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е from Cusco, "and consisted of very fine large 
kinds little known in this country, but lorte too 
for our climate, It was h a tal ia however, that 
t Dendr m n 
called Bland anum, the hardy blue-flowered Californian 
Ceanothus * us, the true Acacia celastrifolia, a useful 
Heaths a i 
viz. re Plum, a variety raised by the late Mr. 
Knight, anà e in the Society’s Transactions. It 
is a good sized oval fruit—yellow, although it sprang 
e mpé e and pollen 
but is igh 2s pe A of by all who have fruited it 
Beaiinl?s Se r.—This is а middle-sized sort, been 
jery put “that it is searcely possible for any 
Р {о be more so. It ripens in the end of September 
tardif Pear rom 
as new кыч за? sorts ; but as Mae have not yet fruited 
а in the. othing "further could be said respecting 
em, 
Reviews. 
The Theory and Рин üf Lan of Landscape Gardening. By 
Joshua Major, Knowsthorpe, near Leeds.  4to. 
an. 
THE ponnani of the arts and sciences, in a gre 
measure, depends upon the industrial accumulation of 
monastic tions. Few, indeed, rofesso 
of what is called landsca P gardening ; still the —.— 
of Le Notre, Le Blond, 2 Whately, ee 
d Kent rate tors of 
modern writers ious emn. Authors o 
more recent date, such. as Knight, Price, Repton, 
Gilpin, € have endeavoured to preserve all that was 
classic d. appropriate in old expounders of the art, 
and iy such to of modern CUL 
Not so Mr. Major, however, for he has a horror of 
ie cheerful, and Boring s — 5 ot hian gardening.” 
must therefor a disciple of the 
Wie says Gilpin *- *— “The modern system throws ad 
the walls, terra ove, верь and balustrades at © one 
d 
estige of intricacy and repose ; while 
cleared of 
а ш ence excludes 1 cattle from that la un which 
в apparently open t flimsy barrier 
of. ew hurdie is ae to a building whose a o 
ts have witnessed the lapse of ages.” Mr. 
er, -clings stern 
modern st style, and invites those about t n 
selves," and he is “ satisfied: that in 99 eases out of ev 
Of course our author must exempt Wilto 
(which he surely has never seen р, ie its Palla- 
dian b ridge, в; grottoe: 
„ urns, and other вам епі 
ments; pu M with its chaste, yet massive 
masonry, broad al and 
3 2 — sculptur 
formal groves of Orange trees, and beds in r« 
x ser edgings of shrubs. Our author must ES 
ciate the taste of the noble owner of Bowood, wh 
| smooth 2 soft . — тоеснай етте 
2 - di i é «this. and habit, that to suit all it is E» iy im 
Mer ттр ice will be for the modern, and not — our disposal do not permit us to reproduce his 5 a : y 
- ie of € ти» so drei ya -— € drame d. and the reader will have A notion of what 
F a cuvin ) ilus); Budlea- 
metric parti of the last € yet | globosa (Buddlea globose) Spirea douglassii (Spiræa * 
it is an EROS of such and convenience that it | Douglasii), S. lindleyana (S. Lindleyana), S. areafolia 
would be Lote Fare to prese it for.no oth er reason (S. ari@folia), budlea (Buddlea) Cottoneaster (Coto- 
than because a straight walk is out of fashion; this | neaster), A. menziesii (A. Menziesii), Pinus excelss 
Ma qure 
ар 
s | would фе ac suo Weng Sore bes тшен P € а iom A aL Leucombe Oak (Lucombe Oak), С 
the art of landscape gar ing whip pureus) че 5 (J. 
under the dominion of * —“1 meer зей н, antes cata (T. baccata), & 
astonish some — ЗЕ improvers in modern serpentine} Ме must Aegis mit adding, since this professes to bea 
сез ned by а 
; gardening by declaring that, as an appendage to this | work of tas "a the volume is a 
Cobham) anei йй mansion, I would prefer the broad of I Soag seated very uncomfor tably oe an arm- 
and stately ewm along a straight line of terraces, to r, reeling out of the perpendicular, and balanced 
their too frequently repeated waving line of beauty."— painfilly on two legs. 
* What such rustie t Semet „о — 3 —' 
rice, ane to the co ved terraces, Kelly’s жр to the Post OR London p 
statues and fountains are to the M A —— Ae ^ ie a appeared. It is drawn up with gre 
— We shall dimiss this part of the subjeet re, as we have been ie to Atel [t with 
certainly a matter of considerable —— a si дри г асе 17 It contains the latest Post Office 
“arene ‚ттт wet — ideas on this point quite pee. lorc ie a complete table of foreign postages, 
wi «A — ve n error since —€ i sidences of all the members of the pres sent Far- 
the — ‘of the modern s style pos directio 
that pieturesque beau рол is е ae — to be aim Cheap às some good things have now become, this is, 
at in laying out gro so far from this bein — we think, the cheapest shilling’s-worth of all. 
