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Were the different States, in the aggregate, to expend annually 

 a million of dollars, judiciously appropriated for the planting 

 of forests, on lands which are at present good for no 

 other purpose, in ten years from the time of the appropriation, 

 the country would be made ten millions more wealthy. And 

 unless some such measures are used for the preservation of a 

 constant supply of growing forest, large tracts of land, now 

 fertile and productive, will ere long be converted into barren 

 wastes; and the country will be deprived of its natural 

 resources, in proportion to the increase of its population. 



EUROPEAN PARKS, NO. V. 



BY HOWARD DANIELS, ARCHITECT, N. Y. 

 THE LONDON PARKS. 



St. James's Park, being the one nearest to London, I shall 

 describe first. 



This park contains 87 acres, the west end of which fronts 

 on Buckingham Palace ; the north side fronts on the mall, 

 leading from the front of Buckingham Palace ; the east end 

 fronts tlie Admiralty, Horse Guards, and parade ; the south side 

 is bordered by Bird-cage walk, (a very broad gravel prome- 

 nade.) It was first formed by Henry VIH., and was rearranged 

 and planted in the reign of Charles H., by Le Notre, the great 

 French architect, by whom the, gardens at Versailles were 

 designed. At this period a chain of small ponds was con- 

 verted into a lake. 



During the reign of George the IV., the whole was again 

 remodeled, the lake greatly enlarged, and a number of new 

 plantations added, nearly as at present existing. These plan- 

 tations are very well arranged, consisting chiefly of hollies, 

 and pyracanthus, a few box, aucubas, &c. 



The finest feature in this park is its long narrow sheet of 

 water, in the centre, running nearly the whole length of the 

 park. It is kept pure and full by a supply from several water 

 works, and is enlivened by an extensive collection of aquatic 



