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ters without any material injury. To form this bank, Mr. 

 Burns had the soil dug from a heathy common, and planted 

 it immediately; and he ascribes the very rapid progress the 

 plants have made, to the nutriment they have received from 

 the gradual decay of vegetable substances contained in the 

 soil. 



The pleasure-grounds are very extensive, and in high 

 keeping; the conservatory and orangery form the south-west 

 wing of the splendid edifice, which is now being built as the 

 chief residence of the noble family. The orangery contains 

 a number of very fine orange trees, lately purchased in France; 

 the family having had the misfortune to lose by fire, a few 

 years ago, upwards of one hundred large trees. The accom- 

 panying plan {Jig. 16.) is that of a new flower-garden, laid out 

 on the south front of the house last spring. 



William Saunders. 



Art. III. General Remarks on the Progress of Intellect amoiig 

 Gardeners ; xvith some Account of the Improvements recently made 

 in the Hot-house of George Cooke, Esq., of Doncaster. By Q. 



Sir, 

 It must be truly gratifying to the lovers of the science of 

 gardening, to witness the long list of practical gardeners who 

 have taken up the pen to contribute to your excellent Maga- 

 zine, and who had never written before in any publication. 

 The great utihty of your work, and the improvements it is 

 effecting among those for whom it is intended, is obvious to 

 the meanest capacity. It might, indeed, be expected that 

 every gardener would eagerly approach to it, as he would to 

 a feast after enduring a famine; yet many " make light" of 

 this precious feast. Held in chains by old customs, and fet- 

 tered even in opposition to their own best interests, they shut 

 their eyes against improvements. The language of such is, 

 " We want none of your new-fangled ways : why should we 

 pretend to be wiser than our fathers?" Such men "love 

 darkness rather than light," because of their obstinacy and 

 overweening conceit. But happily there are others better 

 disposed ; and to such the Gardener's Magazine is a treasure. 

 These are minds of a superior order ; they are now burstino- 

 their chains, and loosening themselves from the trammels of 

 authority. A spirit of improvement, a passion for experi- 

 ment, and a liberal curiosity, prompt them to quit the old 

 beaten paths, and to explore untried ways ; to disdain the 



