8 Jl Retrospective Viexo of the 



Baltimore very little has been done the past year. In Wash- 

 ington, the Hon. Mr. Fox, the British minister, has a fine 

 garden, filled with a collection of the choicest annuals and hardy 

 bulbs. At Georgetown, W. Robinson, Esq. is making exten- 

 sive improvements, and laying out a fine garden. Dr. Wray, 

 of Augusta, Ga., whose collection of plants was formerly- 

 one of the best in the southern states, has removed a short 

 distance from the city, where he is laying out an extensive 

 garden. In Cincinnati, there are several neat green-houses; 

 and the collection of Cacti, in the possession of Mr. Long- 

 streth, is one of the largest in the country, and contains some 

 large specimens. 



Landscape Gardening. 



Scarcely sufficient has yet been accomplished in landscape 

 gardening, in this country, to convey any idea of what the art 

 consists: a few specimens of well laid out gardens may be 

 seen, but the embellishments of our country residences are 

 not entitled to the rank of landscape gardening. We are not 

 without hope, however, that some wealthy proprietors may be 

 induced to attempt the introduction of an art which would so 

 highly beautify their grounds. Could the service of profes- 

 sional men be secured, and had we not to rely almost wholly 

 upon books for information, it is probable that more advance- 

 ment would have been made in this department. We are 

 pleased, in stating that a work, by our correspondent, Mr. 

 Downing, is now passing through the press, mostly devoted 

 to landscape gardening, which will be of great assistance to eve- 

 ry individual who has a desire to enrich his grounds. It will 

 contain numerous engravings, illustrating different methods of 

 laying out residences after the English style. Mr. Arnold, 

 of New Bedford, whose grounds we have already noticed, 

 (Vol. VI., p. 362,) has a garden laid out with much taste, 

 and we shall endeavor to offer a detailed account of it, accom- 

 panied with engravings: it is a nearer approach to landscape 

 gardening than any thing we have ever seen. Mr. Downing 

 has erected an elegant mansion, in the Elizabethian style, at 

 his nursery, at Newburgh, N. Y., and an engraving of this we 

 may promise during the present volume. Mr. Gushing has 

 not yet completed his new house, but when finished, and the 

 grounds put in order, it will be one of the most splendid pri- 

 vate residences in the vicinity of Boston. 



