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niost siimjuiiie expectations will not be realized. 

 We are not, aware of any remarK-abie culinary ve- 

 getable havinff lately attracted attention, though 

 some new modes oi' nianaginiT those in general 

 cultivalion will be found treated of by diOerent cor- 

 respondents. The articles on cropping kitchen- 

 jjardens, on the nianaixcinent of fruit trees, and on 

 iruit tree borders, by iMr. lirrinirlon; those on the 

 cultivation of the pine and vine, by JNIr. Forsyth, 

 that on the cultivation of chicory, by Dr. Lip|iold; 

 and various others, will be Ibund highly instruc- 

 tive to the practical gardener. The quinoa can 

 scarcely be considered as having answered as a 

 spinach plant; but it ripens abinidance of seeds, 

 which may, perhaps, form a useful substitute for 

 rice or millet. In our notices of the provincial so- 

 cieties, it will be seen that Sir Charles Lemon is 

 cultivating the quinoa on a large scale. Few ex- 

 periments have been made during the past year 

 with the oxalis crenata. 



Statistics of Gardening. 



Botanical Collectors. — We are hap|iy to find 

 that the Horticultural Society, altera pause of sev- 

 eral years, has revived a practice which has been 

 attended with so much success; viz. that of send- 

 ing out botanical collectors. In October last, M. 

 Theodore Hartweg, the son of the late M. Hart- 

 weg, director of the Botanic Gar(ien at Carlsruhe, 

 sailed from Liverpool for Vera Cruz; whence he 

 will proceed to Mexico, and remain there three or 

 four years, collecting specimens, and other objects 

 of natural history, all of which will be sent home 

 to the Horticultural Society. From the Kew Gar- 

 dens, a collector was sent out to Soutli America 

 during last year. Mr. Knight of the Exotic Nur- 

 sery, Ki[ig's Road, has also a collector in that part 

 of the world, chiefly in search of orchidecz; and 

 Mr. Low of the Clapton Nursery lately had our 

 correspondent Mr. Henchman as a collector in 

 Demerara, and still has Mr. Anderson as a resi- 

 dent collector in Australia. The Earl of Mount 

 Norris. we have elsewhere stated, has sent out a 

 gardener to collect in New Zealand; and Mr. 

 Bateman, who obtained so many new orchidece 

 through Mr. Colley. has. we believe, sent out an- 

 other collector, in pursuit of the same objects. 

 We are surprised that no collectors are sent out to 

 California, and to other parts visited by Doiifflas; 

 where, as stated in our bioirraphical notice of that 

 indefatigable botanist, it is known that there exist 

 many plants, not 5'et introduced, of which he sent 

 home specimens, but could not procure seeds; or, 

 having prociared them, was unliirtunate enough 

 to lose them, or even, as he himself has told us, 

 to be obliged to eat them, for want of other food. 



Provincial Botanical and Horticultural Socie- 

 ties and Exhibitions c.onUnue in prosper, and even 

 to increase, since the summary view of their exhi- 

 bitions given in our last volume. We refer to an 

 article headed 'London Horticultural Society and 

 Garden', to show the increase of visitors to the ex- 

 hibitions of the society, and the excellence of the 

 articles exhibited. The most interesting provin- 

 cial show of the season appears to have been that 

 at Sheffield, which attracted commercial and pri- 

 vate gardeners fi-om almost every part of England, 

 and from several parts of Scotland; above 150 

 master-gardeners, and more than that number of 

 journeymen, having been present. The sub.-?iilu 

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tion of books and ;»rticles of plate, as [)rizes, in- 

 stead of medals, is an improvement which is ta- 

 king place generally both in the London and pro- 

 vincial societies. 



Public Gardens. We have noticed, in various 

 places, the progress making in tlie establishment 

 or projection of zoological gardens; and the cir- 

 cumstance of the Bristol Zoological Garden being 

 finished, and a plan published. The provincial 

 botanic gardens, and the gardens of provincial 

 horticultural societies, are, in general, in a prosper- 

 ous state. In the garden of the London Horticul- 

 tural Society some new pits are constructing, and 

 the tent for the exhibitions has been extended. In 

 the Royal Gardens at Kew a new palm-house is 

 nearly completed; and in the Bolanic Garden at 

 Oxford various improvements are making, under 

 the direction of the active and profoundly scien- 

 tific professor of botany. Dr. Daubeny, and the su- 

 perintendence of the excellent curator, Mr. Bax- 

 ter. The new Liverpool Botanic Garden is com- 

 pleted; and considerable progress' is making to- 

 wards the removal of the Cambridge Botanic Gar- 

 den to a more eligible site. The public garden at 

 Gravesend is completed. At Exeter^ some public 

 walks have been commenced; and we have just 

 seen a plan, by Mr. Forrest, which has been ap- 

 proved ofj for the Cheltenham Zoological Garden.- 

 In the Edinburgh Botanic Garden, the erection 

 of additional hot-houses, so as to complete the 

 splendid range which forms such a fine object in 

 that establishment, is nearly finished; and we hopej. 

 in our next volume, to give a plan and elevation of 

 it; with, possibly, an isometrical view of the whole! 

 garden, like that given of the garden of Canon- 

 mills Cottage. Tlie Glasnevin Garden is under- 

 going most important improvements, under the cu- 

 ratorship of Mr. Niven, one of the most active 

 and intelligent gardeners in Ireland. Mr. Niven 

 expects shortly to be able to carry into execution 

 the plan for a natural arrangement, which he obli- 

 gingly furnished us with some months since, and 

 which will be found in the present volume. The 

 report of Mr. Niven on thisffarden, made in No- 

 vember last, is of very great interest; and we re- 

 gret we are obliged to defer its publication for want 

 of" room. A great many cemeteries are projected 

 in different parts of the country: that at Kensall 

 Green, near London, is in a higfdy prosperous 

 state; and, independently of its use as a burying- 

 ground, it is rapidly becominga school of improve- 

 ment in architectural taste, and of instruction iri 

 trees and shrubs. 



Private Gardens. Those private gardens, the 

 improvement of which is most likely to be noticed 

 in this summary, are, such as areso extensive, and 

 so well known, as almost to eniitle them to be 

 considered public. The greatest encourager of 

 gardening in England, at the present time, is, 

 without doubt, the Duke of Devonshire: he has 

 already planted the extensive arboretum described 

 in our former volume, and is now erecting a house 

 !br palms and other tropical plants, which, it is 

 said, is to cover nearly an acre of ground. The 

 plan and elevation of this house may be compared 

 to those of a cathedral, the central ailes being 

 wider and higher than the two side ailes. The 

 roof is of the ridge and furrow kind, first described 

 in our remarks on hot-houses (4to, 1816, p. vi.), 

 and which is admirably calculated lor uniting 

 strength with lightness. The Duke of Devon- 



