548 THE MAGAZINE OF HORTICULTURE. 



McAvoT Superior, Hooker, Scarlet Magnate, Victo- 

 ria, Genesee, Le Baron, Longworth's Prolific. 



The discussion on fruits then closed, and the Society ad- 

 journed to meet in New York in 1858, at such time and 

 place as might be appointed by the executive committee. 



THE LITERATURE OF GARDENING. 



BY WILSON FLAGQ. 



No. X. Works of J. C. Loudon. 



No author has done more for the general diffusion of knowl- 

 edge on all subjects connected with practical and ornamental 

 gardening and agriculture than the late J. C. Loudon. He 

 was, indeed, one of the most remarkable men of his age ; and 

 performed an amount of literary labor that excites our aston- 

 ishment, when we also consider him as a practical man, carry- 

 ing out, under his own supervision, the business of an exten- 

 sive farm. Mr. Loudon did not profess to be an original 

 author, or to do anything more than the work of a compiler : 

 but in all his compilations and abridgments, he has exhibited 

 such an extraordinary combination of science, taste, and judg- 

 ment, as to entitle him to a very high rank as an author. His 

 works are very voluminous, and form a complete cyclopaedia 

 of rural science and architecture. In the present sketch, there- 

 fore, nothing will be attempted further than to give the reader 

 a brief abstract of his general principles of ornamenting 

 grounds. 



Though it does not fall to the lot of every one, he remarks, 

 to build the house he occupies, or to lay out its grounds, yet 

 most people who have a country residence have the power of 

 making such alterations and improvements as will render their 

 abode suitable to their own taste or convenience. The first and 

 most important consideration for every one who designs to 

 inhabit a country residence is its situation. By one false step 

 in the choice of a situation nearly all the comfort reasonably 

 anticipated from it may be destroyed. The healthiness of 



