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Design for laying out 



By way of conveying an idea of the magnitude of the trans- 

 planted trees, the dimensions, in feet, of a few of the largest, 

 and of those which have been the longest planted, are given : — 



There are two horsechestnuts at the eastern extremity of the 

 water, which Sir Henry Steuart experimentally planted con- 

 tiguous to one another, taken from the same plantation, and 

 originally corresponding in size : one from the interior, without 

 previous preparation ; the other, from the outside, possessing the 

 "protecting properties." They have now been 10 years re- 

 moved, and the result is as follows : — Tree from the interior, 

 28 ft. high; circumference of the trunk 2ft. 10 in., and of the 

 head 57 ft. Tree from the outside, 36 ft. high ; circumference 

 of the trunk 4 ft. Sin., and of the head 102 ft. 



Fincliley^ Oct., 1837. 



Art. IV. A Series of Designs for laying out and planting Flotver- 

 Gardens, ivith Remarks o?i each by the Conductor. 



Design 6. By a Fobeign Gardener. 



This design (Jig. 2.) was sent to us, accompanied by an ex- 

 planation in German, of which the following is a free translation. 



