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THE CIVIL ENGINEER AND ARCHITECT'S JOURNAL. 



[May, 



^Ir. Wutsou giNes for the position of the couservatories is good, and the 

 ctlbrls of a cultivated artist arc visible in many parts, bulh of the plan and 

 cxplaMutinu, ivhich show the results of his experience at Chiswick, where he 

 was employed ; he has not however been so successful as on former occasions, 

 when he caiTieil oft' the lifty guinea prize for laying out the gardens at Man- 

 tlicster. 



10, llKXRY Laxtox, F.L.S., and John Thomtson, landscape gardener, 

 late head gardener to the Duke of N'orthumherlaud. This plan is principally 

 Mr. Laxton's, but we shall dismiss it in a few words, to come to some of his 

 other designs. It is chiefly laid out as a large flower gardcji, and the com- 

 partments exhibit great ingenuity. The hook of reference shows great ac- 

 quaintance with the botanical part of the subject. The conservatory in the 

 centre is circular, with arms in the form of a Greek cross. 



11, Henry Heathcote Russell, architect and civil engineer, Springfield 

 Lodge, Garrat, near Wandsworth. A design adapted willi nmch ingenuity to 

 the present state of tlie grounds — it has, however, the usual imperfection, 

 ■want of effect. A conservatoiT is made to run all round tlie gardens, which 

 however is impracticable, on account of the state of tlic giounds. 



12, Edwin £. Mkrhal, 'Ab, Park Lane, J^eeds. This seems to be by the 

 eminent Hollander, ■ who wrote a book of boetry as diclc as dat,' the crown- 

 ing idea is a central platform 200 feet diameter, 5 feet high, and surmounted 

 vith an iron railing. 



13, Henry Laxton, F.L.S., architect and landscape gardener, Adelphi 

 Chamber?. Mr. i^axton who had a great hand in laying out the grounds at 

 the Beulah Spa, is the surveyor of the gardens to tlie Royal Botanic, part of 

 whose gruuncls he has Ini'l out. He has sent in four designs, all exhibiting 

 great at'ention to the sul i,=et. No. 13Mias a lake on the north side, before 

 ■which is an extensive lawn, most essential to a metropolitan garden, where a 

 large concourse of people is likely to be occasionally collected. In the centre 

 of the gardens is a snacicuis domed conservatory, and on the south side is the 

 principal liuilding for the othcial department with a large Italian garden, sur- 

 rounded by raised terraces with extensive conservatories on each side. The 

 ■nhole of the gardens is surrounded by an arboretum. 



14 and 15, Charles J. Nicolav, architect. Elm Grove Cottage, uear 

 \\ inbornc, Dorset. The ground plan is accompanied Ijy sections sliowing 

 buildings in the classic, oriental, and Tudor styles. Tlie conservatories are 

 on a raised ])latfonn in the centre, and the scenery on tlie south front is 

 made attractive. 



1 6, WvattPapworth, architect, 10, Carol ine-street, Bedford-square. There 

 is considerable variety of eftect and hreadth in tliis design. The ground is 

 formed into three divisions. The first devoted to the business part of the 

 establishment-is formed by Iniildingswith south aspects, screened at the base 

 by trees. The second whicli has rock work at one end and the museum, &c. 

 at the other, is an ornamental ganhni, and has to the south, the grand front, 

 a conservatorj', flanked by trees anil rock work. The third division as seen 

 from the back of the grand conservatory is a spacious lawn with a back 

 gi'ound of trees and shrubs. 



17, Edward Lapidge, Derby-street, ParHament-street. This would be a 

 grand design for St. Petersburgh, but would not be so pleasing here as it is 

 an entire sacrifice of tlie beauties of nature to architectural effect. On a 

 raised platform in the centre is a hollow square of hiiUdings covering the 

 area of the Great Pyramid or of Lincoln's Inn Fields. 



