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long, with an oval head 4 in. by 2\ in. ; the plate of metal is of one uniform 

 thickness of one fourth of an inch, with a small rib on the back of the stem 

 to strengthen it. The tallies are thus very light and strong. They are de- 

 livered in London, by the Carron Company, at the rate of 21/. 2s. 3d. per 

 ton, which contains about 2000 tallies. This is something more than 2\d. 

 each, and the painting and lettering cost 3d. each. It is incomparably 

 more agreeable to walk about the garden alone, and learn the names of 

 every thing from these labels, than have them told by an attendant ; who, 

 even if he pronounces them properly, can seldom impress them on a 

 stranger's memory. The truth is, that all scientific names, like the words 

 of a foreign language, to be understood and remembered, must be seen. 



We wish we could see a beginning made to the alteration of this garden, 

 according to our plan, or to any other equally good : it would then be our 

 duty, as it would be our pleasure, to support the Society by every means 

 in our power, short of that indiscriminate approbation which, we trust, we 

 shall never so far forget ourselves as to bestow upon any body of men. If it 

 be alleged that there is not money enough to commence operations, that is not 

 a sufficient excuse for neglecting to enquire whether they ought to be com- 

 menced if there were money ; and, if our plan or any other is approved of, 

 to state that it would be carried into execution, say at the rate of an eighth, 

 a sixth, or a fourth part in a year, till completed. If this were done, and 

 the public saw any thing like earnestness in reformation and improvement, 

 we have not a doubt that abundance of money would be forthcoming. 

 We wish Mi\ Bentham and Mr. Lindley were as much attached to land- 

 scape-gardening as they are to botany; we should then have no fear for the 

 result. In the mean time, we shall keep the subject before our readers, 

 and continue to hope. — Cond. 



Art. VIII. The London Nurseries. 



jFulham Nursery, June 27. — The bloom of roses here, as at Mr. Lee's, 

 is remarkably fine ; Vesta, a brilliant scarlet, is decidedly the most con- 

 spicuous. In the cold-pits we observed a large stock of good plants of 

 Jcacia Jidibrissin, Chimonanthus fragrans, and some other shrubs from the 

 south of France ; and we hope this description of intercourse between 

 French and English nurserymen will increase. We noticed also, what we 

 do not recollect to have seen in any nursery before, plants of Ziziphus 

 vulgaris, received from Genoa. This shrub is frequent as a hedge plant in 

 the north of Italy, and its dried fruit is as common at the dessert at Milan 

 and Genoa, as almonds or filberts are in London. The jujube has never been 

 fairly tried in this country as a hardy fruit tree : it attains the size of the 

 common hawthorn ; the fruit is oval, about the size of an olive, red when 

 ripe, with an oval stone within, and is of an agreeable sweetness, fresh, or 

 dried like raisins. The jujube is generally kept in a frame, but we have little 

 doubt that it would succeed in a warm dry situation against a wall, at least 

 as well as the Japan quince, pomegranate, and olive trees ; these also 

 ought to be much more common in our gardens than they are. 



Mr. Knight, of the Exotic Nursery, King's Road, has become the pur- 

 chaser, at, it is said, 1500/., of the seeds and plants brought home from 

 Australia by Mr. Robert Baxter. The curious in botany and exotic cul- 

 ture, both in this country and on the Continent, will look with anxious 

 expectation for the new productions contained in this collection. Mr. Baxter 

 informed us that he had added sixty species to the natural order Pvotedcece. 

 — Cond. 



