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den, more especially as a place of resort for young persons, and conse- 

 quently increase its value to the town. 



"In the njanagement of this garden, the ground in which the masses 

 are planted will only require to be kept clear of weeds, and covered with 

 the short grass which is mown from the glades. As the trees and shrubs 

 advance in growth, the duplicates will require to be removed; and, after 

 this, both trees and shrubs must be prevented from touching each otiier 

 by pruning. While this is attended to, care must be taken that, in all the 

 masses near the boundary fence, both trees and shrul»s be allowed to grow 

 as close to each other as they can, without coming into absolute contact. 

 The masses of roses will require to be taken up and properly replanted 

 itl fresh soil every three or four years, and the masses of flowers, which 

 may be chiefly hardy showy annuals of low growth, or entirely mignonette, 

 will also require the soil to be occasionally renewed. It must be constant- 

 ly borne in mind by the managers of this garden, that a border or j)Iant- 

 ation of trees and shrubs which are never allowed to touch, but which 

 are, at the same time, placed as close together as they possibly can be 

 without touching, produces a much more effectual screen than a thick 

 plantation. In a thin plantation, such as we allude to, there is a compact 

 mass of foliage on every tree and shrub, from the ground upwards; and, 

 if there are only two rows of such trees and shrubs, the plants of the one 

 row alternating with the openings of the other, the screen will be as 

 effectual as if it consisted of a holly hedge. If this mode of keeping up 

 a screen, both in the boundary plantations and in the masses which sepa- 

 rate the walks, be neglected, the effect of the garden will very soon be 

 materially injured, and the plantations, so far from having that gardenesque 

 character which they are intended to have, will resemble mere common- 

 place masses of shrubbery ; the boundary will be seen from every point 

 of view; the eye will penetrate the interior in all directions; and the 

 effect of the whole, as a work of art, will be destroyed." 



The list of plants, suitable for ornamenting these grounds might 

 be of some service, but it is too long to copy. The whole 

 number of plants is as follows : — 



Evergreen trees and shrubs, 272 plants. Deciduous trees, 178 

 plants. Deciduous shrubs, 537 plants. Climbers, 40 plants. 

 Select trees and shrubs, 115 plants. Supplementaries, 100 })lants. 

 Whole number, 1242 plants. 



Art. 5 is a " description of Woodbine Cottage, Torquay, the 

 residence of Mrs. Johnes." In this we notice that the fine guava, 

 Psidiuin Cattleya/mm, fruits to perfection without fire heat. 



Art. 6 contains a list of the places in Britain, from which return 

 papsrs have been received for the Abohetum Britannicum. 



Articles 7 and 8, are upon the cultivation of mushrooms. The 

 first method is as follows : — 



"About the middle of July, when preparing the ground for early 

 broccoli or Savoy, I liave some of the best fresh liorse dung, thai is short, 

 and has not mucii straw in it, dug in the furrow, under the soil where the 

 row of broccoli or Savoy plants are to be planted. The furrow is filled 

 j)retty full of the dung, ami trodden rather firm, and a fnw pieces of the 

 spawn are put in it; the moidd is then dug over it, and the digging is con- 

 liiuied, until where the next row of plants is intended ; which furrow is 

 filled with dung and spawn as the former; and so on, as far as the ground 

 is to be j)lanted. After the groimd is dug, the [ilants are planted, and 

 nothing further is required. 1 do not use any more dung in this way than 



