5 so LITERATURE OF GARDENING. 



works of reference. Cushing's " Exotic Gardener" and 

 Hogg's " Treatise on the Carnation, &c.," are both good 

 books of this period (1812). The " Hortus Gramineus 

 Woburnensis" by George Sinclair (1816) is a valuable 

 book, and the writings of Robert Sweet are entitled to 

 more than a passing word. His " Hortus Suburbanus 

 Londinensis," "The Hothouse and Greenhouse Manual," 

 "Hortus Britannicus," "The Geraniaceae," "The British 

 Flower Garden," "The Florists' Guide," and " Flora 

 Australasica" (the four latter beautifully illustrated, and 

 still much sought after), have stood well the test of 

 time. Ronald's " Apples " is also a good book. 



Henry Phillips wrote some interesting books on garden- 

 ing between the years 1820-1831, among others "Pomarium 

 Britannicum," " Sylva Florifera," and " Flora Historica." 



William Cobbett wrote "The Woodlands" a good 

 book (1826), and "The English Gardener" (1833), which 

 are distinguished by the strong common sense and clear 

 style of this author. Other writers of this time are Patrick 

 Neill, Morris, Harrison, Chandler, Billington, and Loddiges. 

 Harrison commenced " The Floricultural Cabinet" in 1833, 

 a useful and elegant work which was published monthly 

 and extended to 27 volumes. Loddiges began "The 

 Botanical Cabinet," a high class work, in 1817, which 

 stopped in 1833 ; it contains coloured plates of 2000 

 different plants. "The Botanical Register," also a high 

 class periodical, commenced in 1815, and stopped in 1847 

 with the 33rd volume. The later volumes of this periodical 

 were edited by Dr Lindley. " Maund's Botanic Garden," 

 my copy of which in 13 volumes is not dated, is also a 

 beautiful book, the illustrations numerous, artistic, and life- 

 like. " The Horticultural Register," edited by Paxton and 

 Harrison, begun in 1832, extended to 6 volumes only, and 

 " The Floricultural Magazine," by Robert Marnock, in 1836, 

 to a like number. The " Magazine of Botany," by Paxton, 

 begun in 1834, had a longer and more successful run, ex- 

 tending to 15 volumes. 



