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a country gentleman, who in this way preferred his* own gratification to the 

 Rublic advantage, that he would enjoy more real happiness in preferring 



the public benefit to any private pleasure 

 whatever ? Perhaps the attempt must only 

 be expected to succeed with his children. 

 Nothing is more difficult than to convince 

 the great mass of the wealthy in all coun- 

 tries that wealth such as theirs is not 

 essential to happiness; and that no one, 

 whatever he may possess, can be said to 

 be truly happy, who does not wish well, 

 with all his heart, to the whole of mankind 

 in every country. 



The effect of the flowers of the common 

 furze on the waste, and along the margin of 

 Lord King's woods, is brilliant. In Sep- 

 tember last, however, the dwarf whin and 

 the purple heath were still more brilliant. 

 In gardens, the double-blossomed large 

 fiu'ze and the Ribes sangulneum form ex- 

 cellent plants to group together. The 

 Ribes sanguineum, if it should ripen seeds 

 freely in this country, will soon be dis- 

 seminated by the birds to such an extent 

 as to make it appear a native. Fine effect 

 of the canal traversing the heath, as show- 

 ing the power of man, and recalling to mind 

 the commerce and riches of the points 

 where it originates and terminates, viz. 

 Liverpool and London. Arrived at the 

 hospitable mansion of the owner of the 

 Goldworth nursery. 



Goldworfk Nursery. — April 4. Agreeably 

 surprised to find that Mr. Donald had 

 collected so many of the 2500 trees and 

 shrubs, which, exclusive of roses, are re- 

 quisite to form an Arboretum Britannicum. 

 Proceeded with him to take the levels of 

 the centre walk of the nursery, so as to 

 render it one uniform slope from the pub- 

 lic road between Woking and Bagshot 

 ijig. 64. a) to the Basingstoke canal (i). 

 Marked out the alleys (c d) 4 ft. wide, and 

 the smaller alleys (c/) 2 ft. wide ; a mar- 

 ginal line to bound tJhe plants on each side 

 of the centre walk, 3 ft. from the edging (g), 

 and on each side of the 4 ft. alleys 2 ft. 

 from the edging (Ji) ; and a separation line 

 along the centre, between the two marginal 

 lines in the larger compartments {i A). 



In arranging the trees, the first order 

 and tribe are iJanunculacese Clematideas, 

 which are to be planted on each side of 

 the entrance, for the purpose of being 

 trained over an archway of trelliswork 

 (1 2). The next tribe is R. PxonidcetSy 

 which, as it consists of plants not growing 

 above 5 or 6 ft, high, forms a zigzag linej 



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