Paying Labourers. — Ornamental Gardening. 85 



Art. V. On the Custom of paying the Wages of Journeymen 

 Gardeners, and Agricultural Labourers, on the Saturday 

 Night or Sunday Morning. By H. C. W. 



[We have received a very sensible and reasonable letter on 

 this subject from a benevolent-minded contributor, who has 

 himself set an example worthy to be followed by every master 

 or steward in the kingdom. Having ourselves often advocated 

 the practice recommended, it is unnecessary to advert to it 

 here, farther than to unite with the writer in condemning the 

 impolicy, not to say the cruelty, of the custom, and to agree 

 with him in the conclusions he has drawn from it. We 

 quote the concluding part of his letter.] 



The method which I have adopted for several years past 

 is, to pay all my labourers and mechanics on the Friday 

 night ; thus giving opportunity for them or their wives to 

 go to the best market on the Saturday; and, by so doing, 

 often to save to the amount of 10 per cent. I always provide 

 small money for this purpose myself, and consequently avoid 

 the bad plan of paying several with a large note, and thereby 

 driving them in companies to the public-house, and laying 

 them under obligations to the landlord. The iniquitous 

 custom of having a pay-table at an inn I also disapprove, as 

 leading to unnecessary expense, and sometimes disorder. This 

 arrangement, so easy for every superintendant to adopt, has 

 gained me the respect and thanks of the men ; and its conse- 

 quences are sufficiently evident in their appearance, comfort, 

 and conduct. I therefore strenuously, yet respectfully, recom- 

 mend my plan to my brethren and others, being convinced of 

 its utility as well as necessity. I am, Sir, &c. 



Dec. 14. 1827. H. C. W. 



Art. VI. RemarJcs on the present Style of Ornamental Gar- 

 dening in this Country, and Suggestions for Improvements. 

 By an Amateur. 



Sir, 

 In sending to you the following remarks on our present 

 style of laying out our pleasure-gardens, with suggestions on 

 the improvements of which that style is capable, I am not 

 prompted by any supposed superior judgment or taste of my 

 own in such matters ; nor do I conceive, or even wish, that 

 your intelligent readers should consider themselves as called 

 upon to follow and act upon my opinions. My object is simply 

 to draw the attention of the wealthy and noble possessors of 



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