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in course of erection : the roof is in the form of a capital A, 

 the walls are about one foot high, and the lights are glazed 

 with small squares of glass, which cost in Bristol, ready cut, 

 one penny each ; the width of the pit is about five feet, and 

 the roof is glazed on both sides. 



I am, Sir, yours, &c. 

 Bristol, Feb. 28. 1833. W. Sanders. 



(JTo be continued,') 



Art. V. On the Advantages ijohich tvoidd result from Gardeners 

 not being compelled to •work longer on a Saturday than Artisans. 

 By ScientijE et Justiti^e Amator. 



Sir, 



The system of oppression under which the labouring 

 population has so long groaned is so firmly established, and 

 blended so intimately with all the relations by which man 

 stands connected with his fellow man, that an attempt to 

 strike boldly at the root of evils, and tear up at once the tree 

 of corruption and tyranny, would rather tend to increase than 

 remedy our grievances, as such a step would be apt to lead 

 to the total disorganisation of society. We must, for the 

 present (as the surest method of finally attaining our object), 

 content ourselves with lopping off some of the most obnoxious 

 boughs and twigs, so that, by a steady perseverance, we may 

 at length have our tree renewed in its branches, or engrafted 

 with scions of a more prolific nature, and better calculated 

 for promoting the solid enjoyments of mankind. The 

 grievance to which, at present, I wish to call your attention is 

 one of so trivial a nature, that, so far as I am aware, it never 

 has been adverted to by any of your correspondents; and yet 

 it appears to me to possess peculiar odiousness, principally 

 on account of the invidious distinctioa which it sanctions 

 between the different orders of the working classes ; being an 

 evil confined to the gardener and the labourer, and from 

 which the more favoured artisan is wholly free. 



In reading that part of the E^icyclopccdia of Gardening 

 where you show the advantages and time which the young 

 gardener possesses for mental cultivation, you state that the 

 longest period he has to labour is ten hours per day ; while 

 you must be aware that, through the greater part of England, 

 the period of labour is ten hours and a half, half an hour 

 only being allowed for breakfast. This custom is prevalent 

 among mechanics, as well as among gardeners and labourers; 



