268 Review of Loudon s Gardener'' s Magazine. 



that, aUlioi)j;h my face sliowed the iittiiost composure to the Indians, I cer- 

 tainly thought, when shoutiii^j the falls of TeUie, that I stood a good chance 

 of losing the produce of my labors, and jierhaps my life, as I can only swim, 

 like a stone, to the bottom. At the (alls of Tekic the river falls about 6 ft., 

 nearly perj)endicular ; and, the channel being narrow, the ra])idity and rush 

 of the water is very great. About 40 it. below the fall the river makes a 

 sudden curve, occasioned by a line of pointed rocks stretching out from the 

 shore ; and, as the canoe, imj)elled by the force of the current, and the uni- 

 ted exertions of tiie Indians, who are obliged to paddle hard to keep steering 

 on the canoe, dashes like Hghtuing down the fall, it ajipears that it must be 

 inevitably dashed on the rocks, which are immediately under its bows: but 

 a single turn of the steersman's paddle causes the light oliedient canoe to 

 swing round broadside to the rocks ; and a strong sweep of the paddle takes 

 it far out of danger. But think not that we escaped altogether free ; for, in 

 coming round in the boiling surf, a wave struck the side of the canoe, and 

 filled her half full of water, though, fortunately for me, the water, being 

 fresh, did not much injure my plants. On the morning of the 30th, f reached 

 Ampa again in safety ; and, althougfi, dining that time, 1 had lived upon 

 fresh fish, without salt (the Indians having left behind the salt I had pro- 

 cured in Georgetown), and a little bitter cassava bread, with pm"e water to 

 wash it down, I never enjoyed myself more in my lifetime, and was only 

 sorry that circumstances prevented my following the course of this beautiful 

 river to its source." 



Mr. Henchman collected many new species of the Orchidese, 

 most of which survived the voyage to England, and are now " in a 

 thriving condition." 



Art. 2. Design 9th, for a Kitchen Garden of four acres. 

 A good plan ; but, like all the series, not interesting to our read- 

 ers, without the accompanying plate. 



Art. 3. Design for the Pleasure Grounds, Floiver Garden, and Kitchen 

 Garden of a Mansion. 



A plan furnished by I\Ir. William Dargavell to the Dumfries Hor- 

 ticultural Society, from whom the author received the prize offered 

 for plans of gardens : the Conductor's remarks on the comparative 

 merits of the plan, and the principles of criticism by which such 

 plans should be analyzed, are too valuable to pass over. 



" in the composition of a plan, as in that of a picture, a piece of music, a 

 poem, a discoin-se, or, in short, anything that is to form a whole, there are 

 certain principles common to tlie art of composition, and certain rules de- 

 rived from these principles, which belong to each particular art. For exam- 

 ple, a universal principle is, that all the ])arts of a composition should unite 

 in forming a whole ; and a rule a|)i)licable to the plans of kitchen gardens is, 

 that the walls, walks, and the borders of the boundaries and compartments, 

 should be straight lines. We .state this to show the dilference between a 

 principle and a rule. The rule admits of exceptions ; for a kitchen garden 

 may sometimes, from necessity, have a circular or curved wall : and this 

 would involve curved lines in some of the borders and walks. A principle, 

 however, admits of no exceptions ; for, whatever lines may be employed in 

 the composition of a garden, they must unite in forming a whole. Now, 

 there is not a sin<^le part of any plan or composition, however small or tri- 

 fling it may seem to be, which cannot be either justified or condemned by a 

 reference to j)rinci[)les and rules, with as great certainty as the nouns, verbs, 

 prepositions, articles, &c., in a sentence can each be justified or condemned 



