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by the laws and rules of grammar. All tlie difference is, tliat the principles 

 and rules of grammar are universally known, because universally required 

 for the |)urposes of human intercourse; while those of composition in the 

 arts of design are known imperfectly and partially, owing to the limited de- 

 mand for works of art. Let no one, therefore, imagine, when we approve 

 of, or find fault with, a design, that il is merely a matter of taste. The taste 

 of a design, or a discourse, is (piitc; a differtnt thing Irom its correctness with 

 reference to principles. A garden might he designed in strict accordance 

 with the i)rinciples and rules whicli are ajjproved of liy mankind generally, 

 and yet not so as to suit the taste of an individual. In that case, no fault is 

 to be found with the artist by any one but by his employer ; who has a right 

 to say, ' What you have done is perfectly just ami correct; but I prefer hav- 

 ing il thus, because such is my particular taste.' " 



Articles 4 and 5 are accounts of some remarkable timber trees 

 growing in various parts of England. 



Art. II. The Floricultural Cabinet, and Florist's 3Iagazine. Con- 

 ducted by Jos. Harrison. In monthly octavo Nos. 8vo. 6d each. 

 For February. 



We noticed the number of this work for January, extracting some 

 portions which we thought useful to our readers. The number for 

 February contains a long article on the Dahlia. Although two 

 excellent original papers have appeared in our work, on the cultiva- 

 tion of the Dahlia, yet we cannot refrain from giving an extract from 

 this, which we think will be read with much pleasure. The Dahlia, 

 though common and grown in most every garden, as it certainly should 

 be, is yet far from being brought to the perfection with us, to which it 

 has attained with the English gardeners ; and although the last two 

 seasons they have not flowered well, yet we hope no exertions will 

 be spared, or experiments left untried, to make that display of their 

 splendid flowers, which is so highly desirable. 



" An iiTipression," says the correspondent, "has been entertained by many 

 persons, that the Dahlia is a native of a very hot country, but such is decid- 

 edly erroneous, for Mexico, in North America, (from whence it was import- 

 ed,) although situated between the trojjics, possesses the properties of a tem- 

 perate climate, highly fertile, atid yielding some rare productions of nature. 

 It follows, therefore, that our climate is in point of temperature, somevvJjat 

 more assimilated to the nadve clime of the Dahlia than has been pretty gen- 

 erally imagined ; and, considering our national ardor and skill in Uotanical 

 research, with the highly cultivated soils used in the pursuit, England must 

 stand unrivalled, and claim the palm of excellence, in the culture of the Au- 

 tumnal Emperor of the Floral VVorld." 



The propagation of the Dahlia from cuttings, which makes part of 

 the article, is so similar to that already detailed by Mr. Mackenzie, 



