3 04 Provincial Nurseries 



Art. X. Provincial Nurseries. 



It is our intention in future to have a standing article on this subject, at 

 least till we can notice all the country nurseries of Great Britain and Ire- 

 land. We shall commence with a few particulars of some of those which 

 we visited during our late tour ; arranging them under their respective 

 counties, as we do the Provincial Societies, omitting all those within twenty 

 miles of London as Metropolitan Nurseries. To complete our intention, 

 we must request of our readers to send us accounts of all the nurseries, 

 large or small, long established or recent, in both Great Britain and Ireland, 

 of which statements have not already appeared in this Magazine, or of 

 which the statements have been incorrect or incomplete up to the present 

 time. "We request — 



1. The name of the place. 



2. The date of the foundation of the nursery, and by whom it was 

 founded. 



3. The name of the present proprietor. 



4. The extent in statute acres. 



5. Whether seeds are dealt in. 



6. The quantity of glass and buildings. 



7. The general scope and purpose of the nursery ; the articles in which 

 it excels ; those which are chiefly cultivated, and similar particulars. 



8. Whether, and to what extent, the new fruits, especially pears, which 

 have been introduced by the Horticultural Society, have been propagated. 



9. Whether, and to what extent, there are stock plants of fruit trees, 

 from which to take grafts and cuttings. 



10. Whether, and to what extent, there is an arboretum j that is, speci- 

 men plants of trees and shrubs. 



11. Whether seeds are grown, and what kinds chiefly. 



12. Whether there is a garden library, and, if there is, the number of 

 volumes, &c. 



We have particularly to request, whatever botanic names may be made 

 use of in giving the notices wanted, or in sending lists of rare plants in par- 

 ticular nurseries, either that the names made use of may be those of our 

 Hbrtus Britdrmicus, or that the authorities for the names may be given 

 after them. 



Every account should be accompanied by the real name (which will be 

 kept private, if desired) of the writer. 



The good effects which we think will result from such an account of all 

 the provincial nurseries as we contemplate are various. It will facilitate 

 commercial exchanges among the nurserymen, both provincial and metro- 

 politan ; and it will show country gentlemen what they can get in their 

 immediate neighbourhoods, and thus enable them to encourage local nur- 

 serymen ; who, in order to preserve the patronage thus obtained, will neces- 

 sarily be more anxious to procure the newest fruits, trees, and plants from 

 the nurserymen of the metropolis. The result of the whole will be a more 

 rapid and extended circulation of every new and valuable production and 

 improvement in gardening, with more profit to commercial men, and less 

 expense to purchasers. The profit will be more, because, more articles 

 being made known to country gentlemen, and being at their hands, more 

 will be purchased by them ; and the expense to purchasers will be less, not 

 only because a country nursery can grow articles cheaper than a metropo- 

 litan one, but because articles sent from a distant nursery have always the 

 additional charges of package and carriage; and because a certain per 

 centage of all plants subjected to distant carriage never fail to die. 



