6£4« ; On Mr. Mallet's Advice to young Gardeners. 



will never be so prevalent among us as it ought to be, until 

 a man can perceive clearly that these attainments are ab- 

 solutely essential, as the means by which he must arrive at 

 preferment and respectability. Much as I would wish to see 

 the art of gardening arrive at something like perfection, and 

 convinced as I am that this will most eifectually be brought 

 about by the indefatigable exertions and scientific investi- 

 gations of its professors, I am not sanguine enough to believe 

 that men possessing those high accomplishments so frequently 

 recommended, will remain at a profession which they see 

 rapidly losing the patronage of its supporters, and in which 

 they would be less respected, and receive less remuneration 

 for their labours, than other servants in a gentleman's esta- 

 blishment, who had experienced neither trouble nor expense 

 in cultivating their intellects, or acquiring the knowledge of 

 their occupation. I have extended these remarks to double 

 the length I intended ; but I place them at your disposal, to 

 do with them as you think proper, informing you, at the same 

 time, that, in publishing them, you will give publicity to the 

 general sentiments of gardeners on this subject, as far as I 

 have been able to ascertain them from observation and expe- 

 rience. I shall only say, in conclusion, that though I always feel 

 much pleasure in reading Mr. Mallet's communications, I trust 

 that, when he writes again upon the duties and resources of 

 young gardeners, he will take a more extended view of the 

 circumstances in which they are placed, and not confine his 

 observations to solitary cases, as his ill-grounded statements 

 manifestly show he has hitherto done ; and in the mean time 

 I remain, &c. 



ScientijE et JusTiTiiE Amator. 

 Staffordshire, October 15. 1832. 



The evils of which our correspondent complains are undoubtedly great, 

 and they cannot be remedied speedily. The immediate cause of them is 

 the superabundance of young men ready to become workmen in gardens, 

 and the ignorance of the employers of gardeners of the greater value, both 

 professionally and morally, of a reading and scientific' gardener, than of a 

 mere empirical practitioner. The possessors of gardens generally, not- 

 withstanding the considerable number of well managed gardens which they 

 may observe in the country, and the various books from which they may 

 derive instruction on the subject, are by no means aware of the extent of 

 the comforts, and of the elegant enjoyments, which a garden is calculated 

 to afford, otherwise they would be much more select in their choice of 

 gardeners, and not grudge them better wages than they are now paid. 

 Those same persons, however, are well aware how much of their domes- 

 tic ease and happiness depends on their having a good cook, a careful 

 house-keeper, an honest butler, and decent, cleanly, well-behaved in-door 

 servants of every description ; and therefore they pay these domestics 