the case, it will often happen that the alteration require 
for the purposes of con and character, will 
lessen that beauty, while it “inereases that of dignity, den Memorand 
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| refinement, an d appropriation Messrs. CHANDLER'S Nursery, VAUXHALL.— 
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DT hich has of Camellias will be glad to learn that the extensive 
анана а diio; ” cabot а collection of this favourite flower, for which this nursery 
; 1 are issi d we|is celebrated s now in full bloom, When we state 
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| only wish vie his illustrations had born died out. | that de form a bank 160 feet in маво апа во 
or beginning of October. The tree is vigorous and | Sir — 5 
aer! cau an 
y 
—— undulations and gentle m € ch are 9 
the revalent in the Э i 
weh “objects i in ететт We derive diem — — flowered well this year, few of the buds having dropped. 
—.— that most M of all pnt —the fem Of Carnation striped varieties, Albertus is about the 
And a „What pe 1 would — aeu d the next being perhaps Colvilli striata, and the 
; w|semi-double sort called Tricolor is also very pretty. 
kinds m tione 
W eview o uble, bu ү ; 
Guide,” attributed to the pen of Sir Walter Scott, | the eye; ; Reine des Fleurs, beautiful 8 a 
wherein he poetically compared the forms of Sir Henry’s Duchess of Nortiumiberland, d M9 hirin p 
, | plantations with the beautiful curve of a lady's arm. and very handsome; Am zi ana, small : e онон a 
16 appears that those artists who adopted the female | with em round petal ; lata, à 5 ut compact са 
figure as a type to — their oe n r took the mico apr Farbe, a small, but Saely shaped: baec: t; 
ed th 1 kind. 
Meg aia tive: 1 . r| We may ү that à in addition to the treat the Camellias 
onse is at present gay "- Hyacinths, 
elsewhere ; and we a В ; ia e 
could: adduce either the reasoning or the illustration | badly coloured for want of bright sunlight, 
1 at us 152, should have fallen into errors of this pret; white blossomed Ar Vv (D. gracilis 
eagree with our gti pe 
uthor, “ That the greatest The latter will prove a valu t for forcing, 
s required in ihe ase i mbl — of trees and requiring about — om treatment as Kalmia glauca, 
bushes, d that орнау of readth may be onde and things of that 
in the glades or pastures, ssid that the dotting system 
t only e vapi 
may be strictly avoided. [allude not oni apid 
manner of d — a lawn with single trees and bushes, FLO RICL ULT URE. 
and whi de so frequently р ру but to an error not 
the less to be deprecated Carya e anp Picoress.—That the constitution of 
4 1 en ч allowed the — equally all over а plants is as variable as that o f animals there can be 
‚ thus frittering away repose, and = where lst doubt, and yet lov ray do we i: jen ves 
run broad — varied e of law are ying the requi of p D А 
wing ms to be desired." — let any person with ything like that forethought by whieh only 
Poe eyes over Mr. Major's plates, w are of course | eommon results can be obtained; 
mann are ify. — 
owned, are: not caleulated to conve vey a high opinion of important point in the cultivation of Carn 
the author’s i 3 udge from plans Picotees, viz., the potting for bloom. It is not € 
of what is called жа ing, 10 that, our stock of plants looks well, that our 
which, our author is s ar oe ica t 
dieted ; for it will often happen that much better | heap of compost is seeure from wet, 
effects. could antici | frozen. through, well pulverised, 
Ee The being that Nature will | we may look our heap of regulated 
sometimes look well in spite of the most tasteless as the staple for potting in, but for this on 
o be 
modiste, But there are plans of such unmistakeable | so adjusted that it will ensure the after well doing of a 
ugliness as no happy accident can ever mend; and | whole collection wou would — pan iB ia cake it a universal heal, 
of these we have such an example at plate 7 of all which, I fear, w wil long remain a desideratum: Now. 
V | Mr, Major’s designs, as to make it impossible for us to 2 the very limbs of ass eee ns and Picotees may 
recommend him as а Unfortunately the means at | be traced such differences in constitution, — ев, 
—€— on us 
astounding instance of what a R will to so fashion their food an M tment each shall 
vely propose. Let the reader imagine a piece of of | receive only that which from experience УЧ ‘wae we 
5 — d having the fo form: of 2 Bergamot Pear, rendered | consider most likely to. fully develope, the growth and 
f in tr haraeter diet i 
ps 
curved walks into five — — in one — gorge the one and starve the other; nor can i 
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UE a Bin on Landscape Gardening,” page 36. 
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seem t uri much be 
among the whole some — because some component part of the compost i 
T slugs or vue RUNS ted in wo СЕЎ bna ie м the appetite of the variety. I would ask, where is 
——. ͤ —— iral Curzon to be seen, possessing the the colour, size, and 
08 i lad sardening, pace 16. . whichit has in Derbyshire t Where can Flora? 
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to illustrate ‘hee uestionable error just such results should now-a-days be the exception, the 
indi ask hi i aim at exeellence have been led to 
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