286 General Results of a Gardening Tour : — 



Nursery, *Packington Hall); Birmingham (* Aston Park, 

 * Edgbaston Hall, Moor Green, * Moseley Park, Kitwell, 

 Selly Hill, Bom'ne Brook, Grove Ploiise, * Sandwell ; the 

 villas or gardens of Mr. Willmore, Mr. Barker, Mr. John 

 Linwood, Mr. George Hadley, Mr. Godwin, Mrs. Merrj', 

 Mr. Dugdale Houghton, Miss Moore, the Rev. J. Corrie, 

 Mr. Osborn, Mr. Clark, and a great many othei's ; the 

 nurseries of Mr. Pope, Mr. Yates, Mr. Picken, Mr. Evans, 

 Mr. Fletcher, Mr. Beech, and Mr. Brunton, and the Fre- 

 derick Street nursery ; the market-garden of Mr. Mist ; the 

 subscription bowling-green at Edgbaston ; and the ground 

 destined for the garden of the Birmingham Botanical and Hor- 

 ticultural Society, for which, at the request of the Society, we 

 formed a plan, which we feel perfectly confident will render it 

 the first botanical and horticultural garden in England) ; Broms- 

 grove (Grovely House, *Hewel Park, and Mr. Maund's gar- 

 den) ; West Bromwich (the gardens of Mr. Smith and Mr. 

 Edwin Bullock); Dudley (* Hinley, Dudley Castle, the Priory, 

 Tansley Hill, the Trindle, * the Ellowes, and the villas or gar- 

 dens of Miss Parsons, Mr. M. Houghton, Mr. Thos. Badger, 

 Mr. Isaac Badger, Mr. Bourne, Mr. Jos. Bourne, Mr. Walter 

 Williams, and Mr. Fellowes ; the public bowling-green at the 

 Trindle, Pilsbury's nursery at Wombourne; and the early potato 

 gi'ovuids, where several acres of potatoes are forced by the 

 spontaneous combustion of coal in the old coal mines under- 

 neath) ; Kidderminster, (* Lea Castle, * Prestwood, *Enville, 

 and * Arley Hall) ; Stourbridge (* Hagley and the Leasowes) ; 

 Penn (the gardens of Mrs. Jukes and of Mr. Deakin) ; Wol- 

 verhampton (Oxley House, *Chillington Hall, the villas and 

 gardens of Mr. Wynne, Mr. Pearson, Miss Scott, &c., and 

 the nurseries of Mr. Lowe); Stafford (Spring Vale, Trentham, 

 and * Barlaston Hall); Cheadle (* Heath House, Heybridge, 

 and Piatt's nursery) ; Farley (Alton Towers, and * Wootton 

 Lodge); Ashbourne (*Illam Hall, and Dove Dale) ; Bake- 

 well (Haddon Hall, Cliatsworth, Middleton Dale) ; Castleton; 

 Chapel in le Fridi (*Lyme Park); Stockport (Wood Bank) ; 

 Manchester (the gardens of the ]5otanical and Horticultural 

 Society, Smedley Old Hall, Broughton Old Hall, Brough- 

 ton New Hall, *Heaton Park, Priory, Lark Hill, Buele Hill, 

 the Hope, Spring Wood, * Traffbrd Park ; the villa of Wil- 

 liam Bow, Esq., at Lower Broughton ; Cunningham's nursery, 

 Faulkner's nursery, and a number of other places, besides 

 market-gardens, the comparative merits of which will be 

 given with the continuation of this article in our next Number). 

 In generalising the gardening or agricultural information 

 derived from a tour through any country, the first object 