18, is a plan of Mr. Laxton's making the arrangement of the gardens at 

 present, immediately available on an economical scale, the leailing feature is 

 a promenade walk, through the centre 30 feet wiile ; the outer lioundaiy lias 

 a winding walk of about three cpiarters of a mile in length, judiciously laid 

 out for pu arboretum. 



19, also by Mr. Laxton, is a design much resembling No. 13, but grander 

 in its ai'chitectural and horticultural aiTaugements, so as to produce one mass 

 of variegated eftect in the shape of Italian, Dutch and French gardens, ro- 

 saries, fountains, statues, casinos, conservatories, ten'aces, iScc.,— if sufticient 

 funds could be raised for carrying out the whole of the design at once, with- 

 out regai-d to the present form of the ground, we should prefer this design 

 to any other. 



20, G. A. Cheffins, architect, Lees-street, Piccadilly, Manchester, is the 

 only one of the architectural competitors who is veri- much behind hand. 

 His design is very nearly akin to that of the Dutch gentleman who composed 

 Ho. 12. It must have puzzled Mr. Cheflins to produce any thing so bad. 



21, R. H. Essex, 13, York-))uildings, New-road. Tliis is the climax of all 

 that is rich in the ludicrous. A map of the world is laid down as the gi'ound 

 ■work, and a most farcical distribution of the necessary buildings is made. A 

 gardener's cottage in the centre is at the sign of the North Pole, the lecture 

 rooms are in the Atlantic ocean, (a witty gentleman, thought the Pacific 

 better), the Great Desert of Africa serves as a nursery, the meridian of Lon- 

 don is denoted by a sundial, and the capital cities of Europe by sundials. 

 Really, really, Mr. Essex, you must have intended to enliven this otherwise 

 dull exhibition. 



LITERARY NOTICES. 



ji system of Practical Arithmetic l)y Samuel Y'oung, is intended for the 

 use of the working classes, from wjiose pursuits the examples are derived. 

 This is certainly a more laudable eflfort than some of the nauseous affairs 

 ■which are used in reUgious schools. The work seems carefully arranged. 



On the Conttruction of the 4rk, as adapted to Steam Navisation to India, 



is an effusion of a Mr. Radford. If our readers have any money to spare for 

 metaphysical experiments, we recommend them to buy this work as a good 

 exanijile of how far hallucination can proceed. 



On llif supply of Water to Ike Metnipi)lis.—T\n& pamplilel gives a brief acccnint 

 of the extensive works that have U'en carried on liy the Water Companies 

 fur the hist five or six years, fur impiuving tlie supply of the Metropolis with 

 ]niie water. The author very evidently is a stickler for the existing compa- 

 nies, and ably ndvocales their cause: but he his allowed his zeal to overstep 

 llie mark of prudence. We shall, next month, make some additional remarks. 



WORKING EXPENSES OF RAILWAYS. 



Abstract of the difterent items of the working expenses on several lines of 

 Railway now open : showing the ratio per cent, each item bears to the gross 

 Receipts, and the amount of each per mile, for the half-year ending De- 

 cember 31, 1839. 



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Notes. — The London and Birmingham was chargeable with maintenance of 

 way on 73 miles for six months, and on 34^ more for 15 weeks = 97J for 6 

 months. The other items are upon 112^ miles. 



The Grand Junction is chargeable with maintenance of way on 82 i miles 

 — and the mileage of that item is calculated on that distance — but as they 

 carry their traffic to Liverpool and Manchester, on the Liverpool and Mau- 

 chestar line, the other items are calculated on 82 i -i- 30 = 1 121 miles. 



The Birmingham and Derby mauitain 38j miles of line; but as they carry 

 for 9 miles on the Loudon and Birmingham line, the other items must be 

 charged upon 4 7* miles. This line was only opened in August, but the 

 charges are calculated at the same rate for six months. — Correspondent vfthe 

 Railway Times, 



