THE 



GARDENER'S MAGAZINE, 



DECEMBER, 1832. 



ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. 



Art. I. Remarks relative to the Advice given by Mr. Mallet to 

 Young Gardeners. By Scienti^ et Justiti^ Amator. 



Sir, 

 I HAVE felt much pleasure in reading the last Number of your 

 Magazine, not merely on account of the matter it contains, 

 but also because several of the communications have been 

 sent by individuals whose station in life enables them to be 

 the supporters of horticulture and rural improvements. The 

 progress of the art of gardening, although depending much 

 on the exertions of its operatives, and the power possessed by 

 the rural population of bettering themselves ; yet, as circum- 

 stances are constituted at present, cannot be expected to make 

 great advances without the friendly cooperation of the wealthier 

 classes. It is to them that the eyes of the peasant are directed 

 for the amelioration of his situation ; and to them that the 

 persevering scientific gardener looks for the remuneration of 

 his toils and privations ; and, therefore, every philanthropic 

 measure recommended by them should be hailed with feelings 

 of satisfaction and delight. But while I duly appreciate and 

 feel grateful for their favours, I would also observe, that, as 

 their station in life renders them incapable of knowing expe- 

 rimentally the state of those who are much their inferiors, so 

 far as wealth is concerned, they are very apt to arrive at con- 

 clusions not only erroneous, but sometimes productive of 

 results quite foreign from their intentions. 



The last remark was forcibly impressed upon my mind, by 

 reading the first three periods of Mr. Mallet's article (p. 521.), 



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