On the Remuneration of Gardeners. 21 



anthus, Camellia, Callistemon, Erica, and in fact almost; 

 all the hard-wooded green-house plants in the Clapton collec- 

 tion. Should you think this will be of the least use to any 

 of your numerous readers, you are quite at liberty to pub- 

 lish any part of it you may think proper, and, although more 

 accustomed " to the pruning knife than the pen," yet to the 

 best of my abilities I shall be happy to communicate an ac- 

 count of any thing which you may at any time think of suffi- 

 cient importance to deserve a place in the Magazine. 



I am, Sir, &c. 



Hugh Lowe. 

 Clapton Nursery, Aug, 15. 1826. 



Art. IX. On the Remuneration of Gardeners, including some 

 Remarks on their Education and Emigration. By W. R. G. 

 West Riding, Yorkshire. 



Sir, 



I have lately seen your Magazine ; I shall subscribe to it 

 as a valuable work, and I wish I could give it my unqualified 

 approbation. 



Surely the letter upon remuneration to a most respectable 

 class of men holds out cause for discontent, and may create 

 combination, without aiding their craft: high prices must 

 depend upon supply and demand. 



Education will avail much to every man, when imparted 

 with discretion. " The march of intellect" has already 

 injured, in many departments, both the hirer and hired, 

 for the latter are not always the best judges of their own 

 craft, and when produce is too highly rated it becomes un- 

 marketable. 



There are diversities of estates as well as intellect; when 

 the latter expands beyond its residence a new one is sought ; 

 but will not a prudent man consider whether there are as 

 many good places as there are good gardeners ; are places 

 always at hand ? Increase the value of labour, and you decrease 

 the demand. The merchant knows he can purchase the 

 higher order of garden luxuries cheaper than he can culti- 

 vate the meaner sort, and depend upon it Cocker's arithmetic 

 will have its weight. 



Some neighbours maintain the higher order of gardener : 

 my situation requires knowledge, not labour; my brother, 

 from different causes, requires labour, not knowledge. Hence 



