2 1 8 Gleanings in Old Garden Literature. 



have been only one of a series of labours 

 in the field ; and London's Hortus Britannicus 

 followed in 1832. 



The group of distinguished men, to whom 

 we are permanently indebted for placing our 

 country in respect to this province of science 

 in as high a rank as a relatively ungenial 

 climate will ever permit, was reinforced at this 

 time by Joseph Paxton, principal gardener 

 to the Duke of Devonshire at Chatsworth. 

 Paxton's name is still favourably recollected 

 in connection with his professional labours, 

 especially the Exhibition of 1851 and the 

 Crystal Palace, as well as with his literary 

 achievements, of which the chief are the 

 Horticultural Register, commencing in 1831, 

 and carried down to 1836. and the Magazine 

 of Botany and Register of Flowering Plants, 

 which he edited from 1834 to 1849. He 

 published a monograph on the Dahlia in 

 1838, and other books, including the Flower 

 Garden (1850-3), 3 vols., royal 8vo, in 

 which he was assisted by Dr. James 

 Lindley. 



In 1838 appeared London's Suburban 



