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his friends, but at a distance by every person in the public road, i.e. by all 

 London. If this admiration of all the public has no charms for the mar-- 

 quess, he must be without sympathy. We never pass his grounds and look 

 over his fence at the common trash planted within, without regretting that 

 the taste which he has so well displayed in architecture had not extended 

 itself to gardening. As to the Duke of Wellington, it is not to be sup- 

 posed that he can afford a thought on the subject of lawn or flowering 

 shrubs ; and we must therefore content ourselves with regretting the want 

 of knowledge or taste in the directors of his establishments. Economy is 

 the order of the day in every department of the king's gardens, and there- 

 fore large shrubs like Mr. Waterer's could never be expected to find their 

 way to Windsor or Pimlico. 



Among the plants that we noticed more particularly, was i^hodendron 

 maximum, in large quantities, from 4 to 6 ft. high, trained as standards j 

 the trunks of some of them 3 in. in diameter ; a hybrid R. called Waterer- 

 idna arborea, in standards from 5 to 7 ft. high, and R. catawbiense, from 

 4 to 6 ft. high. These standards promise, by the thickening of the stems 

 or trunks, to be of great duration, and to attain a considerable size of head, 

 probably that of an apple tree. R. caucasicum is in large quantity, as is a 

 new variety between arboreum and ponticum. Azalea autumnalis, rubes- 

 cens, and viscosa alba are late-flowering sorts, and on that account very 

 valuable. A. pontica multiflora pallida is a variety which never fails of 

 being profusely covered with flowers. A. coccinea major and many other 

 kinds are to be had in quantities from 4 to 7 ft. high ; and some of them, 

 when cut down, or when allowed more room by the removal of adjoining 

 plants, throw out shoots from 3 to 5 ft. long in one season. Kalmi« lati- 

 fblia in quantities from 4 to 6 ft. high, K. glauca stricta, glauca rubra, and 

 glauca superba are fine new varieties, which will be sold for the first time next 

 autumn. An immense number of new varieties have lately been raised 

 by Mr. Waterer, from seed, many of them now in flower, and surpassingly 

 beautiful. The varieties of azalea are now as numerous as those of roses, 

 tulips, or georginas ; and it were much to be wished that some such botanist 

 as Mr. Sweet or Mi\ Penny would class them in groups, and give a name to 

 each group, the specific of which might be any fanciful name ; such, for 

 example, as A. coccinea major (the variety constituting the group), 1. Wa- 

 terer's Eliza ; 2. Donald's Marianne ; 3. Cree's Jane, &c. &c. (The sub- 

 varieties springing from the parent variety, or resembling it.) We last 

 season (Vol. V. p. 571.) noticed the fine magnolias, and various other trees 

 and things here, and though we could again dwell on them with much plea- 

 sure, we shall deny ourselves that gratification in order to make a remark 

 on the soil. This is a natural peat, and therefore peculiarly adapted to the 

 Evicezz ; but the plants on that account, though grown at less expense, are 

 not better grown than in those nurseries where the peat is artificial, or 

 brought from a distance and placed in excavations 18 in. deep, perhaps not so 

 well. The reason is, that the wet cold bottom, besides lessening the vigour 

 of the shoots of the more delicate varieties, has a tendency to cover the bark 

 with lichens. No nurserymen or private grower, therefore, need be dis- 

 couraged by the want of a native bed of peat. Many of the £ricea3 will grow 

 in soft sand nearly as well as in peat. 



Goldworth Nursery, May 11. — Mr. Donald is new-modelling his home 

 grounds, and preparing for planting a collection of stools of all the rare 

 hardy trees and shrubs which he can procure, with a view to their propa- 

 gation for the trade. We are very happy to learn his intention, because it 

 will be the second step, that of Messrs. Loddiges being the first, towards 

 rendering rare trees cheap, and consequently common in parks and pleasure- 

 grounds. 



The Oaks, May 12. — This is a large farm, the property of • Gar- 

 ment, Esq., of South Audley Street, London, admirably managed by a 



