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that appear in the Field and elsewhere, there 

 are no less than six weekly newspapers, and five 

 monthly periodicals, all devoted to gardening.- 

 Lastly, from time to time some publication 

 comes out in parts, as a monograph on some 

 particular species or group of plants, which, 

 with its beautifully-painted illustrations, will one 

 day take its place among other magnificent 

 folios in the botanical libraries of the world. 



So much has been written about the old 

 English or Elizabethan garden, that I need 

 hardly enter into great detail on the subject. 

 Bacon has told us what his ideal garden was 

 the outside lawn, the enclosed garden, and the 

 wilderness. Of course few gardens can ever 

 have approached the perfection of which he 

 dreams, but his general type was the type of 

 the garden of his day. He does not approve 

 of " the making of knots or figures with divers 

 coloured earths " near the house ; but in the 

 garden proper, which is enclosed by hedges 

 with green alleys running past them, he will 

 allow of " variety of device." Each month is to 



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