SEPTEMBER. 411 



Lawrence, Chas. Lyman, R. L. Maitland, Mr. Parish and 

 others, contain many fine trees, and are well deserving partic- 

 nlar notice. 



EUROPEAN PARKS, NO. I. 



BY HOWARD DANIELS, ARCHITECT, NEW YORK. 



It is with much pleasure that we present to onr readers 

 the first of a series of letters upon the Parks and Pleasure 

 Grounds, the Gardening and the Architecture of England 

 and the Continent, by Mr. Daniels of New York, whose visit 

 to Europe we noticed some time since. His letter will be 

 read with much interest, and if those which succeed it are as 

 complete as this, as we doubt not they will be should his 

 leisure permit, they cannot fail to give a correct view of the 

 present state of Landscape Gardening and Rural Architecture 

 in Great Britain and the Continental States. His communi- 

 cations will probably reach us in season to appear in every 

 number of the Magazine. — Ed. •• 



Mr. C. M. Hovey, — Dear Sir : I have as yet only visited 

 the Parks, Cemeteries and Public Gardens in this vicinity, 

 and can do no better at present than give you some account 

 of them, and will begin with 



^ BIRKENHEAD PARK. 



This park was one of several well conceived undertakings, 

 entered into by the commissioners of Birkenhead* to extend 

 and build up their town in a tasteful and substantial manner, 

 by drawing to it men of wealth and taste. 



In 1842, an announcement was made of the intention of 

 the commissioners to purchase land for the construction of 

 a public park and cemetery in the immediate vicinity of the 

 town. This proposal, upon being submitted to the inhab- 

 itants at a public meeting, appeared to receive general appro- 

 bation ; and purchases were accordingly made of a much 



* Birkenhead is on the opposite side of the Mersey near Liverpool. 



