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say, let the poor man have the ground, and Mr. Laurence's pamphlet ; fur- 

 nish him now and then with a few seeds and plants, if you please ; honour 

 him also with a premium once or twice a year, if j'ou feel disposed ; but 

 leave him independent " to do what he will with his own ; " and let him, 

 at least, feel himself master within the four corners of his little garden. 



A friend of the author put Mi*. L.'s pamphlet into his gardener's hands, 

 who offers, on this head, very sensible advice ; advice which we know to be 

 acted on in some parts oif Scotland, and which several of our correspondents, 

 among others Mr. Buchan, have shown to be followed upon some gentle- 

 men's estates in England and Wales. We request our readers will turn 

 to an article on this subject (Vol. I. p. 275.), as it not only applies to the 

 case before us, but also to the effoi'ts now making, by Sir Eardley Wilmot 

 and others, in Warwickshire, as we have stated in p. 224<., and in the 

 Morning Chronicle, Jan. 1831. 



The gardener of Mr. Laurence's friend advises the inspection of the 

 cottager's gardens by a good practical gardener, a few times in the season, 

 who should supply them with such plants and advice as he saw they wanted. 

 He recommends " Sunday morning as a good time, because it is the only 

 leisure time an industrious labourer has in the whole week." The gai-- 

 dener, being on a level with the cottagers, would never be felt as an intruder 

 on their independence. We recommend this sort of assistance to all the 

 employers of gardeners, and to all gardeners who have any thing in their 

 power. 



Mr. Laurence has very liberally authorised his printer, P. Watkins, 

 Cirencester, to supply any gentleman who may apply to him with copies 

 of his pamphlet at the actual cost ; and we have recommended Mr. Charl- 

 wood to send for a hundred, which he has done, and says he can afford to 

 sell them at Qd. each. Mr, Charlwood can also supply the very excellent 

 pamphlet of Mr. Denson on the same subject, entitled A Peasants Voice to 

 landowners, pp. 80, of which pamphlet Lord Braybrooke states, in the Saf- 

 fron- Waldon report, that he has " met with no other publication in which 

 the system of cottage allotments is so well treated," 



Fam'plin, William, jun.. Lavender Hill Nursery, Wandsworth, near Lon- 

 don : A Catalogue of Old Books on Botany and Gardening, &c, &c. 

 Clapham, 1831. Bvo, pp.8. 



Mr. Pamplin has formed a depot which we think likely to prove of real 

 use to reading gardeners; because they may there purchase old books 

 cheap, dispose of books when they have done with them, or make exchanges. 

 We have little doubt that, in time, Mr. Pamplin will establish a circulating 

 library of his class of books, which would be patronised by gardeners and 

 gentlemen in every part of the country, more especially if it contained high- 

 priced works, such as the Botanical Magazine, Botanical Register, Horti- 

 cultural Transaction, &c. 



Art. IV. Literary Notices. 



Vy^rus Mdhis Brentfordiensis, or a descriptive catalogue of the best sorts 

 of British apples, accompanied by coloured figures, is in the press, and will 

 appear about the same time as the present Number. We have mentioned 

 this work on various occasions, as being the production of Mr. Ronalds of 

 Brentford, and of his daughter Miss Elizabeth Ronalds. We cannot too 

 highly recommend it to every nurseryman, and to every proprietor who 

 wishes to select and plant the best sorts of the most useful of all British 

 fruits. 



A Guide to British Fruits and Culinary Vegetables, by Mr. George Lind- 

 ley, edited by his son Professor Lindley, is in the press. It will, without 

 doubt, be a most useful work, and we cordially recommend it. 



