; to break the formality 

 of the straight lines of the walks and fences on each side of it ; to 

 conceal the termination of the lawn, and hide the asparagus beds ; 

 [which occupy the extreme end of the garden the whole width ;] 

 and to vary and partially conceal the scenery of the neighboring side 

 gardens and of the country beyond," 



